Hello and welcome to my website dedicated to the hobby I love, Metal Detecting.  On this site I have pictures of finds, links, and other things relating to metal detecting.  Please book mark this page, and remember to click my sponsors so I can get that new Metal Detector.

WOW!  I dug this 1921 Mercury dime up 4/9/99
in XF-45 Condition!! Book Value is $445 !  My best coin!


We use the Spectrum XLT.  This detector is possibly the best metal detector on the market.  Here is what the XLT has to offer:

5 Ready-to-Go! Programs

Coin
Rejects most common junk like nails, foil, and pulltabs, and picks up most coins, and large jewelry.

Coin & Jewelry
Picks up most coins and jewelry, while rejecting junk.

Jewelry/Beach
Designed for the beach - picking up coins and jewelry and ignoring some junk items.

Relic
Responds to all types of metals, but discriminates between types and sizes of metal with variations in audio tones.

Prospecting
Responds to all types of metals, but shows a VDI number only for possible gold nuggets.
 

Plus 4 Custom Programs You Create and Store!
 

10 basic adjustments.
Volume adjusts to your hearing needs.
Threshold tunes to your preference.
Tone Adjusts features 255 different pitches.
Audio Disc. selects all metals or discriminates out junk.

Silent Search allows searching without a threshold tone.

Mixed Mode Audio combines the best of all-metal and discriminate modes.

AC Motion Sensitivity selects the level of sensitivity in motion modes.

DC Motion Sensitivity selects the level of sensitivity in non-motion and pinpointing modes.

Backlight adjusts the display brightness. Great for low light.

New! Viewing Angle adjusts the display for low or high temperature visibility.

For serious hunters ...

More than 29 Pro Options - easier to get to, easier to adjust! "Engineer' and save your own hunting programs to use again & again.

A wide range of adjustments in 5 categories;

Audio
G.E.B./Tac
Discrimination
Display
Signal (Transmit/Receive).
XLT's exclusive precision target info ...
 

SignaGraph® has more resolution, detail and accuracy. Display shows a unique bar graph "signature" for every target. Plus, you see a VDI number, and new target icon. As you sweep, XLT collects and displays information . Good targets read with a compact graph and bars to the right of zero. Junk gives a 'smear" with bars below zero.
 

9 1/2" interchangeable Blue Max loop.
Power Supply: New slide-in 12 Volt Nicad system delivers 30% more hunting time.
Quick and overnight charger, backup penlight holder also included.



I would like to here your comments about treasure hunting laws. Do you think that they are fair? PLMK- Nathan
 

Response from:  Bottl digr

I think most of the laws are fair, with the exception of those that exclude Treasure Hunting on PUBLIC property.  If the bums who have gone in before have torn things up and left holes, that's not my fault.  There should be a way to sell licenses to hunt on public property, just like with animal hunting.  There would still be Rangers there to enforce the laws and ticket or arrest the offenders.  This is MY property as much as it is yours and the government should not be able to exclude me from doing something very safe and enjoyable on that land.

Just my 2 cents!
Bill

Response from: Lake456

So many laws have been passed in the last 10 years to protect us from ourselves and to protect historic items that I am sure 100% of the detectorist in the country have broken at least one of them.  Why make it a crime to dig an object of history, pick up a Spear point or make it a crime for not reporting an item to the proper authorities if over 50 years old and found on Federal Land. If you ever see an old bottle over 50 years old on Federal Property Don't TOUCH IT DON'T PICK IT UP!!!!! You will be breaking the law. Another problem I see is for the Treasure Hunters of the oceans. People give there life for history and locating lost Treasure Ships only to lose everything in court battles. They are fined for placing a hole into the sand looking for treasures that would never otherwise be found or funded by the states or government. So what, a hole in the sand in an Ocean of Thousands of Square miles. Mother earth has a way of repairing itself. I think there are two many regulations and laws regarding Metal Detecting and treasure hunting. Some laws are good common sense laws "like you don't dig on a protected historic site" others are just stupidity and greed from BLM and the administrators of who need job security "like you can't take a Metal detector and look for items on BLM property because you may find an unknown historic site. WOW wouldn't that be great to discover a site on BLM land that is unknown and have it named after the founded. Items would be placed into the nearest museum with your name on it. Just think of all the historic sites that could be found if we were allowed to hunt on land that belongs to the people of the United States. What a wonderful time we would have... I would enjoy turning everything over to the BLM just for the opportunity to Hunt on Our Land..
PS ... About the 50 year old law.. I want to know one thing ... If my dad fell down on BLM land could I pick him up without the risk of prosecution (he is 72 years old) ?
Jim


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