11/14/2022 0 Comments Metal detectors![]() ![]() ![]() Someone searching for gold jewelry on a saltwater beach should choose a different machine than someone searching for old coins in a park. The choice of tools, he says, is important. Brad Martin of Green Mountain Metal Detecting has a YouTube channel highlighting some of his best finds, including some Spanish gold in the mountains of Vermont. That’s not to say that there’s no cool stuff to uncover stateside, too. “Most of the coins I see people find with detectors in America are a few hundred years old, but in Europe, it’s common to find Roman coins that are 2,000 years old,” he says. “There is a very big difference between detecting in Europe and detecting in the United States,” says Branko Barisic, a Croatian detectorist (yes, that is the actual term for it) who posts about his finds, including a huge Roman coin depicting Alexander Severus on his Instagram page Metal Detecting Croatia. Of course, some locations are better suited for metal detecting than others. With the right metal detector, a little patience, and some knowledge of history, anyone can dig up centuries-old jewelry and long-lost coins (or at least have a better chance of finding a lost earring in the grass). For most of us, the fantasy of finding buried treasure faded away along with other childhood passions, like making it into the Guinness World Records for building the world’s largest pillow fort. ![]()
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