Tag: detecting history
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First Year Loonie.
1987 Loonie 1987 was the first year on the Canadian $1 coin. I was 10 years old and I remember holding several lemonade stands on my parents front lawn with my sister during that summer. I also remember getting handfuls on loonies from neighbours, people running for exercise, and people that just loved supporting kids…
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Horse Shit, or History?
What Does The Horse Represent In Canadian History? The Canadian horse is known for its great strength and endurance, resilience, intelligence and good temper The wild horse herds that once roamed the Great Lakes region came to hold deep cultural significance for the Ojibwe communities who lived there. They are considered a spirit animal and…
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Gord Downie Public Beach and Netherlands coin Found In Harrowsmith Ontario.
Today is June 14th 2023, the day started out wet, raining, & really not a day to be out detecting but since I only have a couple of days off in a row I decided that detecting was on the agenda anyway. I decided to head into Kingston ON to the gord Downie public…
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CHOOSING YOUR PERFECT DETECTOR
After spending the last year and a half metal detecting throughout southern Ontario, following many forums on the subject, there seems to be one question that is asked by many, and that is. what is the best machine within my budget? So I’ll start off by saying that just over a year ago…
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2023 Metal Detecting Adventures In the 1000 Island’s (PART 1)
We are now getting to the end of May 2023, the weather has started getting nicer, & the bugs have started getting worse for the season. That’s right, it’s black fly season, I have witnessed the clubs social media page taking a lull in activity. From the start of spring until about the 15th of…
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Putting Our Boat Back In The Water, Leads To A Quick Mother’s Day Island Hunt
It had been 2 years since the last time my partner Erin and I had a boat of our own in the water. For the past 10 years I have always had a boat of my own in the drink but since 2020 (the year of Corona Virus or COVID 19) or since Erin being…
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Midway Through The 2023 Detecting Season. Well as we know from my previous posts. This year (year 2 ) of metal Detecting I had decided to move from Minelab products and get into the Nokta products. Late last season in 2022 I purchased a Nokta Legend at their sale price which ended up being a…
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Canadian History & How It Helps Determine Where to Metal Detect.
After My first year of Metal detecting is now under my belt, I find myself getting more excited and interested in finding older relics, and items of age, rather than items of modern age and current monetary value. So, for the season of 2023 I have decided to take a whole different approach…
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The Beginning Of The 2023 Season Welcome to my page about metal detecting. If you have been following my stories in 2022 then this is just a continuation about my adventures of becoming a metal detectorist, However if your new to my page then a brief history of myself, this blog, and why I…
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Joel Stone Heritage Park, & The Gananoque Public Beach (Group Clean Up)
During the start of this past summer of 2022. My partner Erin and I took our son Caspian to the Gananoque local public beach ( Joel Stone Heritage Park) to have some fun in the sun. I had recently bought a metal detector and had decided to bring it to the beach that day in…
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