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WINNER #1
My U.S. favorite find for January 2017 is the 1857 $5 Gold Coin, found by Ryan W. from Oregon with his AT Pro.
Ryan’s story (edited): First of all I would like to say your AT Pro is the best investment I have ever made. Since I first watched Diggers just over three years ago, I was hooked, and have dedicated my life to finding treasure. I have found numerous amounts of gold, silver, and rare relics. Last year while I was hunting I noticed the city was tearing up a main road in the next city down from me. I worked the ground there for a few weeks straight. Everyday I was finding rare old coins and relics dating back as far as the early 1800’s. Every person walking by asked me what I was doing and what I had found. I stared my stories with over 100 different people and everyone was very intrigued. Then about my second week working the street up came an 1857 $5 GOLD COIN! I immediately jumped up and yelled I DID IT!!! People around me were looking at me very strange.
So a few weeks later one of my neighbors who works for the Signal in Seaside Oregon and also the Daily Astorian asked if he could interview me. I honestly didn’t think anything of it until about a week later I was going to get some coffee from the local store. To my surprise I was on the front cover of the Newspaper stand directly in front of my vehicle. I couldn’t believe it. Of course I bought 10 copies. Since then I have had numerous people come up to me and say, “ Hey aren’t you the guy that found that gold coin?” So to you guys at Garrett Metal Detectors I wanted to share this with you. I will always hunt with your products and have complete faith in your detectors!
Ryan W. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Ryan’s story (edited): First of all I would like to say your AT Pro is the best investment I have ever made. Since I first watched Diggers just over three years ago, I was hooked, and have dedicated my life to finding treasure. I have found numerous amounts of gold, silver, and rare relics. Last year while I was hunting I noticed the city was tearing up a main road in the next city down from me. I worked the ground there for a few weeks straight. Everyday I was finding rare old coins and relics dating back as far as the early 1800’s. Every person walking by asked me what I was doing and what I had found. I stared my stories with over 100 different people and everyone was very intrigued. Then about my second week working the street up came an 1857 $5 GOLD COIN! I immediately jumped up and yelled I DID IT!!! People around me were looking at me very strange.
So a few weeks later one of my neighbors who works for the Signal in Seaside Oregon and also the Daily Astorian asked if he could interview me. I honestly didn’t think anything of it until about a week later I was going to get some coffee from the local store. To my surprise I was on the front cover of the Newspaper stand directly in front of my vehicle. I couldn’t believe it. Of course I bought 10 copies. Since then I have had numerous people come up to me and say, “ Hey aren’t you the guy that found that gold coin?” So to you guys at Garrett Metal Detectors I wanted to share this with you. I will always hunt with your products and have complete faith in your detectors!
Ryan W. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
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WINNER #2
My second U.S. favorite find for January 2017 is the Rare Civil War Missouri State Guard Button, found by Chris H. from Missouri, with his AT Pro.
Chris’s story: I dug this coat button near a known campsite here in Missouri. Early in the war, May 1861, Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson appointed General Sterling Price to head the Missouri State Guard. Jackson and Price sided with the secessionists, and Price, “Old Pap” as his recruits called him, led the Missouri State Guard in a campaign to retain Missouri for the Confederacy. I had dug several bullets, small buckles, and pieces of lead at this site, and the signals were questionable due to all the iron. So I set my AT Pro up with Iron Discrimination at 26 and left the Sensitivity at full. This gave a bouncy 35-60 signal so I had to dig it. I couldn’t believe it! This is a RARE button! Last year I dug a Missouri State Guard cuff button last year and considered it a find of a lifetime - but now THIS!! A Missouri State Guard Coat Button! LOVE MY AT PRO!
Chris H. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Chris’s story: I dug this coat button near a known campsite here in Missouri. Early in the war, May 1861, Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson appointed General Sterling Price to head the Missouri State Guard. Jackson and Price sided with the secessionists, and Price, “Old Pap” as his recruits called him, led the Missouri State Guard in a campaign to retain Missouri for the Confederacy. I had dug several bullets, small buckles, and pieces of lead at this site, and the signals were questionable due to all the iron. So I set my AT Pro up with Iron Discrimination at 26 and left the Sensitivity at full. This gave a bouncy 35-60 signal so I had to dig it. I couldn’t believe it! This is a RARE button! Last year I dug a Missouri State Guard cuff button last year and considered it a find of a lifetime - but now THIS!! A Missouri State Guard Coat Button! LOVE MY AT PRO!
Chris H. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
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WINNER #3
My third U.S. favorite find for January 2017 is the Rifleman’s Button from The War of 1812, found by Brad H. from New York with his Treasure Hunter BFO.
Brad’s story (edited): First, I’ll give you a little history of where I live. I live in the very center of a small town in upstate New York that dates back to the Revolutionary War period. We were told by a local historian that our house was built in the late 1700s or very early 1800s, and our small barn housed the original town blacksmith shop. Needless to say, our entire property is completely riddled with small bits of iron and square nails from over 200 years of use.
With my BFO, in my iron-riddled yard alone, I’ve found many wheats, Indian Heads, old buttons, and even a 1786 Rupert Penny, minted in Rupert, Vermont. This Spring I purchased a new AT PRO; what an incredible detector, it’s by far the best detector I’ve EVER owned, and I’ve owned over three dozen, and currently own over a dozen. I’ll have to say this though, my old Garret BFO, even though it’s about forty years old, still ranks in the top three, because of it’s amazing ability to completely ignore small iron even with the discrimination turned completely off. Recently I decided to take out my old BFO, because I still really enjoy using it, and I was quite shocked to dig up this Rifleman’s Button from the War of 1812. What a great find, even for a new detector, let alone forty year old Garrett technology. I’ll end my story on this note, I doubt that I’ll EVER part with either of my two favorite Garrett’s, either my AT PRO, or my Treasure Hunter BFO.
Brad H. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Brad’s story (edited): First, I’ll give you a little history of where I live. I live in the very center of a small town in upstate New York that dates back to the Revolutionary War period. We were told by a local historian that our house was built in the late 1700s or very early 1800s, and our small barn housed the original town blacksmith shop. Needless to say, our entire property is completely riddled with small bits of iron and square nails from over 200 years of use.
With my BFO, in my iron-riddled yard alone, I’ve found many wheats, Indian Heads, old buttons, and even a 1786 Rupert Penny, minted in Rupert, Vermont. This Spring I purchased a new AT PRO; what an incredible detector, it’s by far the best detector I’ve EVER owned, and I’ve owned over three dozen, and currently own over a dozen. I’ll have to say this though, my old Garret BFO, even though it’s about forty years old, still ranks in the top three, because of it’s amazing ability to completely ignore small iron even with the discrimination turned completely off. Recently I decided to take out my old BFO, because I still really enjoy using it, and I was quite shocked to dig up this Rifleman’s Button from the War of 1812. What a great find, even for a new detector, let alone forty year old Garrett technology. I’ll end my story on this note, I doubt that I’ll EVER part with either of my two favorite Garrett’s, either my AT PRO, or my Treasure Hunter BFO.
Brad H. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
