We started metal detecting in 1997. Each year brings different adventures. I now have a White's XLT detector and my husband has a Whites DFX. I just retired last June and hope to get out and do more metal detecting. It is the best hobby I have ever had.

This year, as in every year we have found a few rings and other treasures. We always ask permission to hunt where ever we go. Most people are very good about saying "Yes". We have been turned down a few times and although we are disappointed that's their right.

I keep a diary of all the things we find and where we find them. I take pictures to put in the diary as well. At the end of each year I take a picture of all the things we have found for that year. I call it my show and tell book.

In 1998 I was out on a beach metal detecting when an Elderly Gentleman came up and asked me if I would be able to find a tin can of coins he had buried in his yard some years ago. I said I would try, he gave me his phone number. I contacted the gentleman the next week. My husband did not believe that this man was telling me the truth so I asked another friend to go with me over to this gentleman's house. He showed us the general area he had buried it. The fence he had buried it beside had fallen down over the winters. 15 minutes after turning on my Whites Spectrum Metal Detector, we heard a real good sound. It was a large metal coffee can filled with modern Canadian coins and when we took the shovel and dug it up the water just poured out of the tin. The gentleman was very embarrassed about having done this. He did not want to have his picture taken. I was just happy to have helped him and now my husband is a believer that people really do bury money even in modern day times. Sorry he missed all the fun.

I also like to check the news paper for people that have lost jewelry and offer to go hunting for them. In 2000 I found a ring that was lost during a wedding ceremony in a Park. They were so happy to have gotten the ring back. We also found 7 other rings that year which we were not able to find the owners.

In 2003 we saw another ad in the paper offering a reward for a lost gold bracelet. In phoning the fellow, we found out he had lost it at a Marina off the wharf. The water level was lower now so I went to the area and found the bracelet for him. It was the last gift he had gotten from his wife before she passed away with Cancer. He was so happy to have gotten it back.

Over the years of detecting it has been such a pleasure to help people find something they have lost. I think everyone should consider this kind of hobby. It is a great form of exercise and the rewards are many. For those of you who have never tried metal detecting you don't know what you are missing.

Sincerley
Jean O

Hey Everyone,

Well, I meet up with Cliff DFX and Sunny60 today and took them to our farm to chat about MD'ing and check out their equipment. Needless to say they and I wanted to test the equipment out in a hunt. I took them first to where the 1875-ish log home use to be, but they said due to the land being bulldozed and pushed over the hill like it was with junk nothing good would come of it. So, I took them to the second old home I know and gained permission from my cousin's mother and we hunted.

Well, I used/tested Sunny60's daughter's MD a White's Prizm IV. Cliff turned it on for me and I placed it on the ground where we were standing to ask some questions and a high pitch came out of it. Well, I thought I broke it… Cliff and Sunny laughed and said you needed to move it back and fourth. So, I did and it still had the broken high pitch noise coming from it like before. Cliff put his MD'er over it and sure enough I was on something. When we dug it up I had........ a 1967 quarter. MY FIRST FIND EVERRR! Well, we went on and in the next five minutes I had dug up the 1953 nickel.

Then it happened. Within 15 minutes of hunting I was standing there between two trees with my daughter and I had a high pitch noise. I dug the hole and found a square nail and as told rechecked my hole and again I had a high pitch noise. I dug a little deeper and I saw a silver item pop out onto the ground. I picked it up and asked the dumbest question of all to Cliff. "...Hey Cliff what did you say the year had to be before it was called silver?"… As I held it up Cliff and Sunny both looked at me and then came over to congratulate me on my first ever silver find. It was a 1943 Liberty dime. Rookie luck!

I say,
One cousin's mother's land to hunt – Free
One borrowed Prizm IV MD –Free
To hear my dumbest question ever - Priceless

Well the next 15 minutes wielded a 5-10lb ax head, junk, and a 1942 wheat penny.

Over all there was about 1.5 hours of hunting and teaching me. Both Cliff and Sunny60 found good items. And I can say I am Hoooooookkkkked line and sinker. Now, I just have to find a White's MD'er I can afford. As well as to get one of the most important items, Knee Pads…lol…

Cliff and Sunny60 told me to send in my find to White's, that my find was a very good one. All I can say, is I can not wait to do it again.

Take care and be safe.
God be with you,
Tony

Hi, my name is Bob.

I bought my M6 from Al Holden at ProStock Detectors in Plainwell, Michigan on March 19th, 2007. I had never metal detected before then. The weather during the last half of March turned cold and we had some 6 inches of snow, not very good for metal detecting.

Once April and better weather arrived, I began learning the M6 and began finding treasure.

The M6 has found a lot of coins, $255.00 so far this year. (Also pictured are a sampling of the jewelry, both gold and silver found.)

I have really enjoyed using the M6 and have even added the Bullseye II to my equipment.

Thank you for making such a great machine.

Dear Whites,

I am writing to share the excitement of my NEW MXT !!!! My name is Mark and I have been relic hunting for five years. I am lucky to live in a Civil War rich area of W. Tennessee, between Shiloh National Military park and Corinth MS (on the travel route of the Confederates from Corinth to Shiloh). I have had several other name brand machines over the past five years and this is my first Whites. I started hunting with some friends who are dedicated MXT users, and they consistently found more relics than I did so I sold my Tesoro's and made the change to a MXT.

The first time out with my MXT, I found my best button to date (an awesome guilt GS Officers cuff button). After this find I went back to some areas that I thought I had hunted out with my other machines and with the MXT these spots seemed untouched. I dug bullets and other brass items that I had walked over with my other machines without as much as a whimper. THANKS WHITES !!!!!! for giving my old hunted out spots new life.

Here are a few pictures of some of the things I found in the spots I thought I had cleaned out. Thanks and keep up the great work

Mark M

I was hunting with a friend and we were hunting an old house. I FOUND A 1 OZ SILVER COIN. It is my first ever 1 OZ coin find. My friend is now going to buy a M6 or the DFX. He is now a believer in the power of the Whites detector. I have been using Whites and now I need more time to use them. The detecter I was using was my trusty M6. I also have a Classic, an XL PRO and an Amphibian 2 water detector. I hope to find a gold coin some day.