So who would have thought your own yard or favorite site could hold a surprise that is of the kind you wish was NOT there.

The new dance that everyone has to learn for next year. :-)

After Finding my 1st Seated Quarter (1856) yesterday,I was sure that was the last of 1st time finds for the year.Instead the very next day I get a nice surprise.Thx for watching.HH

Pat Watson and Des Dunne introduce Minelab's new flagship: the E-Trac.

Testing a few detectors over a buried cut half penny.

The new detecting aid on a test run. Watch this space for developments. Linked to your new E Trac will be totally awesome for looking for detecting sites.

Ed and myself return to the field where we found 75 gold staters. We planned to show the technique we used and to show a gold stater, freshly dug, in the flesh... Sometimes best laid plans just don't workout. This is a short video that was shot but never aired, until now.... It contains some bad language (bleeped out) and shows how frustrating metal detecting can be.

In this video, museum mineralogist Andy Fleet discusses the history of diamonds. The talk starts with the days of the Romans when diamonds were placed in jewellery without even being cut and then looks at all of the different ways in which diamonds were u