MW Spotlight #10 on The 3 Million Middleham Jewel Found While Metal Detecting: Treasures of the Museum

You never know what Treasures you might find while Metal Detecting.  I think that is part of the lure and joy to the hobby.  If interested in getting started with the adventures, check out MW’s Six Questions with Six Avid Metal Detectorists, providing thoughts on the ‘best metal detector’ to …

Found Treasure! The Successful Hunt for Slim’s Silver Cache by Josh (aka GoldenChild)

Article Written by Josh S. (aka GoldenChild on MW) Last October I had the pleasure of becoming absolutely obsessed and a tad bit insane over the hunt for a Pony Express box with an unknown quantity of Silver Morgan dollars, gold nuggets and a Colt Peacemaker. It was a treasure …

The Treasure Man, aka H. Charles Beil, and his Buried Treasure Caches for You to Find

H Charles Beil, also known as the Treasure Man, is on a mission to hide at least one treasure cache in each of the States.  Some states might contain more. The caches may contain jewels, silver bars, old relics, gold, coins, or other unique and valuable items. One cache titled …

Top Five Places to Metal Detect

Just like when buying Real Estate, location is everything when metal detecting.  If you want a higher success rate, you will want to detect in locations where the potential for finds are greater.  One of the mantras for this is to go where the people have been. Below are the …

Nebra Sky Disc: A Most Mysterious Metal Detecting Find ~ by John Davis

When we reflect on cloud bedecked, ancient German forests we picture primitive men gathered well beyond the influence of Roman Civilization. Indeed, we speculate on the barbarians’ mystical beliefs, punctuated by mighty gods, tricky gnomes, and beauteous, blonde, heroic maidens. Of course, in Ziegelroda Forest, near the village of Nebra …

Six Questions with Six Avid Metal Detectorists: What’s the Best Metal Detector?

One of the first questions someone asks when thinking about taking up the exciting endeavor of Metal Detecting is; ‘What’s the best metal detector to get?’  I asked it myself.  My kids actually were the ones that ended up getting a basic Teknetics for me on Mother’s Day a couple …