Metal Detecting In The USA

Metal detecting tips, finds, and stories about metal detecting, civil war relic hunting, and treasure hunting.


 White's V3i Metal Detector
New - Battle of Gettysburg Civil War Bullets for Sale. Battle of Gettysburg Bullets for Sale
Civil War Bullets For Sale
Single Civil War Bullets for Sale
Civil War Relic Hunting Part 15
Civil War Photo's For Sale
White's DFX300 For Sale
6 Different Civil War Bullets for $22.00

Metal Detecting Tips
Recent Metal Detecting Finds
Where to Go Metal Detecting
Coinshooting School Yards
Metal Detecting Clubs

Gold Ring Found
Gold Pendant Found
My Top Ten Metal Detecting Finds
Spanish Colonial Coin Found

Obtaining Permission to Metal Detect
Cleaning Coins Using Electrolysis
How to Clean Clad Coins

Build Your Own V3i Battery Pack
First Impressions of White's V3i Detector
Stainless Steel Coin Probes For Sale
Ancient Indian Pottery Shards For Sale

Picture of chain with links to metal detecting websites.Links to Other Metal Detector Sites

Metal Detecting In The USA offers how to tips, stories, and pictures about metal detecting, civil war relic hunting, and treasure hunting.  I've had numerous stories published in Treasure, Treasure Found, Treasure Search, Western & Eastern Treasures magazines and a few newspaper articles.  In addition to these metal detecting stories are other helpful how to articles from Cleaning Coins to Where to Go Metal Detecting and Metal Detecting Tips.  For questions about metal detecting or metal detectors, please feel free to send an email or use the comments form.  Most importantly, enjoy your visit and come back often...J.R. Hoff.
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Search churchyards for the older finds like Bust, Seated, Barber, V Nickel, Large cents, and Indian head cents.
Metal detecting church yards produced these Barber coins.
Read the story about Metal Detecting Churchyards

That Saturday Sam was knocking on my door at 8:00 in the morning , and off we went with our White's metal detectors and coffee in hand in his little yellow Ford. We decided to hunt only old church sites that were built before 1900. Since Sam grew up in this area he knew where to look. First stop was Myerstown at a church built in the 1700's. Pennsylvania has lots of old churches in the country; just drive around and look for white steeples. Permission was granted and we both started metal detecting out front. After thirty minutes of finding absolutely nothing we moved to the side of the church. We immediately began finding coins. Read the entire story Metal Detecting Churchyards.

Metal detecting int he woods produced this nice 1784 Two Reale coin.

I started metal detecting about 10 feet off the logging trail and received yet another 83VDI reading. Digging down about three inches I popped up an 1831 large cent (Matron head type). It was in good enough shape to read the date. BUT, that was not the only coin in the hole. I ran the coil back over the hole and was still getting the 83VDI. Within seconds I could see a large silver coin. Read the rest of the story Colonial Coin Found Metal Detecting in the woods.
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Riker box with civil war bullets found while relic hunting. Civil war bullets and relics offered for sale mounted in Riker Display cases.

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Metal detecting digging tools:
Offered for sale is the finest metal detecting probe you can buy for metal detector users who care about quality. These probes are handmade of surgical stainless steel, ground to a perfect tapered point, and polished to a fine sheen...more

Metal detecting coin probe made of stainless steel.
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Private Cyrus Myers civil war identification tag found metal detecting in Athens, Alamaba.
Private Cyrus Myers
Civil War Identification Tag
Pennsylvania 4th Volunteer Cavalry

Read the Civil War Story
Pvt. Cyrus Myers
of Meadville, PA

It all started back on the fifth day of April, 1981.  I was metal detecting Athens High School in Athens, Alabama not far from Huntsville.  I remember hunting under a row of large buttonwood trees and receiving a signal which I thought was going to be a silver quarter.  After digging down four inches I retrieved an object in the shape of a shield.  On the back was a clasp which crumbled to pieces from being in the ground so long.  On the front I could make out the letters:  C. Myers above a "B" with crossed swords with IV.V.C and War of 1861.  Read the rest of the story Pvt. Cyrus Myers...a civil war soldier.

Civil war bullets found relic hunting in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Civil war U.S. bridle rosette found near the identification tag metal detecting in Athens, Alabama.
Civil War U.S.
bridle rosette.
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A pile of silver coins found metal detecting in Optimist Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Lots of silver found in Optimist Park.
Read all about Metal Detecting Optimist Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

V3i Battery Pack Kit for a variety of White's metal detectors.  V3i battery pack kit for metal detectors ready for shipping.

This V3i Battery Pack Kit contains solder, insulating material, metal strip cut to size, foil tape, and a pre-wired 10K thermistor.  All you need to purchase is a battery holder, batteries, and follow the directions on this page.  The new battery pack will fit V3i, VX3, DFX, XLT, MXT, M6, and the Slim Line TDI (SL) model metal detectors.
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Carved Civil War Bullets
Carved civil war bullet from a .58 caliber rifled musket.
Carved from a .58 caliber
Rifled Musket		 Medieval coin Identified!
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Floris IV medieval coin found metal detecting in a German hay field.
Coin found using a White's metal detector in Germany. 		1929-P Standing Liberty Quarter graded MS-61 actually found metal detecting an old church.
1929-P (MS-61)
Standing Liberty Quarter		 Found these wings metal
detecting in a park.

WW II Aerial Gunner Wings.
WW II AAF
Aerial Gunner Wings

Holger Nielsen's U.S. Army dog tag found metal detecting the sand dunes around Fort Bliss, Texas.
 		 Holger Nielsen's WWII dog tag returned to his family.  This dog tag was found metal detecting in a Fort Bliss training area around 1991.  Read more...

Found Around a Bandshell
1833 capped bust dime found metal detecting around a bandshell.
1833 Capped Bust Dime

Found in a Churchyard
1921-P Mercury dime found metal detecting in the front yard of a church.
1921-P Mercury Dime
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Metal Detecting Boot Camp book cover.
Metal Detecting Boot Camp
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1929-S Standing Liberty Quarter found metal detecting a Drive-In Theater.
Metal Detecting Drive-In Theaters Whitesburg Drive-In


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Two turquoise rings found metal detecting in a nearby park.
Read the metal detecting story
A Two Ring Day


Indian head cents found while metal detecting in the woods.
Read the article about
Metal Detecting in the Woods


Bull Durham watch fob found while metal detecting in a school yard.
Read the story about
Metal Detecting School Yards
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