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In this video I find animal traps that were illegally set and abandoned. One was extremely dangerous and could have killed anyone who may have tried to look in a riverbank hole. I also find some relics.

This video explains why some iron artifacts are well preserved in the water and others are not. I use bayonets as examples. I also show the preserved saber bayonet that I found in my old video "Metal Detecting a Civil War ...

Dan and I hit the river and find some good Confederate relics and see some interesting wildlife. During the entire video, you will hear a constant buzzing noise in the background, that is the song of the 17 year Cicadas. T...

Just a quick video of some water snakes swimming under foot while metal detecting.

This is a video of a recent detecting trip where I find some Civil War bullets, horse shoes and other things of interest.

This is a short video of my annual Spring river walk where I look for relics and bottles. I don't find any keepers, but I do see some very interesting things. Come along if you have a few minutes...

In this video I use a Minelab GPX 5000 detector. I explain how to interpret good and bad signals. I hunt a Yankee camp that is in a small field in the middle of town. I find a Half Dime and a bunch of .69 caliber bullets.

Here is a short video of some leeches I discovered latched onto a turtle in my yard. I was amazed at how they "walked" on land. It really creeped me out. Nightmare fuel for sure. ....................NIGHTMARE.­............

In this video I search for Civil War relics along the old B&O railroad. I also explore an old homesite and Civil War fort.

Here I detect along the railroad in a very urban setting in a small stream with my Garrett AT Gold metal detector.

In this video I search an old homesite with the Garrett AT Gold and the 5"x8" coil. It was a tough hunt as the site has been detected by many people for decades. I don't find too much of interest, but I promised myself I'd...

Here is a video I shot a couple years ago and never posted. In it, I find a bunch of Civil War relics to include a musket barrel, a Spencer carbine and a more modern pistol. Plus lots of other odds and ends.

In this video, I detect an old homesite that I had hunted many years ago. I give out a few metal detecting tips and actually find a few things.

This is a video of me exploring an area near an old home site that yielded some interesting finds. In it, I excavate a pit and explain the theory and techniques behind "pit digging". As always, remember it is very importan...

This is a somewhat long video, but in it I give many tips on how I detect with my T2. I find lots of Civil War bullets, some railroad items and other odds and ends.

Here I return to an old homesite in search of relics, coins, and whatever I may get lucky enough to find. My very first signal was another Civil War Eagle breastplate! The audio is bad for only the first 10 seconds of the ...

This is a short video of me finding my 6th artillery shell of the season. It is a Confederate Read shell and was clearly visible on the river bottom for all to see.

This is a video of my returning to a metal detecting area in a river where the year before I found 178 old silver coins. This video is shot over three trips on three separate days. I originally shot the video with the inte...

This is a video for serious coin collectors only. IF YOU ARE NOT INTO COINS THIS WILL BE THE MOST BORING VIDEO YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. It consists of front and back photographs of all 201 silver coins I have recovered at a riv...

This is my attempt to use Barley straw in my fish pond the clear up the water. I actually did this in two of my ponds and neither one was successfully cleared up. Maybe others will have better luck than me.

This is my second day of detecting at this river ford. I find some nice silver coins and Civil War relics. It ends with a wrap-up of the day's finds. See "A Treasure Hunting Adventure" for the first days hunt. Plus i give ...

Here is a short video of a neat little snake that I saw scoot under a rock to hide out from me. He wasn't successful in hiding. BTW, I didn't hurt him at all. I don't knowingly injure anything when I'm out and about. Excep...

Here is a short video of my friends Dave and Corey. This was Corey's first time metal detecting. She borrowed my AT Gold that day and did really well with it. This was also Dave's first U.S. boxplate! All this along the mi...

Just me and Dan hanging out waiting for a thunder storm to pass. We did end up with six artillery shells that day!

In this video I identify a Pawpaw tree, and it's fruit. I give a little history of Pawpaws and show how to eat them in the wild.

Here is a kayak and relic hunting adventure. Dan and I find some nice Confederate bullets, a Richmond spur and other cool stuff.

Another day on the river finding a pile of Civil War bullets, bullet sinkers and three artillery shells to include a rare Confederate Archer. Stay for the wrap-up at the end.

This is a land hunting video where I detect a target rich homesite. I give many tips on how I use the Teknetics T2 and what I listen for. I find some pretty neat things to boot!

In this video I hunt a very small stream using the Garrett AT Gold. I do surprisingly well with Civil War relics to include finding an eagle breast plate. I also find a looted safe.

Check out this water snake and his wiggly meal.

Just me metal detecting a smallish creek looking for Civil War relics and what ever else might pop up.

A little metal detecting adventure. In it, I give out some tips on what to look for when searching for fords.

Here I search the site of an old iron furnace. I find iron slag, iron ore, and other odds and ends.

In this video I search for relics along the B&O Railroad. I find over a dozen train couplers and many other artifacts.

Here is a video of a metal detecting trip I took this past fall. In it, I do some underwater metal detecting and find a few relics.

This is the second video of a two part series showing how I preserve the iron relics that I find while metal detecting. This method is especially useful when doing large volumes of relics. I have used this process with goo...

Here is a video of most of my metal detecting finds from the summer of 2012. Everything was found in rivers, streams and creeks. Plus, all were found with either a Garrett AT Gold or Garrett AT Pro metal detector.

On this hunt I try out a new river site. The ford wasn't productive, but at the bridge I found a cool handgun.

On this metal detecting adventure I find a spot that is loaded with Civil War bullets.

Just me banging on a cannonball with a hammer (and the aftermath).

This is a little detecting trip in which I see lots of wildlife sign and find a few neat things. It is a stormy hunt, but I had a great time. I also find my first pair of collided Civil War bullets!

This is a short of my crossing a privately owned toll bridge between West Virginia and Maryland. It crosses the Potomac river near Oldtown, Maryland. The toll is 50 cents each way and you drop into a cup that is taped on t...

Looking for Civil War and Colonial era relics and coins underwater using magnets, a metal fan, a Brownies Hookah rig and the Garrett AT Pro.

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Here is a video I recently shot at a new Civil War river spot on the first day that I found the site. I'm looking forward to getting back there soon!

Here is a video I made showing how I hook up my metal detector for water hunting. I also show off a few finds from that days hunt at the end.

Here is a video of me and my buddy Dan searching a river with our metal detectors. In it, we find some cool Civil War relics.

Video of me metal detecting along a small stream. In it, I find a few old coins and bullets. Plus I give out a few detecting tips that may be useful to a fellow detectorologist.

This is a video of my first hunt along the river this year. In it, I search by sight only and find some Civil War relics and bottles.