Have Detector Will Travel

 Welcome to the Have Detector Will Travel featuring stories, articles, tips, and pictures about metal detecting, coinshooting, and treasure hunting.  I've had numerous stories published in Treasure, Treasure Found, Treasure Search, and Western & Eastern Treasures magazines.  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 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 

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 very best coin probe you can buy for treasure hunters 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


Stainless steel coin probe.

Metal detect church yards for the older coins.
Barber coins 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 in old park.
Indian head cents found while metal detecting in the woods.
Have you tried metal detecting
in the woods?  Click here to
read the whole story about what you could find.

Private Cyrus Myers civil war id tag.
 Private Cyrus Myers
Civil War id tag (silver).

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

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

Civil War Bullets for Sale

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

Metal detecting an old drive-in produced this nice Standing Liberty Quarter
Coin Shooting Story 
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) produced this nice example of a Bull Durham watch fob.
 How to Story
 Record Keeping


Medieval coin 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.

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


 

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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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 Latest Civil War Metal Detecting Finds:
Identified
Relic 		Unidentified
Button		 Carved
Bullets
Metal detecting and relic hunting produced this unidentified relic found treasure hunting in 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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Latest Metal Detecting Finds
 1882 Seated Liberty Dime

 .58 caliber three ringer star bullet

.58 caliber three ringer star bullet found.
Civil War Relic Hunting Part IV

  

dog tag
Holger Nielsen's dog tag returned. Click picture to read the story.

 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...
Metal Detecting
Metal Detecting Tips and FAQ's | Where to Go Metal Detecting | Metal Detecting News


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 right out of the ground.
1929-P (MS-61)
Standing Liberty Quarter

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