Fresh finds, coil demos, and more
Maryland-based IT professional Chad has channeled his deep passion for history into detecting, by researching locations and finds so that he can better share their stories with others. Here, Chad tells us how he got into detecting, what he gets out of it, and his top tips to start swinging.
Coiltek’s very own Trevor shares his experience at the Bendigo Gold Expo – and how it led to him finding his smallest-ever nugget. Being a part of Coiltek for over 20 years now, I have seen (and held) many differently sized gold nuggets found with the coils we have produced
I’ve been a nugget hunter for nearly two decades. Most days I find gold. But after a recent dry spell, I decided to try something new. I took my Minelab Equinox 800 out for some nugget hunting (with Coiltek’s NOX 10×5” coil). I will do this from time to time,
Towards the end of my northern California detecting season last fall, I borrowed my friend’s 10×5” GOLDHAWK coil. He had only used it once and found a few pieces with it. Since he wasn’t coming back to the High Sierra mountains for a few weeks, he said give it a
I found a Knights Templar Mason sword hilt with my 10×5″ NOX on the Equinox 800. It was made by James Luker in New York, sometime in the 1860s to 1870s. – Chad La Fleur
Upon the release of the GOLDHAWK series coils for the GPX6000, I had already gone over most of my patches I frequent at least a few times with the standard 6000 coils.
