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The last journey of treasure hunter and millionaire Stu Auerbach

It was in 1955 when a young man with an ordinary army mine detector appeared in Miami Beach and started picking up handfuls of rings, earrings, chains, keys and many other things sounding like consistent beep, beep, beep… Signal after signal his beach hunting was being turned into a spectacular show, gradually paving the way towards becoming a successful enthusiast millionaire. Continue reading

Fake Bounty Hunter TID from China. It’s all bad

China’s counterfeit metal detectors have been taken to a whole new level – fakes come less than a year after originals first saw the light. By comparison, the Chinese Garrett ACE 250 went on sale 7 years after the original was released. Here’s a video review: the Bounty Hunter Junior Target ID from China, a quickly produced fake. Continue reading

Loud upgrade for Garrett AT MAX (competitors are appalled)

Garrett has learned to connect to detectorists’ brains via its metal detectors. The manufacturer can really read minds! There isn’t any other explanation to this event. How? How could they guess it’s the VERY thing treasure hunters needed? It’s definitely the loudest update in the metal detecting world! Continue reading