Treasure Hunting

Huge Sale at Kellyco Metal Detectors!

2012-03-15T20:13:48Z

Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day by buying a Metal Detector or Accessory from Kellyco Metal Detectors!

Kellyco has a TON of great offers on their Viper Underwater Metal Detectors, Gold Pan Kits, Minelab Gold machines plus more!

Kellyco also just started a very cool support page called “Where in the World is Kellyco” You can upload pictures of you and your Kellyco String pack in your part of the world and pin the location on a map!

Apparently there is a huge Gold Rush going on right now in the World so take advantage of these limited time offers and find some treasure in your own back yard! Visit Kellyco Newsletter for offers.

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There’s Gold in Drake’s Bay!

2012-03-14T20:55:21Z

Over 400 years ago, a Portuguese 2 ton galleon sank to the bottom of Drake’s Bay, California. The ship, known as the San Agustín is presumed to have been carrying a large amount of silver, gold, and other treasures. One man, by the name of Brian Kelleher claims to know the precise location of the buried wreckage.

Painting of San Agustin in Drake's Bay. (National Park Service)

Kelleher, a environmental engineer traced back the galleon’s exact whereabouts by deciphering the ship’s log. He thinks the treasure could be under a few layers of the bay’s floor after sinking during a large storm.

The ship itself was returning from the Philippines where it would load up expensive cargo from the wealthiest merchants in the world. The San Agustín was apparently the first contact between European explorers and the native inhabitants of the West Coast.

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Housewife finds £250,000 treasure with metal detector!!

2011-04-07T17:13:25Z

A housewife Mary Hannaby has discovered a 15th-century gold treasure valued at £250,000 with a metal detector. This is the first item she has found that is worth something in seven years of metal detecting.

Mrs Hannaby, 57, from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, made the discovery while out on one of her regular six-hour Sunday walks.

The treasure had been buried four inches below the ground for around 500 years. The find is thought to be part of a high-quality pendant, and depicts the Holy Trinity.

Under the Treasure Act of 1996, finders must report potential treasure such as gold and silver objects more than 300 years old. Finders are offered the market value for their discoveries which museums have first option to buy.

Roger Bland, head of treasure at the British Museum, describes the item - which at 2.8cm by 2.3cm, is barely larger than a postage stamp - as an “important find”, and said he regrets that the museum does not currently have the funds to buy it.

As one of only three of its kind to have survived, the find could be worth even more than £250,000, and its engraving is being compared to that of the Middleham Jewel, which sold at auction for £1.3million in 1986 and was later resold to the Yorkshire Museum for £2.5million.

Mrs. Hannaby stated that this little treasure will pay off her mortgage.

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Or if you want to find your own treasure but don’t quite know how or where to start, contact Kellyco at 1-888-KELLYCO or go to http://www.kellycodetectors.com.

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HUGE Gold Nugget Found!

2011-03-21T14:04:58Z

A huge gold nugget was found in the ground while grating a road. It weighed in at around 100 ounces and was estimated to be worth around $130,000.

Visit the following link to see the video: Huge Gold Nugget Found

This find alone proves that there is treasure out there to be found. And you could come about it by chance like in this case or you could purchase a metal detector and improve your chances of making a great find for yourself. If you are inspired by this find to go get a detector, then make sure to grab your detector from Kellyco. You can contact us at 1-888-KELLYCO or go to http://www.kellycodetectors.com.

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Kellyco Announces Launch of Tesoro Metal Detectors Line

2011-03-18T21:34:32Z

Good day treasure hunting fans! We just received word from the forums that Kellyco is launching the Tesoro metal detector line once again! We at treasurehunting think this excellent news for our metal detector readers and are happy to see a new partnership. Without further adieu, here is the forum post:

Kellyco has been working towards this for some time now and we are very happy to once again be able to carry the Tesoro Metal Detector line. After a long break from Kellyco carrying the Tesoro Metal Detector line, we are proud to announce that we have been able to get the line back as part of our metal detector selection. We are looking forward to a great partnership and future with Tesoro. This new partnership is exciting not only for Kellyco, but for all metal detector and treasure hunting enthusiasts around the world as Kellyco will now be able to help promote and sell Tesoro products into this rewarding hobby.

To prepare us to carry the line, the Tesoro team was on site at Kellyco’s facility last week and went through rigorous training sessions with all of our sales members so they are now familiar with the machines. In addition to the training sessions last week, Kellyco’s team members have also taken the units out over the past month and made themselves familiar with them once again.

Stop by Kellyco’s website or drop into the showroom and check them out.

Links:

Tesoro Metal Detectors Main Page on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Cibola Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Compadre Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Cortés Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro DeLeón Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Golden µMax Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Lobo Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Sand Shark Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website (Available mid-April per Tesoro)

Tesoro Silver µMax Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Tejón Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

Tesoro Tiger Shark Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website (Available mid-April per Tesoro)

Tesoro Vaquero Metal Detector on Kellyco Metal Detectors website

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 1-888-KELLYCO and we will help you out any way we can.

Thank you all for supporting Kellyco Metal Detectors and we hope that this addition to our product line will be helpful to you all.

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Chinese workers find 800 year-old treasure trove

2010-12-24T16:42:58Z

Construction workers unearthed a cellar full of 800-year-old Chinese coins in Shaanxi Province.

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Virginia boy finds Civil War sword

2010-12-07T19:49:22Z

It’s truly the gift that keeps on giving.

A week after receiving a metal detector for his seventh birthday, Lucas Hall’s gift is already paying dividends for the first-grader.

While metal detecting with his father, Gary, on private property outside Berryville, Lucas had a feeling the two needed to stop and look.

His hunch paid off.

Buried six inches deep was a sword thought to have been used during the Civil War.

“We stopped on the four-wheelers and Lucas said ‘right here,”

Gary recounted Monday.

“So we started digging, and not a minute later, there it was.”

“I was excited,”

Lucas said.

But the pair was still unsure of their finding until they started digging deeper.

“We originally thought it was an old fence post,”

Gary said.

“I started pulling it out of the ground, and when I saw the handle I went ‘Oh my gosh.”‘

Lucas’s passion for metal detecting skyrocketed, his mother, Tina, said, after their neighbor gave him a few Civil War-era bullets he found while metal detecting on his property.

Lucas also likes the Science Channel show “Meteorite Men” - a program about two men who look for meteorite pieces with metal detectors.

“(The neighbor) gave me a lot of bullets,” Lucas said. “I like digging for them.”

“Lucas really likes the pursuit,” his mother said.

The family is still unsure what kind of care is needed to preserve their discovery, which has been sitting on a towel in their living room since it was found.

“That’s the biggest thing right now, just touching it makes it disintegrate, and I want to preserve this for him,” Gary said. “We haven’t had it to an expert yet because we aren’t sure who to take it to.”

Gary Crawford, president of the Kernstown Battlefield Association, examined a picture of the sword.

He believes it is a light cavalry sabre model 1840 or 1860, but said it’s too difficult based on its condition to determine where the sabre was manufactured or which side used it.

The handle design, Crawford said, helps narrow down the time period of manufacturing.

“There is really no way of knowing (which side used it) because many of these sabres were manufactured in the North before the war and stocked in southern armories,” he said. “When the war started, the South just took those weapons and passed them out to their troops.”

Crawford said that about 18 inches of the blade may be missing.

“It may still be in the ground,” Crawford said, “or it may have been broken and thrown away - that wouldn’t have been uncommon.”

Regardless of any monetary worth the sabre might possess, the family isn’t interested in selling the relic, Gary said.

“This is really just fun for him, and I want to keep it that way,” he said. “Lucas doesn’t have a concept of the Civil War, he just knows what we tell him. But when he gets older, I want him to look back on this and appreciate it.”

Tina said the sabre, and other findings, will be incorporated into home-schooling lessons for Lucas and his 9-year-old sister, Samantha.

Lucas has also found several Civil War rifle-musket and minie ball bullets.

“Now we can teach a unit on the Civil War,” she said. “When they dig something up, we can try and learn about it.”

Now that this boy has inspired you to go out and start your own adventure, make sure to visit Kellyco to find the perfect detector for you and maybe you too will be able to share a story about your amazing finds.

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Three-Year-Old Finds £2.5 Million Treasure with Metal Detector

2010-11-19T22:05:38Z

A three-year old boy playing with his grandad’s metal detector struck gold when he found treasure worth an estimated £2.5million - a 500-year-old gold locket.

James Hyatt struck gold when he unearthed the 16th century artifact in a field on his very first outing using a metal detector.

Experts believe it is one of only four of its kind in Britain and could have belonged to royalty.

James’s dad Jason said:

‘He was so excited when he realized he had found real treasure.’

‘He is one of the luckiest people ever. He’ll put his hand down the sofa and pull out a tenner.’

James, who lives in Billericay, Essex, was out walking with his grandad and dad in nearby Hockley when he asked if he could use the detector.

The boy, who has now turned four, said:

‘It went beep, beep, beep. Then we dug into the mud. There was gold there. We didn’t have a map. Only pirates use treasure maps.’

The 2.5cm pendant has a picture engraved on the front of the Virgin Mary clutching a cross and five bleeding hearts on the back.

Its sides carry the names of the three kings who visited Christ after his birth. It has been officially declared treasure and will be offered for sale to the British Museum and other institutions.

A similar artifact was bought for £2.5million by York museum.

The proceeds will be split between the unnamed landowner and James’s family.

This find was made with an Fisher F75. The Fisher F75 as well as many other top-of-the-line detectors are readily available at Kellyco. If you felt inspired by this story and would like start your own search for treasure, make sure to visit Kellyco to find the perfect detector to suit your needs.

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Introducing the Newest Kellyco Adventure - Kellyco Outdoors!!

2010-10-15T22:08:27Z

You asked for it, so Kellyco is providing it. Over the years we have had many customers ask us to provide products that we did not offer. We have been working very hard to deliver what our customers want and it is finally ready to debut to the world.

Kellyco Metal Detectors is very excited to announce the launch of Kellyco Outdoors, the newest addition to the Kellyco family. Kellyco Outdoors is a full service online outdoor shop that provides our current and new customers with thousands of items within the outdoor hobby world.

Please take the time to visit it at your leisure and let your friends and family know about Kellyco Outdoors.

Click the link below to view the newest website from Kellyco Metal Detectors.

www.kellycooutdoors.com

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The Brand New Teknetics G2 is Here!!!

2010-10-12T20:05:19Z

The newest detector on the market, the Teknetics G2, is now available at Kellyco. It is the latest innovation from Teknetics that provides the most depth and discrimination possible.

The New G2 is unique among gold prospecting metal detectors for its combination of high sensitivity to small gold nuggets and its versatile function as an all-purpose treasure detector.

The controls and features are tailored to gold prospecting, including a sophisticated ground balancing system, separate control over signal gain and threshold, and a unique discrimination control system. These features also make for a great relic-hunting detector. While the G2 makes for a highly competent coin-shooting detector, its user interface and features are not specifically designed lor this purpose. As a coin-shooter, you will notice that the G2 exhibits slightly lower sensitivity to high-conductivity coins, like a U.S.quarter; this is a result of its specialized design to emphasize sensitivity to small low conductivity metals like gold nuggets.

The new G2 with 19kHz is an extremely sensitive unit able to find the smallest gold and silver targets at extreme depths that other units have missed. The unit has the ability to find good targets in iron. It is superior to any detector made, even those selling for 2-3 times the price.

For more information, visit Kellyco to find out more about the exciting Teknetics G2.

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