Saturday, November 1, 2014

Minelab Excalibur II beach and water hunting tips

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Here are a few tips for Minelab Excalibur users.  1.  Use the search mode that best suits the beaches you metal detect.  This means ...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Putting your search coil over gold

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Yesterday morning I went to a popular tourist beach to search for gold jewelry, surprisingly I had the beach to myself.  I never saw one ot...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Beach hunting at night

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I love using my metal detector in the dark, especially when I am searching for jewelry on tourist beaches.  That may explain why I am rarel...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Two examples of beach and water hunting outside the box

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My 300 year old Spanish treasure ring is a perfect example of what is possible when you are not a box hunter. This magnificent 22K inca gol...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Discrimination patterns on metal detectors with screens.

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I am often contacted by people who ask me if I could send them the discrimination pattern and settings I use on the Minelab CTX 3030.  My b...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Learning on the job

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I like to believe I am always learning and evolving as a beach treasure hunter, open to different things and not standing still.  I just co...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Good foundations

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Becoming a consistent jewelry or coin hunter is like building a house from the ground up.  You cannot start building by adding the roof and...