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Interview Detectorist Truls Warhuus, Digging Norwegian History
If you follow Truls Warhuus on Instagram or TikTok, you will be impressed by his metal detecting finds. Truls focuses on detecting Viking Age relics and coins and is really good at it. Living in the countryside of Norway, Truls is surrounded by fields, lakes, and canals to metal detect. As a result, he is fortunate to find impressive relics and old coins within walking distance of his home.
Metal Detecting, Reading Saltwater Beaches, Tips for Finding More Gold -
When an advanced metal detectorist I have already interviewed suggests I interview their mentor, I take note. This is how I came across Gerard Gannon, who detects South Jersey beaches. Someone, I interviewed, who is a very skilled beach detectorist, said I have to interview Gerard for Focus Speed, stating, “He is a Gold Machine on the beach”, going on to say, he is the best he has seen when it comes to reading and detecting beaches.
Hints and Tips Using the Nokta Legend Metal Detecting for Park and Relic
The Legend metal detector by Nokta is an excellent machine for the price. Its build, quality, and tech put it in the class of the Minelab Equinox line and XP Deus and Deus II. A multi-frequency detector for detecting parks, relics, beaches, and gold prospecting.
Relic Hunting with the Garrett Axiom, Interview Rusty Curry
Even though the Garrett Axiom was engineered as a gold nugget metal detector, detectorists have successfully used it as a relic and coin hunting machine. The Axiom detector does well in mineralized soil, sand, and clay, where many standard detectors would struggle. Two advanced recognized detectorists who have good things to say about the Axiom as a relic detector are Steve Herschbach, owner of Detector Prospector Forum, and YouTuber Aquachigger.
Advanced Tips for Metal Detecting Park for Older Coins and Targets
When it comes to metal detecting, not all parks produce old coins and targets. To find them, especially in newer urban areas, one must seek out older parks and, even more so, older ground in those parks. Learning where the older parks are isn’t enough, especially in areas with a larger population of good detectorists, where parks get detected often. Detectorists need to read the landscape and changes. Was the soil removed and newer soil added?
Tips for Metal Detecting Gold Nuggets - Interview Matt Savage
Metal detecting for gold nuggets is one of the most challenging types of detecting to do. Learning to run a Very Low Frequency (VLF) detector in very mineralized ground challenges even the best of detectorists. Matt Savage lives in Northern California and enjoys gold nugget detecting. Using the Minelab Equinox 800 and the Gold Monster 1000 (GM1000), Matt has found gold nuggets as small as 1/10th gram and as large as 4.01 grams.
Teen Detectorists Recovers Diamond Gold Ring with a Minelab Go-Find
This metal detecting story and detectorist melts my heart. It shows the compassion and selflessness of the metal detecting community on many levels and across countries. Linden is the son of Cheryl, and the nephew of Drew, who I went to high school with in Vancouver, Canada. With classmates keeping connections over the years through social media, and Cheryl and Drew seeing my metal detecting ventures in Southern California on Facebook from time to time.
Metal Detecting the Most Valuable Wheat Pennies
When metal detectorists come across Wheat cents they often disregard them as just another penny. It is not unheard of to hear someone say “another stinkin’ Lincoln!” and then move along as if they had not just found something of value. However, some of those Wheat cents are worth much more than their meager ‘One Cent’ face value. Before we get into the values of these underappreciated one-cent Wheat pennies let’s get to know the history behind them.
Tips for Newer Metal Detectorists Considering Permissions - Metal Detecting
Sometimes metal detecting permissions are good and fruitful, and sometimes they produce nothing and can be discouraging. This permission had fun finds, and I was grateful I had the chance to detect it. Being in Southern California, with many good detectorists, beaches and parks are pounded, particularly if you are looking for the old coins, relics, and jewelry. Those detectorists that are finding the old cool stuff like older coins generally have the skills to hear pretty deep obscure targets.
Advanced Beach Metal Detecting Tips with John Favano
I learned about John Favano when he joined the Focus Speeds Metal Detecting Facebook Group. John beach detects in and around New Jersey, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware as a member of the Ring Finders Network. You might recognize him for being on news broadcasts and in newspapers for his impressive recoveries. He does a lot of recoveries using the Minelab Equinox 800 as his primary machine. I spoke with John to pick his brain on advanced beach metal detecting tips using the Nox.
Metal Detecting Find - Branding Iron Mystery
How the branding iron looked when I found it A metal detecting friend and I decided to hit a local plot of land where we have permission to detect in South Orange County, California. Being that the plot of land is surrounded by tract homes, and that the city was incorporated in the early 1990’s, the finds on the property are usually modern 1980’s to 1990’s, sprinkled with some older coins from the 1960’s.
"Seven Common Sins” Of Metal Detecting… That Can Rob You of Success
I have had over 48 years to either make… or avoid… most of the mistakes that cause metal detectorists to miss great finds on the sites that they hunt while learning the “tricks of the trade.” And even if you happen to be a grizzled old veteran detectorist of many years-experience, reading this, that thinks you already know all of those I am going to write about and don’t have any problems with them… well… you just might be surprised! Go ahead and read this article anyway and take a mental...
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