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Golden Mask 4 PRO S – A New Modification Of The Popular Detector! (Photos+)

Recently, one of our Bulgarian fellow detectorists sent us a novelty – a new modification of the GM4, which is called the Golden Mask 4 PRO S. So far, what is its difference from the other Masks 4 is not called, but I will certainly supplement the post with news. Where to buy Golden Mask metal detectors? It’s a simple – there is an official shop in Bulgaria, “Klondake” with shipping...

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Wireless Headphones From The Makro Racer 2 Fit On The Nokta Impact! (+News About The Update)

Did you know that the wireless headphones from Makro Racer fit the metal detector Nokta Impact? The “Lifehack” is simple: If you have headphones from Makro Racer 2, then just take and connect them without a module from the Racer 2 directly to the metal detector Nokta Impact, selecting channels by pressing the buttons on the headphones. The box itself with headphones from Makro. On the photo in the box,...

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NEL And CORS Coils Are Already Available For The Garrett AT MAX! (Good News+)

It seems like the well-known manufacturer of coils to the most known metal detectors on the market, added something more to its production line: coils for a new metal detector for 2017; The Garrett AT MAX! The photo shows the AT MAX with the NEL Tornado coil. I think that with such coils as NEL Tornado, Garrett AT MAX became even deeper, but it did not add much weight because...

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Second Time Detecting With The Makro Racer 2 And Nel Tornado Coil (Finds, Photos+)

I decided to add this article to the previous story about digging with the Macro Racer 2 and the Nel Tornado coil. This time the three of us went to a field where I had found a fibula before, and bronze from the times of Kievan Rus. Objects from the late, as well as early Middle Ages, can also be found here. And this time I did not find anything from the times...

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Teknetics AmeriTek Patriot Detector – Our Review! (Settings, Tips, Photos+)

In early 2017, First Texas made a few additions to the line of metal detectors under the Teknetics brand. Having a series of EuroTek (a very decent series) the Texans decided to do something separate for the US and released a new series with the name AmeriTEK. About this series, we wrote earlier in our news: The news about the AmeriTEK series. The series came with three detectors- two initial ones...

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Sherman Tanks Retrieved From The “Thomas Donaldson” Ship (Video, Photos+)

  Recently, an interesting event occurred – specialists from the Northern Fleet rescue team retrieved 2 Sherman Tanks, it seems with the modification of the M4A2 (76) W, from a ship called “Thomas Donaldson”. “Thomas Donaldson” was sunk on March 20, 1945, by a submarine U-995. And the first unfortunate vessel with an American crew and more than 6 thousand tons of different equipment and cargo on board that was...

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Minelab E-Trac – Though Outdated, But Still A Serious Professional Detector! (Our Review, Photos+)

In our time, when more than 50% of the professional detectorists (read – professional), go detecting with the metal detector XP Deus, some other detectors go down in history. But this does not mean that they are completely bad and they allegedly do not dig anything, as some newcomers think. There are still many diggers who walk with the so-called “ancient” detectors, or professional models, time-tested. For example, as one...

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A Man Found A Gold Nugget Worth More Than $50,000! (Photos+)

You know this saying – “Better safe than sorry?”. This story is well characterized by such a saying. In Queensland, Australia, one of the diggers, who wished to remain anonymous, was walking with a metal detector. Judging by what device he had – Minelab GPX 5000, then he walked with one goal – the search for native gold. Otherwise, there is nothing to look for in Australia’s wilds, there is...

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Finding Roman Gold Coin! (Photos+)

Even though that many people say that all the good fields and the perfect finds are dug up, I do not believe it. On one hand, it’s true, on the other – there are still many places where life once bubbled and people lost coins, buried their goods and hid their jewelry. Everything made of metal can be found and dug up with a metal detector. Usual story –  a...