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Metal detecting for Roman and hammered coins

Hammered coin

Many people new to metal detecting dream about finding their first Roman and Hammered coin, a common perception is that they are missing a certain sound or signal. This is not true as the metal detector does not know the difference between a ring-pull and…

Hunting the Romans with Paul and Gary

Imagine this frustrating situation, Paul had some fantastic land for metal detecting, he knew there were Roman coins and artecacts lying just beneath the surface but he knew his machine was not performing as well as it should, his XP Deus was very un-settled on…

Klaas John Botas a detectorist and artist

Gary interviews Klaas John Botas Many of you may have seen or personally know Klaas, he’s a dedicated detectorist and always follows his heart and soul, Klaas John has such a presence you cannot fail to enjoy his company. Although living in The Netherlands he…

Top metal detector dealer web site review

Building a metal detecting web site – a quick guide Looking through hundreds of metal detector dealers web sites is now a part of my job, some are good while others are still stuck in the 90’s. Occasionally there is a web site that ticks…

Metal Detecting – Dinosaurs

Metal detecting has been a part of my life for over 22 years I have so many conversations with my friends reminiscing about the old days and how we made more finds with our old machines, some of it was very true…we did make some…

Minelab CTX 3030 WM-10 repair

Minelab CTX 3030 WM-10 repair My Minelab CTX 3030 WM-10 unit has been fine for 2 years, it has not given me a sign of trouble, the battery life has been good, it held a charge….then all of a sudden nothing…it went dead ! Not…

XP Deus digging deep

XP Deus secrets This is a follow-up to my earlier metal detecting article and video called XP Deus Deep Targets, the earlier article shows some deep targets being recovered using 4Hhz this time I wanted to go out and try my Deus on 8Khz and…

Garmin E Tex 30 test

The Garmin E Trex 30 – Not a full review but a few things you should know before purchasing. Having recently borrowed a Garmin E Trex 10, I soon realised that the features installed were not what I wanted for my metal detecting needs, so…

Tesoro saves the day

I got up at 5:30 am and made the school yard by 6:30am. No rain last night, expected to find hard dry ground…Blue skies and the sun was out in full force. I Found several area’s that were dig-able where you wouldn’t need a pick…

Garys Detecting review

Metal detecting web site review As relative newbies to detecting choosing our first metal detector has been a journey of up’s and down’s based on conficting information from so many web sites which Google throw up these days. Our savior and guardian angel was Gary’s…