finds

A 23,000-year-old find

If extraterrestrials are looking at our Earth through a large telescope right now, most likely they are seeing back to… the early days of the colonial period in North America. The speed of light is not too fast. It will take 300 or 400 years for an image to reach the extraterrestrial beings. But it’s quite a different story when it comes to thousands and millions of years. Continue reading

Do not rap it against a shovel, and everything’s gonna be alright

“You shouldn’t have cleaned that coin – you rubbed half the price off…” Do you know how to clean finds? Let’s take a look at one example: an amazing transformation of the item from rusty metal piece into a real Viking axe. The key point is that you shouldn’t rap your find against a shovel right after digging it up, and everything is going to be alright. Continue reading

Walking with Minelab X-Terra

Want to know which metal detector is better? No matter what anyone says, what the comparisons and tests are, whether it’s criticized or praised… Look at the finds! It’s only these ones that will tell you the truth about the machine. Here is a photo report ‘Walking with Minelab X-Terra’ submitted by commenter CyberBoom. The photos are great – those who go out metal detecting know these feelings all too well. Continue reading