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The magazine for the Searcher and DetectoristVolume 2, Issue

January - February 201

lRecovery Team Assists Law Enforcement.lA Brief History of Metal Detecting.lGPS Detecting.lRecent Discoveries.

lNEW Club Listings.


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Email me your photos and a brie description o

your fnds or the next issue! Videos accepted too!

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This hobby is un, its protable and its rewarding. Just ask a

ew that have made antastic discoveries like Terry Herbert or that

person who has had their lost ring returned or an interesting relic

that revealed a small part o our history.

Metal detectors have played a large part in our discoveries. I

youve been hunting as long as I have, since 1963, youve ound you

air share o junk and a ew treasures along the way. Youve also

seen the growth o this industry rom World War II mine detectors,BFO (Beat-requency oscillator), TR (Transmit-Receive), VLF (Very

Low Frequency) and PI (Pulse Induction) type detectors.

In this issue, Im going to give you a very brie history o metal

detectors, its inventor and a ew o the more notable pioneers

within this industry. Im going to stay away rom discussing GPR

(Ground Penetrating Radar) or the 2 box systems. Ill hold those or

a later time. I will show some truly great photos rom Garrett, Fishe

Whites and Minelab who contributed their images, plus a ew omy own, along with a very basic time line on how detecting has

progressed since the early days.

Somewhere out in the north Georgia woods theres a BFO

detector wrapped around a tree that I donated to the ecology...

Behind every fnd is a great photo!

Welcome to Relic Hunter Magazine!Worldwide Discoveries in Every Issue

Jim LeonardEditor & Publisher



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WhatsInside

Army Spc. Sean Hogan uses a mine detector to search or improvised

explosive devices near Baqubah, Iraq. The 141st Engineer Battalion,

known as the Trailblazers, is perorming sweeps in the Baqubah area.

The 141st is attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inantry Division.

DoD photo by Spc. James B. Smith Jr., U.S. Army.

Cover Photograph

Recent Discoveries All throughout this issue

Florida Evidence Recovery Team Detecting 1

GPS Hunting 1

A History o Detecting 1

How to straighten out a coin (video) 4

Metal Detecting Club Listings (NEW and FREE) 4

Back Cover Photograph

U.S. Army Pc. Jeremiah Jones, 21 Bravo combat engineer, uses his

ANP/PVS 14 mine detector to locate a possible buried mine during

an early morning weapon cache search mission nearby Khark water

treatment acility in Taji, Iraq on Feb. 13, 2007. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass

Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kitt Amaritnant)



pitched squeek in

some ones oot

print! I was in allmetal mode so I

was going to dig

most signals. I nar-

rowed down the

target and dug it

out.

Now to nd

it in the soil. The

thing kept mov-ing! Or perhaps I

kept missing it. At

one point I nearly

gave up - thinking

it was trash any-

way, but I kept on.

Eventually I did

get it in a hand ull o soil. Bit by bit I whittledit down to a small amount, putting that in

the palm o my hand I stirred the soil and my

jaw nearly hit the oor. There looking up at

me was a quarter stater! To say I was a happy

chap was an understatement. First target, in

the entrance o the eld, in some ones FOOT

PRINT.

I can only think that when everyone

started the noise must have been overpowering and conused all the machines so people

missed it.

I did get a hammered penny and a ew

other bits but that was the highlight o my

day by ar. Now I always let the herd rush o

on these rallies - I have a good look around

where they have been - just in case

Allan Ashord - Newbury, Berkshire, UK

Hi Jim

had only been involved in the hobby or

about 12 months. I decided, and since talkingo other people I see this happens with regu-

arity!, that I should look at up grading my

machine. I started with an X-Terra 30, simple

hings or simple minds. Great little machine

with cracking pinpointing capability.

Anyway, I went into the local retailer and

we talked about the various other options,

bells, lights and all the attachments. I am not

a technical person and the appeal o a switchon and go appealed to me. Budget was a con-

ideration too and with that in mind a second

hand Minelab Quattro seemed to tick the

boxes, so handed over my hard earned cash.

For the rst 3 weeks I could have wrapped

t round the nearest tree. The noises it made

eemed like bagpipe music. But I kept going

digging lots o targets - good and bad - to get

an idea o what they I had ound. Pinpointing

was a nightmare - I really missed the X-Terra

ability.

Various bits and bobs came out in the

hree weeks but in September there was an

organized charity dig in Engleeld near Read-

ng.

The morning came-the orecaster predict-

ng a very hot day - and they were not wrong!Various elds in dierent states but I de-

cided to give the rough ploughed eld a go.

Unortunately I was engrossed in conversation

with a couple o other detectorists when we

ealized we had missed the o.

I made my way to the ploughed eld and

he one entry point. Switched my Quattro on

and started to search. I had not gone more

han a dozen steps when I had a little high

RecentFinds



Well we nally got some warmer weather,

ground thawed, rain stopped so I hit a small

old park in town. This place is rather trashy,

lots o iron.

First coin I ound was 1926 wheat, then Igot the rst indian o the year, and a semi key

date to make it even sweeter, 1867.........made

my day.

Got 2 more wheats, 1944, and 1928,

then just beore leaving I got the SMOOTH

1889 indian it was an odd signal, 01-32, and

DEEP......I about passed it up. Glad I didnt.

Also ound the boyscout

item, it came in like a pull tab. Alitems were ound in areas I have

hunted beore in conductive

mode, today I ran TTF all day. My

hunting partner was also run-

ning in TTF and he got an 1865

indian.

1st Day of the Year,

1st Indian dug, date 1867Goes4ever - NW Ohio, USA



RecentFinds

Found a nice hammered on Wed on our recent club dig. It was actually my second

signal of the morning. What a fantastic result!!

Henry VII London groat, mintmark escallop. Type 3b. Double-arched crown with both

arches jeweled and straggly, uncombed hair. 1493-1495

Coin identied on UKDFD. Happy new year to everyone!!

Club Hunt yields Big Surprise!by Stuart Littlewood


10/520 Relic Hunter January - February, 2011

It started with a phone call rom the

Marion County Sheris Department

. a request or the Mid Florida

Historical Research & Recovery

Association to assist in the recovery o

evidence possibly used in a homicide

approximately our years ago.

On the ollowing day (Wednesday,

April 21st) a quickly-assembled team o

Mike Sniegowski, Chuck Barber, RogerAckley, Roger Schultz, Al King, and Bill

Beardsley, under the sot drizzle o the

till-dark sky, met or an early-morning

breakast at McDonalds in Silver Springs

beore proceeding to the rendezvous at

he Sheris Oces in Forrest Corners.

Ater sharing mutual introductions

with Inspector Mike Mongeluzzo

and Detective Larry McArdle o theMajor Crimes Unit and nearly a dozen

Sheris Deputies, and apprised o the

circumstances surrounding the crime,

we were then led in caravan style

surrounded ront and back with about

en marked and unmarked police vehicles)

o the search site on the other side o the St.

ohns River, well into Volusia County.

The items we were to search or were 9mmand .380 semi-automatics that had possibly

been used at the crime scene, and discarded

oadside rom a vehicle by the perpetrators

while they were being pursued or a trac

violation.

Each member o our team was

accompanied by an assigned deputy, whose

duty was to dig any targets that we indicated

were worthy o inspection. Needless to say, a

Mid Florida Evidence Recovery TeamAssists in Retrieval O Crime Scene FirearmSubmitted by Bill Beardsley, President

lot o attened soda cans saw the light o day

ater a long rest in the soil.

The area o concentration was along

the drainage ditch running parallel to theroadway. In some areas it was as wide as eigh

or more eet, black in color, with occasional

mounds or ootholds.

Some o us worked the water rom its

edges, while braver souls like Roger Schultz

and Roger Ackley plunged right in. (I think

their enthusiasm or wading was diminished

somewhat ater the rst sighting o a watermoccasin with which they were sharing the


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water.) But shortly thereater,

Roger Schultz had a distinctive

esponse on his detectorhat dictated digging by his

accompanying Deputy Sheri.

And there, revealed in the

hole, was a .380 ammunition

clip with three cartridges

emaining in place, later

dentied as possibly used in

he crime. A very conrming

nd that indicated we weredoing the right thing . in the

ight place. And it wasnt long

beore he received still another

ignal, which, when dug, revealed a plastic

9mm semi- auto Berretta, that may also have

been used during the execution o a crime.

Ater a welcome and lling roadside

unch served by the Sheris Department,

and shared with our new companions, we

eturned to the task in the now punishing

aternoon sun and temperatures, but, buoyed

by the nds o the morning, with the same

high degree o enthusiasm.

As the aternoon wore on, spirits began

o lag, but hope remained with each o us

hat the next signal would reveal the targets

we were seeking. About three oclock thedecision was made to call it a day, and that

was communicated to all the coordinating

Sheris and sta, along with instructions to

converge at the midpoint o our search area

approximately 4 1/2 miles in length).

One o our search party, working that

particular area, continued his search as we

were all gathering, and in his closing sweeps

eceived a strong, high pitched soundemitting rom his Tesoro Tejon that indicated

a target worthy o inspection lay below

the heavy layer o pine needles. Careully

brushing aside the three to our inches o

pine needles that covered the unknown

target, layer by layer, the search nallyrevealed, imbedded less than an inch into th

dark soil, the 9mm semi-automatic.



Mid Florida Evidence Recovery TeamAssists in Retrieval O Crime Scene Firearm

The grin on Mike Sniegowskis ace spreadquickly to every member o our team and that

o the Sheris, like an ocean wave engulng

all o us. Then came the cries o elation, high

ves, and the slaps and embraces by the

members o both teams. The scene resembled

he moments ollowing the outcome o a

hotly contested college ootball game.

But something was still missing .

he .380 semi-auto itsel. And InspectorMongeluzzo wanted a clean sweep. Could we

assemble another recovery team to re-search

he area? And how soon? Condent that our

community-conscious members would be

esponsive, a request or volunteers posted on

our web-site generated

en members eager to

hare their expertise inhis worthy endeavor.

Our team or Saturday, April 24th, was

composed o Grant Wellman, Tony Sormani,

George Benjamin, Jim Kriebel, Eric Bothur,Sonny Johnson, Jason Heeter, Bob Doyle,

Bruce Carey, and Bill Beardsley.

The procedures that day airly well echoed

our experience o the previous ew days, with

similar search patterns, digging assistance,

and so orth, but without the success o our

previous search. The .380 rame continued

to elude the best eorts o both our team

and that o the Sheris Department. But the

day was ar rom wasted. All our participants

learned a little more about evidence recovery

that will stand us in good stead on uture

eorts along those lines.

Our Club members showed that they

continue to respond to the needs o our

community and the various agencies that

contribute to our saety and protection. And,on top o that, everyone who participated

reveled in an exciting detecting experience.

Shown below is a group photo o the rst

days hunt members o our Clubs Evidence

Recovery Team and the Sheris Deputies.



Marion County Sheri

Ed Dean, and his sta,honored the members o our two

Evidence Recovery Teams that assisted their

Major Crimes Unit in recovering a rearm and

other crime evidence in Volusia County earlier

his year.

Each member received a certicate

and a medallion (which is shown above) in

ecognition o their individual eorts.

During his presentation, Sheri Dean,who proved to be a most gracious host and

consummate proessional, spoke glowingly

o the contribution to his organization made

by our Club members, and indicated the

ikelihood o calling upon us again in the

uture, when the need arises.

Every member attending was impressed

by his willingness to devote both his time,

and that o his top sta, which included the

Chie, Captain, and Inspector, to the more

han hal-hour presentation.

Most importantly, the occasion was still

another indication o our Clubs commitment

o service to our community and to its law

enorcement agencies. This was an event

n which each and every member o our

organization can take pride.

By Bill Beardsley

Sheri HonorsClub Members

Back row: Inspector Mike Mongoluzzo, Roger Ackley,

Al King, Tony Sormani, Sonny Johnson, Jim Kriebel,

Bill Beardsley, George Benjamin, Roger Shultz, Sheri

Ed Dean. Front row: Grant Wellman, Eric Brothur, Mike

Sniegowski, Chuck Barber. Missing rom above: Jason

Heeter, Bruce Carey.



RecentFinds

Using a GPS to track your hunt!by Jim Leonard



Iwent or a quick hunt with my riend, Larry Shirah,

to a place near a well know battle site here in

Georgia.For Christmas, one o the gits I got rom my wie

was a Garmin Vista HCx GPS and decided to give it a

go to track my hunting area and mark any nds that I

might happen to discover.

When I got to the area, I turned on my tracking,

put the GPS in my pocket and started swinging the

loop. Larry had gotten several readings, 1 dropped

and 1 red plus a ew bits o iron. I had my detector

set up with my England settings, allowing me to hear

everything but the good stu was going to give me a

low tone beep. I listened or that low tone beep.

First object was a lead weight, second was a carve

3-ring bullet and the next was a musket ball.

On every nd, I inserted a new mark on where I

ound the object. Returning

home I downloaded the

GPS to the map and thentranserred the inormation

to a Goggle satellite map. It

worked perectly.



RecentFinds

B

est detecting story or me was

spring this year.. For weeks I hunted

a very small cove beach that usedto be popular many years ago. I spent a

ridiculous amount hours over a period

o 2-3 months on that beach and I didnt

nd any gold (nor silver!) and even when

a buddy started joining me, we still didnt

nd anything. Until one day when I called

up my buddy to see i he wanted to go to

the beach, I nd he was packing up and

had ound 2 rings..Raged with jealously, as he had only

been detecting a matter o weeks on my

avorite beach, I had spent in excess o

200 hours on that beach and never saw

any gold (or silver or that matter!) and my

buddy comes along and pulls 2 rings!

So I went back to the beach that

morning, just ater he let, but due to the

amount o people there I couldnt detect,

so I went back home whining... Not air!

Anyhow, I returned later that evening and

wasnt leaving until I ound some gold!Two hours pass and Im getting really

bored ater digging only a total o 12p, 2

coins.. And not orgetting the complimentary

pocket ull o rubbish.. I move to the middle o

the beach and decide to hit a 2-3 more signa

and then call it a day..

I quickly ound an undug signal which

sounded like every other signal on that beach

and lazily dug two spadeuls o sand. Mynext sight would change detecting or me

or lie and is reason why I am a detecting

junkie. I have to have my x o looking or

that illusive piece o gold ..symptoms o gold

ever? Under my headlamp, sparkled my rst

gold ring, 9ct heavy wedding band, and it

was the start o an addiction that was huntin

gold!

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A History of Metal Detecting

It was July o 1881 and the American

President Gareld had been shot twice by

an assassin at a train depot in Washington,

D.C.Alexander Graham Bell (inventor o

he telephone) had invented a device or

medical sciences that would detect metal

ocated in human bodies. For months he

had experimented with his device on living

Civil War soldiers in an attempt to locate

bullets and lead ragments still lodged in

parts o their bodies. His metal detector hadmoderate success.

We need your help, and please bring your device.

American President Garfeld is shot. The National Archiv

Mr. Bell arrived at the Presidents room,

surrounded by doctors, who, in their attempt

to locate the assassins bullet had ailed. One

bullet grazed Garelds arm; the second bullelodged near his spine and could not be ound

although scientists today think that the bulle

was near his lung.

Most historians and medical experts now

believe that Gareld probably would have

survived his wound had the doctors attendin

him been more capable. Several inserted thei

unsterilized ngers into the wound to probeor the bullet, and one doctor even punctured



Garelds liver in doing so. This alone

would not have caused death, as theiver is one o the ew organs in the

human body that can regenerate

tsel. However, this physician

probably introduced streptococcus

bacteria into the Presidents body

and that caused blood poisoning

or which at that time there were no

antibiotics.

Mr. Bell set up his detector

and ran a scan on the area o the

Presidents body. The detector didnt

work. Through repeated attempts

here was still no success in locating

he bullet lodged in the body o The National Archive




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President Gareld. Then Mr. Bell determined

hat the President was lying upon a mattress

upported by steel springs and the springswere interering with his device, producing

tatic.

Mr. Bell asked to have the Presidents body

moved to a thick cotton mattress so a more

hrough could be perormed without the

presence o steel. The doctors attending the

President conerred upon the request and

eused to move the President rom his bed,earing more complication rom the gunshot

wound.

President Gareld died o a massive heart

attack or a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm,

ollowing blood poisoning and bronchial

pneumonia, at 10:35 p.m. on Monday,

September 19, 1881, in Long Branch, New

ersey.

Thus was the frst use o a metal detector

ecorded in history. Its ironic that the hunt

or lead bullets still goes on in the states, as

hundreds hit the elds and woods in search

or treasure.

Dr. Gerhard Fisher

his wie, August 1st 1881, Mr. Bell says:

cating bullet in body o an old Soldier with newre to try the President tomorrow morning at eight

or urther secrecy. The doctors are concerned

nt where I heard the sound last time. - A. G. Bell

In the late 1920s, Dr. Gerhard Fisher, a Germa

immigrant who studied electronics at the

University o Dresden, obtained the rst

patent ever issued on aircrat radio direction

nders. He was working as a Research

Engineer in Los Angeles, Caliornia at the

time and his work attracted the interest o

Dr. Albert Einstein. Ater a demonstration

o Dr. Fishers

equipment,

Einstein

enthusiastically

and correctly

predicted the

world-wide use

o radio directionnders in the air,

on land and at sea.

When using

such direction

nders during

those early years,

aircrat pilots

ound that errorswould occur in

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heir bearings when metal objects came

between the transmitter and receiver, orwhenever they passed over certain areas.

Dierent pilots ying dierent planes always

observed the same errors over the same

places.

When Dr. Fisher investigated this

phenomenon, he ound these errors to be the

esult o highly conductive, mineralized areas.

Dr. Fisher concluded that a portable electronic

prospecting instrument could be developed

hat used the same principle to detect the

presence o small buried objects and ore

deposits.

He continued his research into this

phenomenon, and in 1931 he ounded Fisher

Research Laboratory in a garage behind his

home at 1505 Byron St. in Palo Alto, Caliornia.

He and our employees began producinghe Metallascope, starting each unit as a

new order came in. The Metallascope was a

ugged, easy-to-use metal detector. By todays

tandards, it was perhaps an ungainly device:

wo large, at wooden boxes containing

imple copper coils, ve vacuum tubes, and a

ew assorted components. It soon captivated

he imagination o the country, and within ahort time, the world.

USS MACON CRITICAL TOOL FOR DR. FISHER

Around 1933, the U.S. Navy hired Dr. Fisher

o install a radio direction nder aboard the

dirigible, the USS Macon. It was aboard the

Macon that Dr. Fisher discovered that large

metal buildings and mineralized mountainscancelled out the instruments direction

nding capabilities leading him to the

discovery o the rst metal detector.Dirigibles served the U.S. Navy as oating

bases or scout planes during the 1930s, but

the program was eventually abandoned. It

became obvious that the highly touted U.S.

Navy lighter-than-air program had a atal aw

dirigibles had a tendency to crash during

severe weather.

By 1936, sales had increased to the point

where the garage was no longer large

enough. Fisher Research Laboratory moved

to a small building at 745 Emerson St. in

Palo Alto. Shortly thereater, Dr. Fisher was

granted a patent or his Metallascope. The

Metallascope was soon nicknamed the

M-Scope, and as such, became an accepted

standard or all types o electronic metal

detection: geologists located ore, treasurehunters ound treasure, utility companies

located buried pipes, lumber mills located

metal inclusions in sawn logs, and law

enorcement agencies used it to locate

abandoned or hidden weapons.

In 1939, just prior to World War II, Fisher

moved to an even larger building at 1961

University Ave. in Palo Alto. During World WaII and the subsequent Korean Conict, the

company was called upon to contribute its

technical competence to the war eort, but

the M-Scope business was never neglected.

In 1961, Fisher moved to an even larger

production acility in Belmont, Caliornia.

In 1967, Dr. Fisher retired, having rmly

established his name in the annals oelectronic history. The company continued to



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grow, and in 1974, Fisher Research Laboratory

moved 90 miles southeast to Los Banos,Caliornia.

In 1990, Fisher built a spacious, modern

manuacturing plant in the Los Banos

ndustrial Park, where the worlds oldest metal

detector business resided until it was acquired

by First Texas Products in 2006.

WORLD WAR IIThe Mine detector (Polish) Mark I was ametal detector or landmines developed

during World War II in the winter o 1941

1942 by Polish lieutenantJze Kosacki.

In the pre-war period the Department

o Artillery o the Ministry o National

Deence ordered the construction o a

device that could be helpul in locatingduds on artillery training grounds. The

instrument was designed by the AVA works,

but its implementation was prevented by

the outbreak o the Polish Deensive War.

Following the all o Poland and the transer

o Polish HQ to France, work restarted on the

device, this time intended as a mine detector

The National Archive

From the 551 to 553 to the 1265X, shown above,

his one was one o my best rom Fisher.



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Little is known o this stage o construction

as the work was stopped by the battle o

France and the need to evacuate the Polish

personnel to Great Britain.

In late 1941 Lieut. Jze Kosacki devised

a nal project, based partially on the earlier

designs. His discovery was not patented; he

gave it as a git to the British Army. He was

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given a thank you letter rom the King or

his act.

Kosackis design was accepted and 500

mine detectors were immediately sent to El

Alamein where they doubled the speed o

he British 8th Army. During the war more

han 100,000 o this type were produced,

ogether with several hundred thousands o

urther developments o the mine detector

Mk. II, Mk. III and Mk IV). Detector was used

ater during the Allied invasion o Sicily, the

Allied invasion o Italy and the Invasion o

Normandy. This type o detectors was used by

he British Army until 1995.

The Polish detector had two coils, one owhich was connected to an oscillator which

generated an oscillating current o an acoustic

requency. The other coil was connected to

an amplier and a headphone. When the coils

came into proximity to a metallic object the

balance between the coils was upset and the

headphone reported a signal.

cting History

2011

Charles Garrett MinelabWhites Electronics

TR/VLF Use

1950 1964 1976 1978

Pulse Induction

1985

BBS Multple Frequency

SETA and DVT

The SCR-625 1943 US Army mine detector




Whites Detectors beginnings date backto the year 1950 and the uranium craze. When

all the country was looking or uranium, so

were Olive and Ken White, Sr.

The only Geiger Counters available used

headphones and Mr. White quickly learned

that headphones created a problem in

rattlesnake country. He invented a better

product but was told his design was

impossible by the leading Geiger Counter

manuacturers.

Deciding to manuacture the design

himsel, he and an employee built one

Geiger Counter a day. The counters were well

received and within seven years, Whites had

65 employees.In 1958, the U.S. government announced

it would no longer purchase uranium. All was

not lost or this growing business, however. At

the request o a ormer dealer in Tombstone,

Arizona, Mr. White was persuaded to build a

metal detector.

On his rst outing, the dealer ound a

Spanish spur, a large piece o silver, several

Ken White Jr. and Ken White, S

Ken White and Olive Whit

artiacts and a ew coins. This successul rst

outing was written up in a book with Mr.

Whites name and address. The year was 1959

Orders and requests or inormation poured i

and marked the beginning o the Whites we

know.



Whites Electronics is a world leader in the

design and manuacture o metal detectors.

Currently led by Ken and Mary White, using

he same philosophy that was so successul

or Kens ather 50 years ago. Give thecustomers quality and value, treat your

employees like you would like to be treated

and the uture will be bright.

As the technology changes, Whites

electronics will continue to be on the

oreront.

Above photo: One o the earliest metal de-

tectors I have in my collection, a Coinmaster

2D. It still works, although a little dusty and

the meter is a bit aded, it reminds me o my

Coinmaster 5 DB. My rst VLF detector that Iused or years.

Above let: One o the best analog detectors,

the 5900 SL Pro.

Above right: Whites XLT. My rst step into th

digital realm o metal detecting. LED readou

o whats in the ground and the relative con-

ductivity o the object thats being detected




Garrett Detectors In 1963, CharlesGarrett, a talented electrical engineer rents

a ew commercial metal detectors and nds

hem totally unsatisactory. He begins work

n the garage o his Garland ,Texas home todesign, develop and build better ground

search metal detectors.

Eleanor and Charles Garrett establish their

business April 1, 1964.

Garrett introduces the dual search coil

Hunter, his rst metal detector, to the market

retail price $145.00).

Charles Garrett at his workbench

One o the rst Garrett detectors.

By 1967, Garrett competes with more than

35 companies who have a standing history o

manuacturing and selling metal detectors.

He recognizes early that his detectors must

oer better searching capabilities than thoseavailable rom his competitors.

Through the next decades, Garrett

becomes known as being an innovator in the

metal detecting industry introducing one o

the rst TR/VLF machines.

One o the keys to the companys success

is being able to oresee a need or a service

within the industry and then, with the



Charles Garrett and Roy Lagel in the e

Relic hunting in west Texas

Photographs provided by Brian McKenzie, Garrett MetalDetectors, Garland, Texas. Eleanor and Charles Garre

alented engineering sta and marketing

expertise, Garrett brings that product to theconsumer.

More inormation about Garrett and their

ascinating acts can be read at the company

website:

http://www.garrett.com/media/media.htm




In 2008 Minelab became a member o

the dynamic Codan Group o Companies.

The parent company, Codan Limited, is an

international leader in high requency radio

and satellite communications.

Sample photos provided by Sheila Kelleher,

Minelab Ireland

1986 Goldseeker 15000

Since its origins in 1985, Minelab has been

a world leader in providing metal detecting

technologies or consumer, humanitarian

demining and military needs.

Through devotion to research and

development and innovative design, Minelab

s today a major world manuacturer o hand

held metal detector products. Over the past

25 years, Minelab has introduced innovative

and practical technology and has taken the

metal detecting industry to new levels o

excellence.Minelab specialises in advanced electronic

technologies, directed by a highly innovative

and dedicated research and development

team inspired by the physicist Bruce Candy.

In April 1986 Minelabs rst detector, the

Goldseeker 15000, came o the assembly

ine and within the next two years, over

8,000 Goldseeker units were sold throughoutAustralia. It was detector that was able to

detect better in the ironstone and heavy

mineralized ground than did the competition.

Minelab was the rst to introduce Broad

Band Spectrum, or BBS, a new method o

detection. Instead o operating at a single

requency, BBS enables the detector to

operate using 17 separate requenciessimultaneously.

2010 GPX 500



1987 GT 16000 Auto Tracking

1991 Sovereign Multi Frequency and Tone

1993 Excalibur Variable Discrimination




Naturally, there are a lot more companies who

are manuacturing other great detectors, but

his has just been a brie history o the majorcompanies and their events.

One detector that Im very curious about

s the XP DEUS, manuactured in France. I

youll look at one o the article written by

Stuart Littlewood, youll see the control box

or this detector. It has some promising

attributes, its lightweight, it uses wireless

headphones, and it olds up. Looks like the

Starship Enterprise when collapsed. The XPuses 4 requences: 4, 8, 12, and 18kHz. It

works with either 2, 3 or 4 tones or target

dentication. The control box is removable

and has rechargeable batteries, as well as the

wireless headphones.

The coil sends the signal to the contol

box and the earphones by radio requencies,There are no wires and allows the user to

either mount the control box on the stem or

you can wear it on your belt!

Since this detector hasnt been released

(ocially) here in the States, Id welcome any

and all reports (and nds) on how well this

detector perorms in highly mineralized, like

what we have here in Georgia.



Minimizes user bending by 10 inches. 5 custom angles to choose rom.

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Gives the user the advantage o an oset handle toeduce back bending plus the useulness o a straight

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No tools are required. Can be placed anywhere along or around stick tool ormaximum comort.

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ower back muscles and joints.

Distinct advantages o the Pro-Handle are:

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RecentFinds

Hi Jim, just thought I send to you another nd

or the magazine.

Well, I beat my husband again. Hes was

not a happy camper when I popped out my

rst silver hal dollar right in ront o him as we

were detecting at a local park near our home.

This is a park where Ive gone with him

beore I got my Fisher. He ound the Mercury

dime and a couple o the wheat pennies and

I ound all the rest. This is a lot o un and Im

always pointing out to him, Lets go hunt tha

old house.

Just A Little Silver Sunshineby Lynn Burks, Macon, GA, USA



Went out or a ew hours last month and dug

up this top to an exploded Civil War shell. I

havent cleaned it up and you can see the hole

where the use was. It was deep, down almost

a oot and I thought I had ound another can-

non ball. About 5 eet rom it, Bob, my hunt-

ng partner ound what he believes are some

o the other parts to the cannon ball.

We hunted up the hill and I ound these 3

grape shots. Im suspecting that there was

some heavy action going on here.

Were still looking and have ound some

wide pieces o lead that must have been a

sabot or something.

Thanks or posting my photo.

Confederate Artillery Shrapnel found..by Hunting Henry Henson, Chattanooga, TN, USA



RecentFinds

Last week I noticed in our local weekly paper

hat construction on a new High School

was going to begin in the spring. They even

howed a map displaying the entire layout.

Well, I checked the area on an old 1937

aerial image and discovered that there was

once a arm house there. Then I checked the

868 Beers map and there it was! The landbelongs to the school district making it open

or detecting.

So on Friday (New Years Eve) I got out there

and, believe it or not, my very rst target was

a 1944 Merc Dime! Encouraged, I pressed

on and ound another silver dime, a 1951

Roosevelt, a 1946 Jeerson nickel (older than

me!) and 6 wheat cents, all rom the 1940s.

I didnt get back there Saturday because,

uhhhh, I was still a little uzzy rom the

Research Does Pay Off!

by Yeasty

Delaware, USA

previous nites celebrations but today I was

determined to continue the search. I plotted

the area most likely to have more coins on

Google Earth and loaded the waypoints into

my GPS and when I arrived at the site I agge

the area I planned to hunt. Needless to say,

it payed o. I ound a dateless Bualo Nickel,

another Merc Dime (1919) and, best o all, thenicest silver coin I have ound to date. A really

sweet 1898 Barber Quarter! The condition

o this coin indicates that it must have spent

most o its 112 years in the ground.

I have not even covered 1/4 o the sites

area. I plan to get back there tomorrow! The

most important thing Ive learned is that its

wise to pay attention to the local news.Onceagain, research does pays o!


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North GeorgiaRelic Hunters Association

and the

Marietta Parks andRecreation Department

Invites you to Attend

THE 33rdANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN

August 13th and 14th, 2011Saturday: 9-5, Sunday: 9-3

Over 220 8 Foot Tables of:Dug RelicsGuns & SwordsBooksFrameable PrintsPaper ItemsArtillery Items

Currency

Inquires:NGRHAAttention: Show ChairmanP.O. Box 503Marietta, Georgia 30061

www.NGRHA.com

At The Cobb County Civic Center548 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA



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The covers are made rom tough hardwearing Cordura material and they have

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RecentFinds

Hi Jim, Im not the best story teller but dontmind sending you a ew lines:

Heres a couple o pictures rom earlier thisyear.

While staying on a campsite, detectingor a ew days, we got talking to one o the

campsite sta.She began telling me that she and her

hubby had a large argument. In his tempered

age, he went out side and threw his and herwedding rings as ar as he could toss them...

That was 18 months ago and ater buyinga detector and ater endless searching, theystill hadnt ound their wedding rings.

So this is where I come in. Saying to thelady, I there still there, I will nd them.

Well, to cut a long story short, ater 2hours searching ... I had ound both rings!!

To say that she was over the moonwould be a understatement. Needless-to-

say, i we ever want to go detecting in thecampgrounds again, we will be more thanwelcome.

He Threw Their Wedding Rings Away!by Raymo, Middlesbrough, UK



In January, my mate took meon one of his eld, You might nd

some Roman stuff he said. I was

on the eld for only 10 minutes

and found a Roman Brooch.

Getting my second signal, I

had yet found another Roman

Brooch, My third signal, yeah,

you guessed it, I found anotherRoman Brooch,

It was a great day that made

me very happy!

1

2

3

ITS AS EASY ASby G. Clooney, Castleord, UK



RecentFinds

This has been a problem that many hunters

have experienced, nding a very nice ham-

mered coin only to recover it and see that itsbeen olded over.

Straightening out the coin can be tricky

and i its not done correctly, the coin will

break and then youve got a worthless artiact.

This was what happened to Rich Shelton,

Bucks, UK. He ound a nice hammered coin

and wanted to hand it over to an expert to

straighten it out.

There is help out there, i you know where

I ound a great coin, but its thoroughlybent and I need some expert adviceon how to straighten it out

to look. Probably one o the best resources

or identication and preservation o artiact

is no more than a ew clicks away and itsknown as Minelabowners orum.

Minelabowners (MLO) orum is a privately

operated site by Gary Brun in Norway, unde

by members support, yet its open to any an

all persons who love to detect worldwide.

MLO also has another great reerence named

MLO TV. These are user videos uploaded to

the server, ree o any charge, that provides a

great resource or any detectorist.



Gordon Heritage,

Ironhearted Gog,

has recorded a video

how he actually

demonstrates how to

traighten up a bentcoin.

Just click on the

mage to the right and

watch Gordon as he

traightens out a bent

coin.

Great going there Rich. Looks as though

youve got a keeper with that coin. No expert

needed this time!

Ater watching the video, Rich was able to,with patience, straighten out his coin.
http://www.mlotv.com/view/204/offa-saxon-coin/



Find Us On FacebookClick the logo)

Hi JimWe recently changed the nights we have our meetings. The

revised schedule is:The meetings are held on the Second WEDNESDAY o each

month at 7:30 PM.

In addition to August, October and December - there is nomeeting in MARCH.

Meeting location is in the St. Maurice Parish Church

The room called Doran Hall The address is 358 Glenbrook Rd. Stamord, CT 06906-2198

GPS Coordinates: -73.522475,41.065862,0

This is the basement area o the Church.

Our contact ino is [email protected]

Our web site is http://www.noreasters.net

Metal DetectingClubs

NorEasters Metal Detecting Club

Georgia Research and RecoveryWe are a relic hunting association. Formed in 1976,the group is 2nd largest in the state with membershithroughout the Atlanta metropolitan area.

We meet on the 2nd Thursday o each month atTHE DELKWOOD GRILL at 7:00 PMThe grill is

located at 2769 on Delk Road in Marietta, Georgia,USA.

We are dedicated to the responsible hobby opreserving the past or uture generations. Thepurpose o this club is to provide social, technical andrecreational inormational exchange activities thatprovide or the enjoyment o hunting and collectingitems rom the past and present.

Visit our website: http://www.garrc.com/

R E M E M B ECLUB LISTING

ARE ALWAYS FREE
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Tuesday, January 25First Club Meeting o 2011.

You dont want to miss this one!!!

Where: 1 N. Beach St Ormond Beach, FL

When: Tuesday, January 25 rom 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Daytona Dig & FindMetal Detecting Club

Volusia countys only metal detecting club or over 20 years. Meetings the 4th Tuesday o eachmonth. Two Yearly seeded hunts, Finds o the month, Rafes, Prizes and Detectorists o all ages.

Contact us [email protected] Us On FacebookClick the logo)

Mid Florida Historical Research & Recovery AssociationMetal detecting is un and Were Diggin It

We meet on the 3rd Thursday o each month at:

Gander Mountain.Intersection o I-75

And SR 40 at 6:00 PM

OcersBill Beardsley, President [email protected] Sniegowski ,Vice President [email protected] Seidman, Secretary [email protected] Ackley, Tresurer. [email protected]

MID FLORIDA HISTORICALRESEARCH & RECOVERY ASSOCIATION

WHY PAY FOR A LISTING ?

YOU ARE THE BACKBONE FOR THIS HOBBY!
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Metal DetectingClubs

We love history and enjoy sharing the hobby o metal detecting,relic recovery and preservation.

We meet once a month at the Shoneys Rest. at I-95 & Hwy 204 in

Historical Savannah Georgia at 7:30 PM every 4th Thursday.

Our meetings are open to all and we encourage visitors.

The meetings include the chance to win a door prize just orattending, club business old and new, a displaying o the members

recent nds. Following the meeting we hold a rafe or items thathave been brought in as donations or the rafe.

Find Us On FacebookClick the logo)

Coastal Empire HistoryHunters AssociationWe are a 2 chapter metal detecting group that meets in Savannah

Georgia and Beauort ,South Carolina

The Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters metal detecting club is dedicated tothe preservation, promotion, and protection o the hobby o recreationalmetal detecting. The club is made up o people around the metro Atlanta,Georgia area.Visit our website or more ino: http://www.stonemountaindiggers.com/
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Palmetto RelicHunters Club

The Cayce Museum is located at: 1800 12th Street, Cayce, South Carolina

Rudy RevesPresident Palmetto Relic Hunters Club

Thanks or letting me know about the FREECLUB POSTINGS.

The Palmetto Relic Hunters Club meets the2nd Tuesday o each month at 7:00 PM at the

Cayce Historical Museum.

At North Georgia Relic Hunters Association (NGRHA) weurther the enjoyment o responsibly collecting Civil Warrelics, old bottles and coins as well as other items rom yeargone by. The NGRHA is dedicated to preserving Georgiahistory through responsible excavation.

The North Georgia Relic Hunters Association was ormed

in 1972 in partnership with the City o Marietta Departmento Parks and Recreation. The association has approximately100 members rom all walks o lie. Meetings are open tothe public.Visit us on Facebook by

licking the logo.

When: First and third Wednesday o each month at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Cobb County FOP Lodge, 2350 Austell Road, Marietta, GA 30008

Please visit our NEW web site: http://www.ngrha.com/

North Georgia Relic Hunters Association
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Last MinuteFinds

As some of you will know Ive been going

hrough a bit of a blank patch as far as

nds have been concerned recently. Im

happy to report the famine has at long last

come to an end. Went on a club dig today

with Steve_T and several others. The temp

didnt get much above freezing all day but it

was worth the effort as I was rewarded with

a coin from my wish list plus a surpriseseal. At rst I thought it was a token but

Steve assures me it is a seal. Heres my

Silver Denarius

My Famine Is Over!by OmegaMike, Rochester, Kent, UK

Ater this mornings extremity reezing on the Farm, I really just wanted to have somemore nds, so went to the

park as well! Usual bizarre mix,ncluding one where I thought

This signal is clear as a bell and

o and behold - it was! Anothershilling and a very worn Victoria

Penny (Barely make out 1873

on it) as well as some odd bits,suspect the top let is a plumb

bob, but not sure what the

odd shaped object top right is,or the tiny brass bowl (Maybe

he end o a cane?) Nice bunch

hough and still so much moren there its scary.

Theres still so much more underneath to be ound!by Trotboy, Tiverton, Devon, UK



And all it takesis just a coupleo pictures!

Relic Hunter has grown by leaps and

bounds. The last issue was read by over

18,000 viewers, in 33 dierent countries,

n just the frst 3 days o its initial re-

ease! At rst I thought that the server wasunning slow but then I was totally amazed

when I check the stats and saw how many

people had come to the site.

Keep your photographs and stories

coming. All it takes is a couple o minutes

o snap o a ew photos and write a briedescription o what you ound or how you

ound it. Youve got the whole world out

here, hungry to read and see the stu that

you nd. Im beginning to get regulars

who enjoy e-mailing me their photosknowing that people are seeing and

reading about their nds. Thank You!!

KEEP YOUR PHOTOSCOMING!

E-Mail your photos to:

[email protected]

For the next issue in March!

A Big Thank You!


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