Treasure Hunting America is a new high definition television series produced by Kyle Justice at Compel Entertainment for The Outdoor Channel 2 (http://www.outdoorchannel2.com/).  It is being sponsored by White's Electronics, a manufacture of the best metal detectors in the world.

The series features stories of every day treasure hunters around the country who are finding treasures and antiquities of yesteryear.  You can view information on the episodes below.  You can the box set of the first thirteen episodes by calling White's Electronics at 800-547-6911.

Episode Information

EP101
Episode features Jimmy Sierra, a long time treasure hunter who gave up his day job and went to find several hoards. He now leads treasure hunting teams to England. Episode also features Greg Moscini who hunts in Golden Gate Park and Lane Rigg who hunts on the beaches in LA.

Ep102
Episode features Vernon Mack of Marysville, California. He combines his hobby of flying planes and metal detecting to scope out new places. He’s also researching new places along the Sierra railroad and the Chinese who built it. Then we’ll feature Jim Roper, a long time detectorist of Medford, Oregon who’s found over 175,000 coins. Finally we’ll feature Scott Seville of Seattle who hunts the old coal towns for coins.

Ep103
Episode features Bob Howard of central California. He gave up his day job at HP to go full time into prospecting. The episode also features Mike Howard of Eureka. He’ll explore the underbrush at Riverside Park in Redding and share some of his unique finds dating back to before the Civil War.

Ep105
Episode features Gary Edwards, author and treasure hunter. He got into treasure hunting after a near-death car accident. He’ll share about his find of a Spanish Galleon freighter off the California coastline as well as take us to his claim to find over an ounce of gold. Episode will also feature Art Apodaca, a Hispanic treasure hunter who goes after relics in the California ghost towns.

Ep106 – Lake Havasu Special
Episode features Sue Sallee of Lake Havasu City. She’ll take us out into the Arizona desert to prospect for Gold. She’ll show us her large nugget collection and meteorites she’s found over the years. Episode will also feature Jeri Markinson who hunts the shores and waters of Lake Havasu for jewelry and sunglasses left by the tourists. She’ll also share about her gold prospecting and meteorites.

Ep107
Episode features Mark Jenkins of Seattle who hunts the beaches for old coins and artifacts with his teenage daughter. He’ll share about getting started at the age of eight and show his massive collection.  Episode will also feature "Digger" Bob who hunts for gold nuggets in the Sierra foothills and has found cashes of gold coins in a watermelon field.  Finally, we’ll visit with Dan Cantral who will take us to Mt. Tabor, an 1888 Portland area park which sits on an ancient volcano.

Ep108
Episode features Randy Smith of Tulsa, Oklahoma who’s found a $10,000 1715 Spanish gold coin. He love to hunt for Civil War relics and use the Internet to find new sites.  We’ll also feature Phil Foster who’ve family owns a coin shop and got started in metal detecting after he was someone come into the store with $20 gold pieces found with a metal detector. He now hunts old homesteads and lakes with his five-year-old son.  Finally, this episode will feature Richard Brooks of Portland, Oregon. He’ll hunt in a large historical Portland park and find silver jewelry.

Ep109
Episode features Frank Serroni of Grants Pass, Oregon. He got started metal detecting in the last ten years and has been very lucky in finding cashes of coins and gold. He’s passionate about he hobby and has a claim for gold prospecting. His house has been decorated house with prospecting paraphernalia and he bought a dog to join him in prospecting after being confronted by a bear. Episode also features Dennis McDaniels of Eugene, Oregon. He hunts lakebeds with his wife and uses the newspaper to find public gathering places where he finds many coins and jewelry. He’ll share his impressive collection of finds found in over thirty states.

Ep110
Episode features Bob Buttafuso of Centerville, Virginia and his hunting buddies, John Kendrick and John Craig.  They will show off their Civil War relics and hunt a 140 year old winter camp site.

Ep111
Episode features Norma Larson, a 73 year old woman who took up metal detecting after her husband died and has been very successful in finding Colonial and Civil War artifacts.  Episode also features Steve Kelly, a New York City native who hunts the city's ancient past.  And finally, episode features Nelson Jecas who hunts the Atlantic Ocean in search of treasure from wrecked ships.

Ep112
Episode features treasure hunting legend Bob Lavoy of Albany, New York.  Bob was the first to discover batows from the French and Indian War on the bottom of Lake George in the 1960s and has been treasure hunting every since.  He retired from his day job in 1996 and now hunts full-time.  Episode also feature Greg Heath of Virginia who hunts for Civil War artifacts.

Ep113
Episode features Nina who took up metal detecting after her young son found a $5,000 Confederate States army belt buckle in her backyard.  She has had incredible luck in her few years as a treasure hunter, including finding over a dozen Gardner exploding bullets dating back to the Civil War.  Episode also features archeologist and high school teacher, David Wilson.  David shows off his extensive Civil War artifact collection and takes us to an Confederate old earthen fort to hunt for bullets and grape shot.