With the NFL taking a trip to London, it seems only fitting to feature a metal detecting video out of Suffolk, England. By the way, I’d like to be the first to apologize to our friends across the pond for bringing what could have been the worst NFL game in history to your country. With that being said, here’s the video.
We know, we know….. we’ve been absent for awhile. We apologize for being gone, but we’re back now!
We came across an interesting story about two friends that have been metal detecting together for 15 years. They were out one evening, and came discovered what they thought was a button. Turns out it was a Maryland penny worth $41,000!
I don’t want to find a gold coin. I wish I could find one of those rare coins that you don’t see everyday.
Head over and read the full metal detecting story at kellyco. It’s a great story and told by the people that found the coin.
We all know parks, schools, and beaches are fantastic locations for metal detecting. Here’s a list of the top 5 places you may NOT have thought about hunting:
#5 - Farmers’ Fields - Farmers are usually willing to give permission to hunt their fields once the crop is off. Even though your finds will generally be less in quantity, they should yield higher quality. Many of the farm fields played host to Civil War battle activity, especially in the South, and East.
#4 - Construction Sites - Anytime dirt is being moved around, it opens the opportunity for you to explore what may have been previously unreachable. Old houses and buildings that are being torn down are also great spots.
#3 - Recheck the Hole - It’s been said, the best place to find treasure is where it’s been found before. You might be surprised at the number of coins or relics that are in the hole you just dug, so take a few minutes and recheck the entire hole, and the plug of dirt you’ve set aside. You might also consider using a pinpointer.
#2 - The Sidewalk Strip - The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street is commonly overlooked. Many times, these areas have never been hunted, and have been walked past for years.
#1 - Your Own Backyard - The number one misconception in metal detecting and treasure hunting is that there’s nothing to find in your backyard. You don’t need to travel to a far off, exotic location to find buried treasure - just go out into your yard. Keep in mind, wherever people have congregated, there’s treasure to be found!
This is the first in what we hope is an ongoing series for TreasureHunting.com. Our goal is to find interesting, but maybe overlooked, blogs about treasure hunting, metal detecting, geocaching, or any other topic that we think might interest you, our loyal readers.
Today’s find is Treasure Outfitters. Their site is a “vlog.” Not familiar with the term? It’s a blog, done through videos. They are currently on episode 97, so rest assured, there’s plenty of content for you to enjoy.
From the “About” section of the site:
Treasure Outfitters is a video blog or vlog chronicling the adventures of real life treasure hunters. We will explore America’s rich history. Emphasis will be placed on the southern states and the Civil War. Research and metal detectors will assist us on this journey. Our goal is to preserve the past one artifact at a time. All episodes of The Treasure Hunters were filmed on private property with landowner’s permission. The digital device used is a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera.
If you know of an interesting blog, please let us know in the comments section!
Mr. Bill, an admin at Find’s Treasure forums and owner of surfscanner.com, posted a photo of the soon to be released Fisher F2. Details are slim, but rumor has it, the Fisher F2 is due out this December. I don’t know how firm this date is, as this metal detector has been delayed a few times in the past.
We’ll keep you posted as the details come in.
Have you been looking for a way to keep track of all your found items? i-Detect from Ginkgoware helps you do just that.
From their site:
Get rid of the old notebooks, sticky notes, cumbersome database programs, and inaccurate memories, keep a detailed record of all your detecting activites with “i-detect”
i-Detect costs $25.95, and allows you to load pictures, keep track of hundreds of finds, track total hours & collection values, keep a detailed item list, and provides advanced record searching.
I just ordered a copy of the software, so I’ll post a review when I’ve tried it, but I think it looks like the best software available for metal detectors.
If you have experience using this software, we’d love to hear from you. Put your thoughts about this software in the comments section.
If you’ve been through Polk County, FL (just outside of Orlando), you know there’s not a whole lot to do there. This weekend, the Trek Ten Trails program, developed by the Friends of the Parks foundation, hopes to change that. Polk county has over 125 hiking trails, and many of those will be used this weekend to encourage residents and visitors to experience the outdoors.
The Fort Fraser Trail will be featured in the first of 10 organized treks through next September in the innovative program that features hiking, exploring, and geocaching. We’ve covered geocaching on this site before, and it seems like it’s really gaining popularity. The organizers are hope that geocaching will encourage children and those who are savvy about technology to visit Polk’s paved and unpaved walking trails.
More more details on the event, visit the Orlando Sentinel, or contact the coordinator, Amy L. Edwards, at aledwards@orlandosentinel.com or 407-931-5946.
Searching through a few sites today, I stumbled across one that I almost passed by, but something made me dig a little deeper, and man am I glad I did. VirtualParks.org is one of the best sites I’ve seen for learning about new parks, which helps find new places to metal detect.
The home page offers seven choices to help you find your next metal detecting outing:
I decided to try out themes. Clicking on themes gives you a large list of ….well, themes. I selected Ghost towns and ruins thinking it would be a good start, and have good potential for finding relics. There are links inside this theme, and each one has a virtual tour to show you the terrain. I’ve wasted about three hours so far, and will be going back to it when I’m done with this post. The virtual tours drop you right in the middle of the location, and you can almost imagine the areas you’d search if you were there.
If you’ve been planning a metal detecting trip, VirtualParks.org might be the inspiration you need to select a location. Give it a try, and tell us what you think. If we find anything else really interesting on the site, we’ll be sure to let you know.
Staying with the map theme for the day, RomeReborn is an educational site that features a virtual model of Rome as it would have appeared on June 21, 320 A.D. You’re free to explore the model and watch videos showing the major features of the model.
This site was 10 years in the making, and was created by the combined efforts of groups from four different universities. Because it’s an educational site, you won’t feel bad after wasting the rest of the day exploring it.
It seems many fans of metal detecting are also fans of exploring - they go hand-in-hand, don’t they? One of the best tools for exploring is a map, and the best map tool on the internet is Google Maps. I have been using Google Maps for years to help find my way around town, and recently, gMaps released Google Maps Street View. Street view is exactly what it sounds like….it’s a ton of actual photos taken from the street, all stitched together to make it appear that you’re actually on the street looking around. It’s pretty difficult to give a full explanation, so I’m going to let one of the Google guys (Ryan) do it for me:
Understand now? I live in Orlando, FL, which has this feature, so I’ve spent hours searching the map for my car - to no avail. Street view has brought on a bit of controversy since its inception, mostly with privacy issues. There are now billions a lot of websites devoted to finding unusual photos and situations in street view.
Here are three of my favorites:
Google Maps is Spying on my Cat - BoingBoing.net
Streetviewr.com - a huge collection of images. Click on any image for a larger, interactive version
grokdotcom.com - a small collection, but a few good links
If you enjoy flying, another google map site you might be interested in is Goggles. It’s a flight simulator using gMaps.
If you search the street views and find yourself, or something interesting, let us know in the comments.
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