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Detecting WW2 Location – Mysterious Dog-Tag Found! (Diggers Story, Photos+)

I and my friend recently sat around and had some spare time and decided, therefore, to go detecting. Although the weather forecast wasn’t very promising with lots of rain and the temperatures threatening to be below zero degrees, we still decided to defy the northern “winter” weather. The last couple of winters here up north have been very unpredictable; one day there can be half a meter of snow, and...

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You Think That All The Fields Are Empty? But No – After Plowing, More Finds Appear! (Diggers story, Photos+)

Today’s detecting location will be a field. Until the mid-30s there was a rather large village on it. Over the past year, people have detected quite a lot on this field, but this year they sowed beets in this field, and therefore they plowed to the maximum depth and raised more finds to the surface. After the very first steps, a clear signal appeared, it turned out to be a button with an...

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Finishing The Detecting Season of 2018 (Happy New Year!)

This morning I decided to take my final detecting trip of 2018, so I packed my bags and went outdoors. I didn’t start off the day quite early as I usually do; it was already quite bright outside. There was not much snow, but the cold outside has been standing still for a long time, more than three weeks. The guys who went detecting to the fields quite recently said...

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XP ORX Metal Detector – Review and Settings

The XP ORX metal detector was announced quite recently by the French company XP and this caused all diggers to have a lot of questions about its abilities and features. Let’s see a little bit what kind of device it is and what it can do because XP did not hype the fact that this model would be released and until now only a few video reviews are known, but...

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The Best Bag For Beach Detecting – A Surprise From Kellyco!

There are simple and logical solutions that, with their beauty, simplify the life for a detectorist. Especially if you are digging on the beach, you are faced with the fact that if you start putting the finds in your pocket or a regular bag for finds, then it all will be clogged with sand and then you have to spend the extra minutes shaking and cleaning your pockets/bags. I usually...

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Excavating The Attack Aircraft IL-2 Near Narva (October 2018) – Updated (Crew Fate+)

A lot of secrets are still held in the Narva land in Estonia, for example, as far as I know, in the vicinity of Narva, almost a couple hundred planes were shot down during the fighting in 1944. And if we take 1941 as an example, the number of planes fallen into the sea will be quite large. And recently, one of those secrets were uncovered, when the Narva search...

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Schemes And Drawings Of Scoops For Beach Detecting, Do It Yourself! :)

I think this post will be useful for all lovers of beach detecting. As you can see, these are schemes for making your own sand scoop for beach detecting! There are three different types, and I will introduce you to each one. So, let us start. Type-1 scoop scheme And this will be the final result: Convenient and beautiful scoop! Since the sizes of the scoop are not given (choose the size...

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6″ Sniper Coil For The Minelab Equinox – Review And Tests!

So, here’s the long-awaited review of the sniper coil, size 6″, for the metal detectors series Equinox. The coil, weight, and review The coil itself is very light, it is understandable – its size is very small. It weighs only 301 grams. When installed on a metal detector, the balance is still maintained and this helps to dig with such a coil for a longer period. Yes, with very light...

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Golden Mask One – 15 kHz and 24 kHz detectors! (New from 2018)

So, it seems that the famous Bulgarian manufacturer of metal detectors Golden Mask is entering the metal detector market for beginners with a digital device! So far there is no data on the price, but they promise that it will be cheap. There will be two modifications that differ only in search frequency – the version with 15 kHz and the other with 24 kHz. Well, entry-level HFs, a good...