2011 dec 27. South Hungary. Minelab E-TRAC mechanically. Kb 45cm from deep one. 8 cmm are bronze age madalion.

Magnus Maximus - Baranya, Hungary

I have been metal detecting a lot this winter in East Texas. I have my sorted piles of junk, bent metal, nails, old identifiable things and etc!

I belong to another forum on TNET and they have a "what is it" category; so I took a picture of this bent up thing that had numbers on it. To me it looked like a bent up metal high heel shoe. If it wouldn't have been for the numbers on it, I probably would have tossed it in the scrap metal pile.

I have detected for the past two years, with very little gold or silver finds. In the past week I found an 18Kt gold ring and an 1853 Seated Liberty with arrows and Rays.

Sieg - Wisconsin, USA

I had been detecting my local beach in west Wales and searched all over the beach with no finds and then I went to an area covered in stones and slate about 3mx3m when I started finding £1 coins. I found 15 and a few other coins I returned on the next day and searched the area again in a grid pattern. Then I had a nice deep signal on the E-TRAC, I dug down about 1ft and at the bottom of the hole was a gold coin it was a half guinea of George II in very good condition. I will go back to search again when the sand has been moved by the tide. Thanks Minelab for a super machine.

Terry - Cardiganshire, UK

I use an E-TRAC, but my friend told me about his success with his Minelab Explorer SE, so I have written this up and include pictures. It is a lovely sucess story.

David Rees - Wiltshire, UK

Story

It has not been a particularly good time of the year for me personally, and I have been recovering from a minor operation but something happened which made me feel really good about myself.

Recently, I made the best find of my life, with my Minelab Explorer SE Pro.

First though, some background. I live in Oklahoma, USA, in the central part of the state. For those of you unfamiliar with the history of Oklahoma, this part of the United States was “Indian Territory” in the 19th century, home to several different Native American tribes (some native, some “relocated” here onto reservations).

We were waiting for the rest of the club to turn up for a club dig. Our chairman Frank told me later he looked around the car park, looked at the frosty conditions and thought we were all mad! We arrived at the field and my heart dropped, the field had been freshly ploughed and was white over with frost. I had a talk with Frank and he pointed out a Saxon church and a Roman road we wondered if there was a path in between.

Almost every Detectorist in the United States has found a Chuck E Cheese Game token and there is a running joke about finding one. I have a can of them myself so they are nothing to be excited about. Today however, I found the grand prize of Chuck E Cheese Items.

The last 3 hunts have been amazing with my Minelab! The weather has been perfect for detecting the last 2 months here in Indiana and I have not let it go to waist.

I researched 3 old house sites on my 1865 plat map. They all 3 were there on my 1909 plat map also. With that much time I knew someone had to have lost something. I have learned my detector so well that I know what it is before I pull it. My detecting buddies even have me check the good signals to tell them what it is before they dig. I haven't been able to guess the dates on the coins yet but I'm working on it.

Brant Jones - Indiana, USA

On Friday the maximum temperature was forecast to be 22c and low tide at my favourite beach would be just before 5:00pm. For many years using my Sovereign, then Quattro MP and Explorer SE I had thrashed this old swimming beach until unable to find another single target.

Thursday night I had the battery pack charging and planned to take my brand new Minelab E-TRAC which I purchased from Swan Hill Detectors to this beach for a first trial. Also at home I altered the audio settings to have SMOOTH Response, tone variability 30, this setting is just great for my hearing because the good targets stand right out.