Tag: Minelab
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This Hobby Is Quickly Adding Up $$$$
The urge to go digging is getting greater as the weeks push on. Every time I head out for a dig the more I start to realize that it’s becoming more of a hobby, and worse, it’s becoming an addiction lol. I suppose there are worse things I could be addicted to in this day…
James Mathias
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Metal Detecting. Goals, & What To Do With Treasures Found.
As a new coil swinging hobbyist it can be difficult to know exactly where to start! Personally I find that public beaches are a great place as well as bleachers at ball parks. There are a tone of interesting items to be dug up, explored and you will get to maybe unearth a few relics…
James Mathias
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What have I learned so far
To date I have found mostly trash, however I have found some interesting items as well. When I first thought about metal detecting as a hobby, I did not realize how much there is to know about it, and that like everything else, the more you know the better and more successful you will be…
James Mathias
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A Tiny Bit Of Canadian History
I was out this morning doing some dirt fishing and came across an old railway tie. These ties are very common throughout the world, however, each of them has a unique bit of history. So since it was my first rail tie discovery I decided to keep it and do a little history check. Since…
James Mathias
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What A Third Outing
You guys are not going to believe this. This was only the third time out and I was able to do something with my detector that is going to be hard to beat in the future. What a great day on the beach, my biggest find, probably that’s ever going to happen too. First I…
James Mathias
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First Finds on First & 2nd Day Out.
Just after purchasing my new metal detector, my partner and I headed off to Gananoque to a public Beach (just East of Kingston Ontario). So at first I felt quite uncomfortable with the whole idea of looking for other peoples lost items with a beach full of people staring at me and knowing I’ll be…
James Mathias
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Where it all started
First things first I suppose. Where did I get the idea to start looking for buried treasures? Well I have always really wanted to own a metal detector from a young age. My older sister had one when I was a child and I remember trying to sneak off with it to look for gold…
James Mathias