SIGN OUR NEW GUESTBOOK To BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A ONE OUNCE SILVER ROUND. ONE WINNER EVERY THREE MONTHS  We will post the guest book winner and it will be up to the winner to contact Streeters with the date they signed the guest book and their mailing address & Streeters will send their prize

Winners of the Professional Treasure Hunter’s Historical Society & the Treasure Hunters Gazette’s "St Jude Children's Research Hospital raffle"

1 troy pound (12 ounce 99.99 Silver) Buffalo Nickel round, = Steve Beauregard, Canton CT 10 silver rounds = Tom Daigle, Madbury, NH.   Note! Tom, wife Cheryl & son Tommy chipped in & helped make #16 a success.

Winner of Door Prize in the Mark Sutcliife Memorial Hunt, a Minelab X Terra 70 metal Detector (donated by Minelab),  was won by Mattockman, Rochester, NH.

Saturday night Get together Supper, prizes

Garrett Ace 250 metal detector, donated by Garrett Electronics; Ray Nott, Natural Bridge, VA

2 silver rounds = Jim Doray, Barre, MA U.S. Silver dollar & a gold Mexican coin = David Walker, Amherst, MA Bullseye pin pointer probe = Roman Hajek, Charlestown, NH deluxe Garrett travel carry bag = Martin Miffek, Marlborough, NH

Minelab hot cold mugs, & digging tools and many door prizes from Garrett Electronics. Lucky Lynn won 12 Minelab Mugs.

BONE 16 Mark Sutcliffe Memorial Hunt

Fisher CZ-3D metal detector ($899 retail) = James Doray, Barre, MA Fisher ID Excel metal detector ($599 retail) = Steve Beauregard, Canton, CT

Other hunt prizes to unknown hunters; 36 Minelab diggers ($25 value), a Fisher ID Edge metal detector ($799 retail, a Garrett GTAx-550 metal detector $499 retail), & a White's Bulls eye pin pointing probe $99 value & donated by Whites of New England.

Pictures of BONE 16 at www.streeter.org

Streeter's  stocks many White's, Garrett, Minelab, Fisher & Detector Pro metal detector models.  

Streeters Treasure Hunting & Prospecting Supplies
307 Main St. (Rte 101), Marlborough, NH
Telephone  603/876-4443  email   gstreeter@ne.rr.com

We listen to offers & take trade ins!

Most hunters become attached to their detectors and we rarely get trade ins, However, because of the economy,  we  have had several successful treasure hunters, trade in some dam good detectors. Most used detectors have a 6 month & 50/50 warranty.  50/50 meaning we both pay for 1/2 of the repair.

Used White's QXT, used by someone who rarely used it. Many XLT features including I.D. & depth reading $350.  

Demo White's newest the Spectra 3.
I let Dave G. Brian T & another test it for me. All have good things to say about it. Check it out at the White's site.  Mine is the deluxe model with cordless phones and retails for $1699.  Make an offer.

Used for ever, Whites Eagle II SL   was Streeters & I only do water now.  These units are hard to come by and I once turned down $600 for mine. It was the earlier version of the XLT.  $350.

White's Eagle Spectrum  $350.00

Used Minelab Explorer XS in great condition
As is $500 or $650 with a new 11" DD coil.

Used Excalibur 800 with 2 pc balance rods $750.00

Mostly new Excalibur 1000 with WOT coil  $750.00

Treasure Hunter’s Weekend April 25 & 26, 2009

Donation Entry fee.

Sponsored by the Professional Treasure Hunters Historical Society & Streeter Electronics. Held at Post 24 American Legion Hall, Rte 101, Marlborough, NH. Treasure hunting finds displays, workshops, a 11:am meeting to discuss preserving the M.D. hobbies. Streeter’s booths for White’s, Fisher, Minelab & Garrett metal detectors & accessories, A PTHHS, Yankee Gold Panning & a YTHC booth, Gold panning lessons & a gold panning contest.

Free magazines from Western & Eastern Treasures, Lost Treasures & International California Gold Mining Journal.

Hunt Prizes!! $1,500 in old coins and tokens for 4 metal detectors, accessories, silver rounds, & more. $75 entry fee for both hunts until sold out. Make checks payable to PTHHS and with your name, address, phone number, &  email address, send to PTHHS, 307 Main St., Marlborough, NH 03455.

Minelab has introduced 3 new Xterra models 705, 505 & 305 and are the same price as the models they replace.  I have all in stock.

Plus Whites has a new metal detector the Vision with cordless phones for $1799.00

Streeter's (603-876-4443)

Hunting Virginia, Digging in Virginia VII & VIII
G.M. Doc Watson

I hadn’t realized how long it had been since I had written here for this web site; time had really gotten away from me, so I will go back and relate a couple of finds from the past two years.  In 2007 I was invited to attend two organized Civil War relic hunts here in Virginia; Digging in Virginia VII in March, and Digging in Virginia VIII in November.  For those of you not familiar with the Digging in Virginia (DIV) association, it is a small group of dedicated relic hunters who have been holding invitational relic hunts since 2003.  They research an area, secure permission from the landowner(s), and organize a three day relic hunt on the property.  Those invited to attend pay a fee, and this money is used to compensate the landowner for allowing access to their property.  Without such an arrangement, many sites would have continued to be off limits to detectorists.  More on DIV can be found on their web site, hosted on The Treasure Spot.

The hunt in April was a 2000 acre site Near Culpepper that contained part of the Battle of Brandy Station.  The soil in this part of Virginia is very mineralized, and my detector has its work cut out just to get a signal.  Despite these limitations, I still managed a few keepers.  My best finds were some bullets, artillery shell fragments, a gun tool, part of a fuse, and an iron piece I believe to be part of a horse bit.  The iron is twisted for decoration or strength, and is a little fancier than standard horse tack.

The bullets are .58 three ringers, .54 Sharps, a .58 round ball and a .44 pistol bullet

The second hunt in October was held on a site called Hansbrough Ridge, also near Culpeper, Virginia.  It saw troops from both sides during the war, with Union troops