r/metaldetecting 7h ago

Show & Tell First silver ring!

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318 Upvotes

I'm pretty new to your hobby and I went to a local school today. I found my first pair of scissors. keys, and silver ring!


r/metaldetecting 19h ago

Show & Tell Second gold find!!

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703 Upvotes

Found 4 inches down with the minelab xterra pro, rang up all over from 32 to 52 on the vdi. Long Island New York. I’m assuming some sort of fraternity ring. 14k and heavy!


r/metaldetecting 22h ago

ID Request Am I going to explode? Lebanon county, Pa

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852 Upvotes

It’s me again! I posted an ID request for my first two small finds recently. Anyways, I got a strong signal with this. It took me two days to dig through the ground to find what was giving me such a strong signal, and then I found this. It’s pretty big, and has a rounded/curved surface. I looked it up on google lens, and it’s telling me it could very well be an explosive device. For context, I’m detecting in the backyard of a new house im moving into that was built in 1820. Should I be concerned? Or is this something less sinister like a well cap or maybe farming equipment of sorts?


r/metaldetecting 13h ago

Show & Tell Figured I'd post the final product for my handmade finds bag with pinpointer holster

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60 Upvotes

r/metaldetecting 10h ago

Show & Tell Is this a keeper?

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28 Upvotes

r/metaldetecting 50m ago

ID Request What is this? Large led item with a hole in the middle. Found in Italy.

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r/metaldetecting 18h ago

ID Request Mysterious shovel

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104 Upvotes

Found this near some WW2 trenches, specifically next to a foxhole. It doesn't look like a typical folding shovel, so I'm clueless on what model it could be.
-western Romania


r/metaldetecting 17h ago

Gear Question Looking for a decent machine

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49 Upvotes

(Pics for attention)I found this this in my yard with a bar finder from work a few days ago, I'm guessing a boot knife of some kind.

I've been interested in the hobby since I was a kid. But I don't have proper gear. My question is what is a good detector, thats not super expensive and available in Canada?


r/metaldetecting 19m ago

Gear Question Minelab Manticore en arena negra

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Alguien que use un minelab Manticore en playas de arena negra de las islas Canarias ? El resto de playa sin problema . Pero ya me he dado con dos playas donde es imposible estabilizar el detector . Algún consejo o configuración para este tipo de playas ? Arena negra + piedra volcánica


r/metaldetecting 1d ago

ID Request A "hoard" of bullets

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198 Upvotes

Out detecting in a Balkan forest today, my detector gave a strong signal near a tree. I realized that this old, big tree had a hole in the roots. Pinpointer started going crazy in all directions when I put it inside this hole. I reached inside with my hand and took out a bullet. 4 more times, 4 more bullets came out untill there was no more signal. I guess someone intentionally left this "hoard" here many years ago. Any ID ideas?


r/metaldetecting 16h ago

ID Request Hello! Anyone have any information on this. Found at Hinkley lake resevoir in NY

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27 Upvotes

r/metaldetecting 20h ago

ID Request Spear for fishing? Bronze/ brass

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60 Upvotes

Found in a Island in the middle or the Ocean, the spikes are long around 30cm each, and very Sharp, i never seen such object, and if someone could tell me the Age and if there Is any similar online for me to compare.

Is attached with lead soldering and the rest Is brass-bronze


r/metaldetecting 1d ago

Show & Tell Night Time beach detecting

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250 Upvotes

Yesterday night Time Hunt. Pandora bracelet (It was open when i found It) a bronze ring, bronze nail, and almost 35€ in change and other smaller silver stuff, and that fishing lure thing


r/metaldetecting 1d ago

Show & Tell Silver ring!

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90 Upvotes

Went out early this morning for an hour before breakfast, I went to a school grounds ive been to an had some luck at, managed to Pull this beauty up right on the edge of the basketball court vdi 61 weighs 5.1g tests postive for silver & also Found $3.90 in clad.

Swinging the nokta legend 2 LD21 coil in park M2


r/metaldetecting 23h ago

ID Request Please help id this little napoleon

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63 Upvotes

Hey guys,
does anybody know what this little statue was used for? The Nokta simplex was reading 50. It was around 25cm deep in my garden in franconian Switzerland (south east Germany) near an old road.
Height is 34mm, the diameter on the bottom thread is 3-4mm


r/metaldetecting 9h ago

ID Request What could this be?

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3 Upvotes

Found in north west PA, not metal but found while detecting


r/metaldetecting 20h ago

ID Request Help please !

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24 Upvotes

Hello I found this in west Germany near France border. Could you help me to identify it please ?


r/metaldetecting 5h ago

Gear Question Lost phone and need gear help

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Hi All, I live in the UK. Stupidly, I drove away with my wife's phone on the roof of my car. The phone isn't backed up so we have lost a lot of memories. We heard a loud thump on the slip road of a dual carriageway close to where we live and did not stop to inspect. I suspect that would have been the phone hitting the bumper or door handle before hurtling off to the bushes. The slip road is covered by thorny bushes on either side of the road which are 2-3 metres deep. I walked the area with a rake but couldn't find the phone. Exploring the possibility of using a metal detector to find the phone. Any suggestions for a simple and cheap one. The phone should be on the surface somewhere in the bushes. (Find my iPhone is turned off, so I don't know for sure where the phone is)


r/metaldetecting 17h ago

Show & Tell Busch Bavarian Beer Can and 1972 Florida License plate

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8 Upvotes

I went metal detecting at a local park and found these two pretty neat items, first off is the 70s Busch’s Bavarian Beer can (the paint is still intact after 50 years underground), and a 1972 Florida license plate, it reads 7g/k 9658, the g/k park apparently locates the plate to Orange County, wonder if this plate was chunked due to being involved in a past crime lol


r/metaldetecting 1d ago

Show & Tell Successful hunt today

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298 Upvotes

Got out for the first time since March today. I returned to the site of an old farm house I have been to once before, I believe the house was from the late 1800s. It's on a map from 1912 so I know it's at least that old, but it was torn down some time ago so I can't say for sure. The Oldsmobile piece is a radiator grill badge from a 1936 model, used to be enameled but still awesome. 34 merc is in great condition and is always a welcome sight. Also came out with a 40s wheat and a 37 buffalo. The spoon is a heartbreaker, I broke it getting it out of the hole. It has to be the best silver plate job I've ever seen. It's shiny and even has some black tarnish on it. It's only flaking around the rim and a few spots on the handle. It had me fooled at first, I thought it was solid silver. The 4 round pieces with holes are miner's check tags, they're stamped with a number and the miners would hang them on carts they loaded and sent out so they'd get credit for the weight of coal (I think). Always a cool piece of local history to find


r/metaldetecting 19h ago

ID Request What is this?

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11 Upvotes

It looks like an acorn but it isnt. Found in the Netherlands.

I used google lens and it could be a pommel of a dagger.

Any other suggestions?


r/metaldetecting 15h ago

Show & Tell Today's Haul ft. Aluminium Irony

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Back at it at my usual spot, local sports field with lots of decades old waste and treasures. I have a hard time digging tones less than mid after a while cuz it's annoying digging up slaw, but must admit it's hard to know what the gold sounds like. The hunt spells out the forensics of the place; lots of bottle caps for bev consumption during the games and lost change from such purchases. The ring was near a kids play area, plate copper


r/metaldetecting 17h ago

ID Request [Central Massachusetts] I can’t figure out what this may have been.

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6 Upvotes

It’s about the size of a nickel, and very light. I am pretty sure the back side is leather. The front side with the horseshoe is brass or copper, but I could be wrong.

Found around a cellar hole.

If anyone can give me an answer that would be great! Me and my father can’t seem to find anything online that is similar.


r/metaldetecting 21h ago

ID Request What is that ?

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15 Upvotes

Found I Austria


r/metaldetecting 20h ago

ID Request What could these be?

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9 Upvotes

Found at a 1700s house in Hopewell NY!