News — gold

The fine art of metal detecting gets a whole lot sexier when you read about what they found, like the retired businessman who unearthed the mother lode of Viking gold and silver artifacts dating back more than 1,000 years. Derek McLennan's find in October 2014 in Scotland, hailed as the country's most significant, was comprised of 100 items including a ninth century solid silver cross, a silver pot, gold objects, a rare silver cup engraved with animals that dates from the Holy Roman Empire, and a gold bird pin. It wasn't McLennan's first big find, either. The year prior, he...

What the what???? It is the dream of all Metal Detectorists....GOLD. But what if you found a MASSIVE 3 POUND ( yes, POUND ) gold nugget? A man in Australia, who prefers to stay anonymous, just found a gold nugget worth $65,000. His metal detector located the chunk of precious, sparkling gold about 18" below the surface of the ground. Watch the full news story here. Can you imagine finding something like that with the Garrett AT MAX or Garrett AT PRO?