Treasure Hunting

Metal Detecting Made Easy: A Guide for Beginners & Reference for All

Posted on July 2, 2014 by David

NEW BOOK​Metal detecting is a very rewarding hobby in more ways than one. Just swinging a detector on a warm sunny day in pleasant surroundings is a real pleasure in itself. Not only is there the prospect of making a major find in amongst the interesting coins and artifacts you will uncover but the hobby’s […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Treasure Hunting

Anderson Precision Mineral Rod (PMR)

Posted on June 20, 2014 by David

Continuing with my dowsing for treasure exploits using a baited rod, designed and built by my Greek friend Takis, my gold and silver finds definitely increased. Then Takis said what I really needed was a vintage Anderson PMR-II. This wasn’t the first time I had been told this, for in 2010 I had some dowsing […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting, X-Factor

Biggest Treasure Finds Across the Globe by Michael Bernzweig

Posted on May 30, 2014 by David

You don’t have to play the lottery to get rich. With a LOT of luck and a decent metal detector, you too can join the “winner’s club.” All around the world, there are stories of people uncovering treasure. To some treasure hunters, a find is only as good as its monetary value. But to others, […]

Categories: Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting

Hands Free Carrying

Posted on May 2, 2014 by David

The one big problem I found with dowsing and detecting simultaneously is that you need to use both hands and therefore you have no hand free to carry a digging implement. Small digging implements can be carried in a finds bag and for a long time I carried a ‘T’ handled foot assisted trowel on […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Treasure Hunting

Gold Test

Posted on April 24, 2014 by David

I changed the bait to gold on the L-rod and spent a further four hours detecting on the same field as the Silver Test (see previous post). The photo illustrates the finds. The first three objects from the left on the top row all have some gold plating remaining, while the fourth object is silver […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting, X-Factor

Silver Test

Posted on April 16, 2014 by David

I had a small pasture field available, which I had searched in the past and made very few finds. The field had just been mown so searching conditions were as good as they could be and I decided to use the field as a test site for natural finds. I was now using a Detech […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting, X-Factor

Metal Detecting With The Garrett Ace 250 by Crawfords MD

Posted on January 18, 2014 by David

The design of modern metal detectors aims to eliminate many of the hassles and disappointments associated with the hobby. These include the noisiness of a machine going off when it scans over top of any piece of metal, no matter how worthless, and an overly sensitive product. Old machines used to get excited about beer […]

Categories: Metal Detecting, Treasure Hunting

Unique Metal Detector Finds By Daniel Bernzweig

Posted on July 15, 2013 by David

Sharing stories of unique metal detector finds never gets old.  If you enjoy metal detecting, then hearing what’s been found by others is not only fun in and of itself, but, it also wets your whistle so to speak and gets your mind racing with thoughts of what you might find during your next treasure […]

Categories: Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting

Nazi Gold

Posted on May 24, 2013 by David

I was recently sent this video by a Greek treasure hunter and thought it was worth sharing. The video is in English with Greek subtitles. Θανάσιμα Μυστικά ~ Αναζητώντας τον χρυσό των… by KRASODAD

Categories: Treasure Hunting

Film for Polaroid Cameras

Posted on February 6, 2013 by David

  As many of you will know, with the rapid advancements in digital cameras, Polaroid ran into difficulties and the Dutch factory was sold to the management. The factory, under the name of The Impossible Project, is again producing SX-70 film to a different formula and slightly faster speed. The first of the new film […]

Categories: Dowsing, Orbs, Treasure Auras, Treasure Hunting, X-Factor

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