Have Detector Will Travel featuring metal detecting stories, articles, tips, and pictures of the finds.
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Have Detector Will Travel features articles and pictures about metal detecting, treasure hunting, coin shooting, and civil war relic 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 concerning metal detecting, metal detectors, and coinshooting, please feel free to send an email or use the comments form.  Most importantly, enjoy your visit and come back often...J.R. Hoff. MSG/E-8 


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First Impressions of White's Spectra V3i/Vision Metal Detector
1898-S Barber, 1953-D, & 1954-P Franklin half dollars found with White's V3i spacer
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Click here to read about Civil War Relic Hunting Part 12.
 

Civil war bullets and relics in a riker display case.

Civil war bullets and relics offered for sale in Riker Display cases.

Click here for more information.

Offered for sale is the finest coin probe you can buy for coinshooters 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

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Stainless steel coin probe.

Metal detect church yards for the older coins.
Barber half dollar, quarter, and dime found in church yards.
Read the Metal Detecting Story Church Yard Hunting

Two turquoise rings found in park.
A Two Ring Day
Two rings found metal
detecting in an old park.

Indian head cents found while metal detecting in the woods.
Have you tried metal detecting
in the woods?  Click here to read about what you might find.

Private Cyrus Myers  civil war identification tag.
Private Cyrus Myers
Civil War Identification Tag
Pennsylvania 4th Volunteer Cavalry

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

Civil war bullets found metal detecting in Fauquier County, Virginia.
Civil war bullets found metal detecting
near Rappahannock Station, Virginia

Civil War Bullets for Sale
Buy Bullets not Bonds

Coin shooting a high school in Athens, Alabama I popped up this civil war U.S. bridal rosette.
Civil War U.S.
bridle rosette.

Metal detecting an old drive-in produced this nice Standing Liberty Quarter.
Coin Shooting Drive-In Theaters Whitesburg Drive-In

Metal detecting in Optimist Park in Huntsville, Alabama produced a total of 77 silver coins while metal detecting (coinshooting) the field.
Read the Story Optimist Park

Metal detecting (coinshooting) a ballfield produced this nice example of a Bull Durham watch fob.
Why You Should Keep Records
 Record Keeping


Medieval c
oin Identified!
Read all about it.

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Metal detecting a hay field in Germany produced this Floris IV Count of Holland.
Coin found metal detecting in Germany.
 


Read the Metal
Detecting Story

Metal detecting near an old bandshell I found this 1833 Capped Bust Type dime.
Two Ladies in Waiting
(waiting to be dug up!)
 


Metal Detecting Boot Camp book cover.
Metal Detecting Boot Camp
written by Doug Stanley
Click Here for more info.
 


Metal detecting (coinshooting) by Jeff Herke produced this 1899 Barber Half Dollar.
Latest Jeff Herke coin find.

Read about the latest military finds:

While metal detecting a park I found this nice example of WW II Aerial Gunner Wings.
WW II AAF
Aerial Gunner Wings

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Metal detecting produced this set of WW II Aerial Gunner Wings found by Jeff Herke.
WW II AAF
Aerial Aircrew Wings

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 Recent Civil War Metal Detecting Finds:
Identified
Relic
Unidentified
Button
Carved
Bullets
This sash buckle was found relic hunting in Remington, Virginia. This button was found along with civil war bullets. While metal detecting for civil war relics I found this carved bullet.


Latest Canal Metal Detecting Find

1876-S Seated Liberty Quarter

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Recent Metal Detecting Finds
1892 Barber Dime

 Cut or chewed Colt .44 caliber civil war bullet.

Cut or chewed Colt .44 Civil War Bullets found.
Civil War Relic Hunting Part 11

 

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Holger Nielsen's U.S. Army dog tag.
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Holger Nielsen's WWII dog tag returned to his family.  This dog tag was recovered while metal detecting in a Fort Bliss training area.  Read more...
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1921-P Mercury dime found metal detecting a church yard.
1921-P Mercury Dime
Found metal detecting church yards.

1929-P Standing Liberty Quarter graded MS-61 found metal detecting a church yard.
1929-P (MS-61)
Standing Liberty Quarter



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