I received a phone call last week from a lady about an hour up the road. She picked my name up on an old metal detecting web site. It's a wonder she got in touch, I have since moved and got a new phone number that is not published but everything happens for a reason.

Anyway she tracked me down and wondered if I still had my metal detecting club because she lost something very dear to her heart. She then told me about her grandmother's ring that she had made into a pendant. She then proceeded to tell me how it was lost of the chain while she was attempting to put a calf in a chute. She told me the calf kicked her and broke the chain.

She attempted to locate this pendant with a rental detector but had no luck.
After a friend of hers told her to look on the web for detector clubs or treasure hunting clubs she found me. I was not able to run right out and find this thing due to previous commitments but this morning I was able to make my way up the road to give it a shot.

I got out of my truck and she walked me over to the lot where she believed it was lost. It was an old barn lot. The cattle chute was made of iron (Big oh no) and I figured that I would probably have to have that thing moved with a tractor. I really figured the pendant had fallen inside of it. Well anyway all I knew is this was a pendant made from a ring and it was gold. I began to hunt the area but my detector was giving me fits.

A brand new V3 acting up, it then dawned on me that I was surrounded by electric fences and after the lady turned them off the detector settled right down.
I began my search and about 10 minutes into it "BANG" "BANG" "BANG!!" I went to pinpoint and did not have to I could see through the grass the diamond.

I reached down and picked it up and thought WOW! I looked up and told the lady "This is your lucky day!!" I then proceeded to get a great big hug. After taking the following picks she asked me "How do I pay you for this?" I said if you know of any abandon houses in the area get me permission to hunt them... She then asked me if I like to cook and I said "Well Yes, look at me!"

I left out of there with some Steaks (Cattle Farm) some home canned goodies, some home grown frozen strawberries and sweet corn. I told her that was enough. I was not doing it for any type of reward. This pendant had a WHOPPER Diamond surrounded with rubies.

Leonard

Hi White's,

The Spectra V3 saved the day for a wedding couple in upstate New York. The groom had lost his ring. He rented a metal detector & had no success. He called my shop and told me he had to have the ring next week or he was in big trouble. He also mentioned the area was loaded with junk metal.

I went to the site with the Spectra V3 and the Eclipse 5.3 coil which is great for separating the junk from the good stuff. In the pouring rain I recovered the ring in the 2nd hole I dug all in only 15 minutes.

In the summer of 1864, the Battle of Peachtree Creek raged several miles from present-day downtown Atlanta. Now the area is elegant homes, cutting-edge hospitals and struggling strip malls. Three months ago, Allen, my digging buddy, and I had hunted in the vicinity and found Union fired bullets beside dropped Enfield's; on the facing ridge, the opposite was true. A few weeks ago, we decided to go back with our newest machines, an XLT for me and a V3 for Allen. I got there first, noticed a couple of dig holes and realized that we may have missed our opportunity. But, our motto is never try, never know. So, when Allen arrived, off we tromped.

Not far from the car, I got a faint repeatable signal. It sounded deep and came in at about 60 on the meter. I was in a spot where I had hunted several times before with machines that were not White's. I thought there was no way could I still get a signal, but something was down there about 5 inches below me. I carefully turned up the soil and a small patina-stained tube spilled into the bottom of the hole. A Spencer cartridge! A couple of feet away, I found another one. Within half an hour, I had five tucked away in my pocket. All were in an arm's reach of each other.

I stood there and looked toward the Confederate line, not more than 75 yards away. In an instant, I could see the bullets whizzing by my position, and feel the explosions of artillery. The spot I had knelt to dig the relics was probably where a Union cavalry officer crouched and fired his rifle at the enemy. As I contemplated the scene, an ambulance screamed down the hill and broke up the moment. I returned to my digging and watched Allen scare up a Williams cleaner, a piece of a fuse, other bullets and a couple of Mercury dimes.

All in all, it was an interesting day—we got out of the house, found some relics and had a brief intersection with the trauma of Civil War days. And while others had passed over the targets we dug up, our White's detectors wouldn't let us.

Thanks White's for a great time and for even better machines!!

I am writing this story to tell you about one of the greatest finds that I found with a White's metal detector. I am very new to the sport of metal detecting and I frequent eBay so one day I bought a Goldmaster II as I had just gotten interested in prospecting. The machine was delivered UPS and I opened it up and turned it on. For being an old machine it worked very well but I am such a novice that it just was a little too technical for me. I immediately went to the White's website and looked for a local dealer that maybe I could talk to about this machine.

I Found an Electronics shop called Noble Electronics that was about ten miles from my house. I headed out towards that shop on a Friday afternoon. I brought my Goldmaster II into the shop and explained my situation to the owner... Grady was very polite and very knowledgeable about the machine that I had and he showed me that it was in perfect working condition. So my questions about the machine were answered and then some. Grady saw I was quite interested in metal detecting as a whole and while there he showed me the MXT.

Seeing the MXT and what it could do compared to the Goldmaster and also compared to the Bounty Hunter that I owned at the time ( Please don't hold that against me- as I bought it cheap as a starter detector) I was kind of mad that I hadn't met Grady earlier and waited to Buy an MXT instead of the used Goldmaster I bought.

I spent about close to two hours at Grady's shop, with him showing me the buttons and old coins he had found. I was like a whole new world had been shown to me and I had a key to the door. Only I didn't have the tool I wanted.... the MXT. After leaving the shop and going home I decided I was going to sell the Goldmaster II and my bounty hunter and use the money to buy an MXT- both detectors were sold that weekend.

On Monday I returned to Noble Electronics and told Grady that I was deficient in a MXT and I bought it that day. So now this is the part of the story where you expect me to tell you that it was so easy to use and I found this and I found that..... true. I did find it very easy to use and yes I found a couple rings and lots of clad change, silver charms, etc.... but that's not why I am writing to you. Yes I did find some worthwhile items.... I will tell you this.

The first day I went to a Park after Grady set up the MXT for me I found a penny and some other change. I came back to see Grady the next day as he said If I had any questions for him to call or come back. We talked about the machine and he said "After time the things that you find will eventually add up and the machine will pay for itself..." I told Grady that from what he had taught me about the machine and the magic that happened when I found my first target with my real brand new White's detector... which was a penny.... the machine paid for itself alone with just that one find.

I kept coming in about twice a week to see Grady and tell him about my hunts and show him what I found. He took time away from working and talked to me and taught me about the detector, showed me things that I was doing wrong, and kept adding every time I came in to the things that I had learned before. Each time I went away with more and more insight and knowledge about metal detecting and about my detector.

The person in Cayce SC who represents White's Metal Detectors is an amazing person. White's is so lucky to have someone like Grady representing their product. You can buy that kind of advertising and caring in the world of consumer transactions. Grady is just an amazing person and White's should be ever so grateful to have him representing them.

The underlying message of this whole story.... This story is not about a button, a gold coin, or a ring. This story is about people. Grady made sure that people matter. I know this because I experienced it firsthand. people matter! The man who represents White's Metal Detectors in Cayce SC at Noble Electronics- that man is caught up in people!

Sincerely,

Here is a short story on my wife's ring find.

We left early on Saturday morning to detect the Fern Ridge Lake area in Eugene, Oregon. We stopped at the Richardson Park area and got our XLT and DFX detectors ready to hunt.

As we started to hunt I made a comment to my wife "The first one to find a gold ring is the winner for the day." We were really looking for a gold ring as it had been a long time since either of us had found a gold ring. We then took off in different directions and hunted for around 2 hours. I found a nice "silver" dime and was very happy. It was my first silver coin in a long time.

We were getting ready to leave so I approached my wife to show her my silver dime which I was very proud of. She asked me if I had found a gold ring. I answered no and then she pulled out this absolutely beautiful 14kt gold ring with diamonds on it and showed it to me.

What a beautiful ring. We are going to take it to a gemologist and have one diamond that was missing replaced. It was a very exciting day for both of us with the silver dime and the beautiful gold ring.