Spring is finally beginning to show in Western Kentucky, and with it plenty of opportunities for getting off the couch and enjoying the outdoor adventures.

The National Forests in NC wants to prohibit leaving geocaches in Wildernesses, Experimental Forests or Wild and Scenic River corridors, and limiting the possession or use of metal detectors on National Forest lands.

Police reported that a treasure hunter enthusiast with a metal detector located an unexploded “artillery ordnance device” that was found a few yards from the pavement near 47th Street in Garden City

On Friday and Saturday, January 15-16, 2010, The Grand National Relic Shootout (GNRS) had a relic hunt on the Castle Hall Plantation in South Carolina. This was an active plantation from the colonial era through the civil war.

Ironically this gold pendant (the size of a stamp) was found by a amateur metal detectorist only a few inches below the soil. This pendant is estimated to be dated from around the 15th century. It depicts the Holy Trinity and is in remarkable condition.

Ever since Scott Mitchen unearthed his first Indian-head nickel at the site of an old country store parking lot in Benoit at the age of 10, he has been infected with allure of treasure hunting.

January is National Hobby Month, and here is why I believe the hobby of metal detecting is one of the most exciting and rewarding hobbies. Thirty-five years ago, I purchased my first metal detector

Interesting videos of metal detecting in Virgina. It’s interesting to me to see all the different finds that we typically would not see in Idaho.

Cool small video – Treasure hunting America. Lot’s of good info Whites Metal detectors.

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