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We have many customers that love to go searching for artifacts and especially old guns and gun parts. We often get questions about old guns that have been found on a treasure hunting mission. We have compiled some interesting information about firearms and we hope you find this post helpful even if a little off topic.There are literally millions of facts floating around about firearms, from muzzle velocities to types of projectile, from reload times to rates of fire. Anyone can find those, just look up a blog. This Top 5 feature, however, looks behind the traditional ‘interesting’ firearm facts to give you a list of 5 facts that you don’t already know about guns (and by ‘guns’ we mean handguns, rifles and machine guns, not artillery pieces!). We’ve dusted off dad’s old military history digests and scoured countless pages of weaponry fan-boy webzines for your leisure and now we’re cocked, locked and ready to rock.

1. Guns: The First Guns
The world’s first firearms were developed in China in the mid 12th century AD. An important find in the early 1970s in Pan-la-ch’eng-tzu village, Manchuria, included a barreled powder-operated projectile weapon dating to circa 1290AD. As a result of the fact that the weapons of ancient and mediaeval China were usually designed to strike fear into the hearts of the enemy, the functionality of these old weapons has been questioned. Simply, some scholars feel that the idea of the working weapon was enough to deter an enemy assault.

2. Popular Firearms
The American-made M16 and the Russian-made AK-47 assault rifles are the two most popular firearms in use today. Both guns offer variable firing modes, quick rates of fire, moderate-high power, reliability, medium-long range and high levels of accuracy.

3. The Most Accurate Guns
Recently, the longest kill on record was established.An American sniper using the famed Barett .50 Cal Sniper Rifle shot and killed an insurgent from over two miles away. Before the sound of either shot alerted the insurgent to the presence of an enemy sniper, the sniper apparently missed with his first shot, corrected and fired again, killing his target.

4. Heckler and Koch- Revolutionizing the Sub Machine Gun
Based in West Germany in the 1960s, this important small arms manufacturer revolutionized the design of the modern submachine gun with the MP5. It’s no surprise, Since the weapon is so reliable, that it is the standard weapon of choice for close-quarters spec ops teams all over the world including the SAS and many state SWAT teams.

5. The Sniper – Always a Specialist Soldier
From the earliest use of the word ‘sniper’, the term has described someone with a knack for a particular skill. That ability is marksmanship overlong distances, most likely from a covered position. The word originated among Imperial British soldiers in India in the late 18th century. You had to shoot down a snipe, a little and very quick type of bird before you were considered a sniper. The sniper, as a result of the skill he deploys, acts as a single unit, selecting and taking out enemies at will. This makes him the most valued asset among your allies and perhaps the most feared and loathed member of the rival force.

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Many people often ask me the question of how exactly do metal detectors work…  So, how does a metal detector work? The basic treasure hunting metal detector has four main components: The stabilizer, control box, shaft, and search coil. The stabilizer is simply a cradle for your arm to help stabilize the metal detector motion while searching. The control box contains the microprocessor, PCB, batteries, speaker, headphone plug. Some metal detectors have a really complex and powerful microprocessor with complicated digital displays, and some others do not have display features at all. The more sophisticated metal detector s on the market are able to discriminate the type of metal that is being detected, the depth of the object, and some can even tell  you the size and type of object (relic or coin).  Most metal detectors are mono-frequency detectors and are going to use VLF technology (very low frequency). This frequency is usually in the 6.4kHz range and is good for detecting non-ferrous metals deep in the ground. The metal detector coil is made up of an outer coil and an inner coil. The outer coil transmits a magnetic field and the inner coil receives or detects resulting magnetic fields coming from objects in the ground. The outer coil transmits a magnetic field into the ground and if there is any conductive (metal) objecst then it amplifies the respective magnetic field of these objects. This causes the object to transmit a magnetic field upward toward the surface of the ground that the inner coil (receiver coil) will detect and transmit the information (intensity, frequency) back to the control box.  Based on how strong the signal is, the detector can approximate the size and the depth of the object being detected.

VLF metal detectors can also distinguish between different metals by analyzing the magnetic field frequency that is received from the buried object. This is done by looking at a phenomenon called Phase Shift. Each type of metal, depending on its inductance and resistance, will give a different frequency back then is received from the transmitter coil. By analyzing the phase shift (difference in frequency) that is received from the object, the advanced metal detectors can approximate what type of metal is being detected below the ground. This can become complicated when you consider that many target objects will be alloys of different metals and that some precious metals have the same phase response as junk metals. Most VLF detectors have the capability to adjust the discrimination to allow for canceling out the signals of ferrous metals like iron (low phase shift) that would account for most of the trash that would be found.

This is the basic operation of the common treasure hunting VLF metal detector. With modern VLF detectors, you can discriminate most trash and find precious metals at significant depths and have a good idea of what it is you have found before digging anything out of the ground.

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Gold has constantly been the only thing that has maintained an increasing value today, and thanks to metal detectors they have given people the opportunity to treasure hunt, and attain as much treasure possible. Whether it’s gold nugget hunting, metal detecting for gold rings or gold coins, gold hunters can always rely on their metal detector. Now, here are pieces of information for them on where to hunt for treasure.

For eons, mineralized quartz arteries have been flaking pure gold for nugget hunters to locate. Midwestern states like Arizona and California have offered treasure hunters best spots for gold nugget hunting, and it sure has been a treat to the treasure hunters. Although many gold nuggets have been exposed and discovered, geologists from all around agree that 95% of the gold in western states has yet to be revealed.

Let us proceed to hunting for gold rings and gold coins; one of people’s favorite and easiest sought-after treasures. Reality check–the top places where they can locate gold are at parks, school yards and beaches. In fact, they can even search in their homes!

Studies say that by far the best place to look for gold rings is at the beach, particularly in the shallows of a dropping tide at a popular beach or perhaps in an antique resort location. That may have sounded too cliché but the reason behind this is because many vacationers do not realize that the colder the water is, the more this can make their fingers shrink and unsuspectingly lose their highly valuable ring jewelry, and to state the obvious, the shallow water is also the most recent and overly used area that is occupied by vacationers.

Miami’s South Beach is infamous for one of the most worthwhile metal detecting spots on the planet. Because you will find many other types of jewels besides gold in various areas; it will really help to have a metal detector that can work well when submerged in the water as well as being very capable in dry sand. Therefore, having an all-purpose metal detector would be of great help to gold hunters.

Apart from the beach, metal detecting for gold coins is commonly done in ship wrecks. Gold hunters have a fair share of experience on this. The best and most valuable type of hunt or perhaps the fantasy of every treasure hunter is to find an antique shipwreck with gold bullion coins and similar gold treasure.

Tell me you have heard of the “Ship of Gold”, because if you haven’t you’re missing half of your life! For more than a century, the legends and mystery of the “Ship of Gold” remains a dream to gold hunters. Books from all over the country were written documenting the disaster, and tales boomed of gold bars weighing up to 750 ounces. This type of find is extremely rare, but don’t lose hope, there are undiscovered shipwrecks with treasures that are yet to be discovered.

The best place to look for gold coins is along the shipping routes in the Caribbean where tons of various treasures were taken from the Americas to Europe, and of course there is the legendary Pirate booty to be found. There are rare gold coins that have been found washed up at all the beaches of the East Coast, and this indicates that there is much more treasure hidden out there.

Just remember that fortune is just a mile away, it’s out there waiting to be found by your dependable metal detector!

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The ancient principles of treasure hunting in the modern art of metal detecting is more than just an expression of a hobby for me.  It was 5am on this morning of October 8th, 2009 in the great independent republic of Horry County right here in Myrtle Beach, SC. I was following my Treasure Hunter GPS to the direct location of an old ghost town on the outer boundaries of Myrtle Beach, in a little town called Conway. There was nothing around, nobody, but according to my device this was the coordinates of an old trading post bustling with activity in the early 1800’s. It was a beautiful meadow inside about a square mile of clearing. First thing I did was to meditate and send my prayers out to the god of treasure asking him to grant favor on me for this beautiful day. There had been torrential rains for 2-days that had loosened up the ground and hopefully helped to bring some treasures closer to the surface. I then explored the hunting site a little, and could see evidence of a few root cellars, and the remnants of a few wooden structures. I quickly unsheathed my trusty Treasure Hunter 3050 all purpose detector…. within 5-minutes I quickly discovered some evidence confirming the historical fact of a settlement in this spot. I unearthed an old and very interesting blacksmith hammer. Encouraged by this I resumed my hunting with vigor and excitement. I hunted in the same vicinity for about 1-hour with no luck aside from a few Indian head pennies and interesting buttons…. I decided to check out the apparent hot spots and headed toward the cellar remains. In another  hour of grueling hunting, I had nothing to show for my efforts aside from some old railroad iron nails, screens, broken axle heads, roof fragments, and a few coins. I decided to make my way to the treeline, I was walking quickly and making large sweeps with my searchcoil, making each swing as wide as I could keeping the searchcoil face almost parrallel to the ground and trying not to overlap swings. I call this method high efficiency detecting….  This works well with the Treasure Hunter 3050 because the coils motion causes deeper detection because it was in the all motion mode.  About 20-yards from the treeline my detector yelped out a high pitch signal and the Digital ID told me I had found something gold. With this strong of a signal, I thought for sure it was a circuitry error and that I must have just found a large rusty iron bucket or something. Iron and gold have a very similar magnetic resonance and many detectors can not distinguish the two metals. Luckily my Treasure Hunter 3050 has dual frequency technology and with the higher frequency can detect even small gold nuggets accurately. I quickly began to investigate my find…. I brushed the leaves and grass off the spot, and began to dig a little. Under about 1″ of dirt, I caught a glimpse of a greenish and bronze object there in my target area, but could not make out what it could possibly be. I dug my shovel into the dirt carefully all around the rather large object and pried it out meticulously. To my great wonder and delight I beheld a small (about 6″high) and beautiful gold statue of what appears to be an Indian or Buddha woman praying. I have tested this with my gold detection kit and confirmed this is an 18 Karat gold statue. Although this is a very strange find for a ghost town, favor was granted for me today indeed!!!

Thanks for sharing in my treasure find today,

Sylvan

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The workout plans you see in the pages of fitness magazines or online sites are designed by fitness professionals themselves. However, while they may work on someone, it doesn’t necessarily mean they will also work on you. You see, such workout plans are, in a sense, generic. They are designed without considering case-to-case requirements.

You can’t go to the gym, approach a friendly-looking customer and ask what exercise program he follows. What works for him might not work for you. Likewise, what will work for you may not work for him. A discussion with a personal training professional will reveal just which exercise routines will meet your needs.

You can’t blame some people who quit working out after some time. Mostly, it’s because no positive results are evident despite the amount of time they put into it. Maybe they’re just not at all that dedicated to being fit. Or maybe they’re just doing the wrong kinds of exercises for them. That’s when the importance of consulting a fitness trainer and following the right program enter the picture.

A fitness trainer will ask you several different questions when designing an exercise program for you. That’s because a program must be customized based on your age, gender, eating habits, present fitness level and some others. Also, you need to inform the trainer if you incurred any physical injury or had undergone a medical procedure before.

Which groups of muscles are worked out per session is also important to consider. Repeating the same exercises on the same muscle groups every trip to the gym will not yield satisfactory result. Challenging the muscles is key in working them out. Hence, variation of routines is necessary. That’s why how frequently you can hit the gym is important for a fitness trainer to know. This way, he or she can equally space out different exercise routines based on your availability to work out.

Another factor that will be considered when designing your workout plan is your fitness goal. Do you want to shed off excess fat? Do you want to gain more muscles? Or do you just want to maintain your current fitness level? If overweight, how to lose fat will have to be the basis of your plan. If underweight, how to increase muscle size will comprise much of your routines.

Your fitness trainer will guide you all the way till you reach your goals. It’s very important that you keep yourself motivated at all cost, so that you will keep the urge to give up at bay.

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Hello friends, I just wanted to share this email I got from one of our customers today:

“Sylvan -XJ9-3050 a great detector. While living in Florida I go to the beaches after a major storms to retreive gold coins. In this past 3-months, I found 2 gold coins from sunken ships. This is an isolated section mid-state and not well known to those from out of state. Thanks for the good reading”

Keep sending in your stories, we always love to hear from our customers,
Sylvan

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Modern day treasure hunters and metal detectorists want to have the best tools at their hands. Before choosing the best metal detector to purchase, treasure hunters should first understand the kind of hunting they will be doing. Metal detectors should meet the treasure hunters’ needs. A coin hunting metal detector is usually quite different than a gold hunting metal detector. But what if you want a metal detector with no limits, and can suit almost all conditions and targets?

Finding the best metal detector for your needs may be daunting, because in a world where technologies are always expanding, sometimes it is difficult to fully understand the technology to know what is best. Whether relic hunting, coin hunting, gold prospecting, underwater hunting, or in any other treasure hunting, metal detector selection is varied and complicated.

What technology and features in metal detectors should treasure hunters be looking for? Now, Treasure Hunter has made it possible to find almost everthing you need in a metal detector with just one all purpose machine. Today, we will be discussing here our most popular all purpose metal detector, Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050 suited for almost all types of treasure hunting.

Various metal detectors made by different companies present all-in-one detectors that can cover the broad spectrum of treasure hunting needs. Most all purpose metal detectors comprise of a standard set of features. These include the metal detector’s depth, technology and frequency used, detection modes, ground balance, signals, sensitivity, and metal discrimination.

Most brands will offer some of the features above. Until now there has not been a machine that can offer all of those features and more advanced technologies in one all purpose metal detector.
Please allow us to share with you what’s new in the metal detecting engineering. A lot of treasure hunters have been dying to grab this – The Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050. One of the newest and certainly most impressive innovations for this year– the Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050 performs at the top of its class and is turning the heads of treasure hunters and metal detector enthusiasts. Unlike other all purpose detectors, this metal detector offers increased target range and versatility because Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050 uses patented TH multi-frequency technology, therefore combining VLF technology with that of higher frequencies to achieve greater depths, increased discrimination and sensitivity for objects like gold nuggets. This model was indeed designed for the Treasure Hunter that wants no bounds or limitations to the type or depth of desired targets. Treasure Hunter 3050 has an exclusive 32 bit Z-TEX Computer Microprocessor. By so far, it’s the only one of its kind.

This detector seems equipped with better and more varied features than any other in its class. With a larger LCD screen, accurate target ID, six operation modes, dual frequency, deep search with surface elimination, this detector truly stands out above its peers. Now it is easier than ever for hunters to dig deeper and dream bigger with Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050?

Treasure hunters want to have the best tool when searching for treasure. Until now that has literally meant that you may need a quiver of metal detectors. Treasure Hunter has done an impressive job, with the XJ9-3050, to allow treasure hunters to own a true all purpose metal detector for a surprisingly reasonable price. Let metal detector town fit you for an XJ9-3050 today Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050 . With our 30-day iron clad money back guarantee, you have nothing to lose and quite a variety of treasure to gain.

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When choosing a metal detector, one must first consider his/her experience, detecting environment, desired target, and budget. When I was 10 years old I got my first metal detector and I was so excited and happy. I would spend about 8-hours per day outside hunting alone with my metal detector. The year was 1985 and my first metal detector was a very simple contraption and the technology was archaic by todays standards. This machine had no descrimination or sensitivity adjustment. There was no ground balance, super sniff mode, multiple frequency technology, or surface elimination. But it was the best metal detector my parents could afford and really all that was needed to keep me happy and busy as a small boy. The simple electronics notwithstanding, I would find piles of change and, of-course, plenty of pull tops every day. I even found a few rare coins and was able to start quite the coin collection with my metal detector. This machine finally broke and my parents did not buy me another, so I forgot about the hobby of metal detecting for the next 15 years or so. Now, I am an avid metal detectorist and really enjoy the hobby. I am just amazed at where the technology has gone. I just recently purchased a new machine. When shopping, I considered myself an advanced intermediate. My usual hunting grounds now are the beach and shallow waters/ surf. And I am usually hunting for coins and gold and silver jewelry. With all this in mind, and after talking to many experts, I have chosen a high tech all purpose machine known as the Treasure Hunter 3050. This metal detector has 6-different modes and two different operation frequencies so it has enough bells and whisltes to keep me satisfied for now. I have been living near the beach now for the past 10-years and just love to spend my afternoons (after the tourists go home) with just myself and my trusty metal detector. It reminds me of when I was a boy and is relaxing alone time for my treasure hunting, deep thought and meditation. I get so many coins and jewelry (especially rings) in the summertime, which is our tourist season that I was able to make a sizeable contribution to my coin collection and my just for fun savings account. I am so happy with my selection of metal detectors because this machine just fits my needs exactly and now I am out the door for another detecting adventure.

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Hello Treasure Hunters,

Sylvan here, just wanted to share a quick one line story I received from a customer yesterday Sept, 23 2009:

“Zippity do da, zippity day, my oh my what a wonderful day. Found a gold nugget!” – boompa_girl

This customer had purchased a Voyager metal detector from TH and they found a gold nugget the first day out. This just goes to show that it does not take the most expensive equipment to have a successful hunt. Sometimes the most important thing in your bag of treasure hunting tools is the earnestness to unearth your treasure,  and most importantly that you are out there hunting!!!

I would recommend a detector that can operate at higher frequencies for gold nugget searches as gold will resonate at a higher frequencies than most relics and precious metals. Consequently, most detectors are VLF (very low frequency) metal detectors and can sometimes miss gold and often confuse gold with iron. VLF detectors also allow for greater detection depths.

For gold nugget hunters, you may want to try one of our dual frequency detectors like the Treasure Hunter XJ9-3050, or the 3019 which has the benefits of a VLF detector and also has a parrallell band of higher frequency specifically for gold detection.

Happy Hunting,

Sylvan

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Buying a headphone for metal detecting can be challenging as well.  For one, not all headphones are best for metal detecting.

Here are some guide questions that will help you shorten and weed out the best headphone from the ordinary headphones:

• Does your headphone have a volume control on each ear?

Most metal detectors does not have volume control, having one on your headphone will help you control the volume, you do not want a blasted eardums.

• Does your headphone have moisture resistant mylar speakers?

Paper cone speakers deteriorate from moisture and eventually mute soft signals.  It is necessary to check if the headphone you are thinking of buying has moisture resistant mylar speakers.

• Do you know if your detector has a stereo jack?

Having a stereo type headphone with a mono jack will mean you only get sound from one ear.  Ofcourse although you wanted to concentrate on every sound within the hearth, you also would want to hear and bear from awareness from your surroundings–  for upcoming cars, wild animals, or even your wife calling.
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