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Jacob Malherbe

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Name: Jacob Malherbe
AKA: Treasurenut
State: Florida
Years Hunting: 10
GNRS Detector(s): DFX
Biography:

Hello everyone!! My name is Jacob Malherbe and I am from  Copenhagen Denmark, now living in sunny Florida. I have been metal detecting for about 10 years both in Europe and over here in  Georgia and Florida. In the GNRS I will be using my DFX as that has  been my land detector for the last 5 years.

I detect for coins and civil war stuff in GA, but here in Florida I do mostly water hunting for rings. The best relic find is a 1830 silver 5 franc found in Atlanta GA. Best value find was a mountain of 1000 kr bills found in the  ground on a farm in Denmark, about 500,000 dkr in all. ($97,000) the old man that had buried it had long forgotten they where there but was very happy when I return them to him. A good reward was also receive and a life long story about the buried money is always there. I have a 12 year old daughter, 2 sons 8 and 2 and another daughter on the way in December. My wife is a metal detector herself and when she gets time will go to the beach with me to find rings.

I have done one North/South hunt in 2007 and this is my first GNRS hunt. Look forward to meeting you all.

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John Powell

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Name: John Powell
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State: Southeast Georgia
Years Hunting: 15
GNRS Detector(s): MXT
My name is John Powell and I will be attending the GNRS. I live in Southeast Georgia in Wayne County. I began metal detecting in Savannah, Ga in the mid 1980’s and have been active since. My primary interest would be hunting for relics from the Civil War period back to the early Colonial era. I have been fortunate in being able to travel to England to detect for relics that predate what we recover in the USA by over 2 thousand years but I still get a thrill in any relic I find on home turf. Most of my detecting is done in Georgia and the low country of South Carolina and the Treasure Depot hunts. I will be using my White’s MXT as primary and my older Eagle SL as a back up.
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Theodore Tyler

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Name: Theodore Tyler
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State: SC
Years Hunting:
GNRS Detector(s): XLT
Biography:

I have been living in the low country for the last 4 years, Bluffton,
South Carolina.  I moved from Colorado where I would nugget detect/pan
for gold using a Gold Master detector.  Since moving, I bought a
Whites XLT and have enjoyed metal detecting for civil war items.

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Ed LaMastus

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I have been hunting relics in Northwest Ar. for over 14 years now trying to find somewhere to hunt around here now has become very difficult! I have been fortunate to find a few places to hunt that were camps near two major civil war batlles, Pea Ridge and Prarie Grove. The good guys lost both unfortunately,but im an lucky both battles are close by! I have dug quite a few bullets mostly 69’s all Yanks but i still love em anyway! Everytime i unearth one is always takes a lil breath away! I have been on 3 N/S but this will be my first GNRS and im really looking forward to it. I have never been to Sc either so can’t wait to see all I have heard so much about and seen on here from the low country. Look forward to all the fun this year and helping team White’s win this year hh hunting to all! Ed
aka nwabulletdigger whites mxt 14 years hunting in northwest Ar

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Mike Martin

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2100 year old gold coin I found in England last month

Name: Mike Martin
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State: Northern California
Years Hunting:25
GNRS Detector(s): MXT
Biography:

I bought my first metal detector in 1966, a Fisher M-Scope model T-30,  and have been detecting off and on since then, and fairly steady for the last 25 years.  Besides hunting in the lower 48, I travel to Alaska, England, Czech Republic and some of the Islands to vacation and detect.  The machines I use are all White’s detectors.  I use the DFX for beach hunting and parks, the MXT for relic hunting and gold, the GMT for smaller gold, and I am now learning the new V3.  This will be my first GNRS hunt and I can hardly wait.

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Barry Carter

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Name: Barry Carter
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State: Virginia
Years Hunting: 23
GNRS Detector:
Biography:

I bought my first detector a White’s Coinmaster 2900/D in 1986.  I really got serious detecting in 1998 when I bought my XLT.  I was very fortunate to spend the majority of my 22 year career in the Navy in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.  My oldest coin is a 1799 Spanish Real plus I also found a cut piece of Spanish coin dating from around 1735.  I have found hundreds of Civil War relics including a Virginia and a Connecticut State seal button and a few CS buttons.  I located a previously undetected civil war campsite in Chesapeake, Virginia and found 57 dropped minie balls in one hole.  I currently use the MXT and I look forward to meeting all of the great people on the Depot and helping Team White’s win the trophy at next year’s GNRS!

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Keith McGrew

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State: Michigan
Years Hunting: 15 years
GNRS Detector(s):  Whites DFL
Biography:

my name is keith mcgrew and i live in south western michigan  been detecting for 15 years and have used whites xlt for most of that time have used the dfx recently and will use that at the hunt i will be 58 at the hunt i love almost all of american history the civil war and ww2 are my favorites. i mostly hunt for coins up here at old house sites and groves been married for 37 years and have 2 kids and 3 grandkids really looking foward to this hunt in south carolina and meeting all the fellow depot hunters

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Tim Kent

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Name:Tim Kent
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State: Maryland
Years Hunting: 18
GNRS Detector(s):XLT
Biography:
Hi. My name is Tim Kent and I am from Perry Hall, MD. I have been relic hunting for 18 years now and primarily enjoy hunting for Civil War relics. Probably my best finds are a Union Officer’s Cavalry Belt plate and a bayonet that I found in Virginia. I have been on two GNRS hunts and one North/South hunt and am looking forward to using my trusty White’s XLT to help Team Whites during this year’s hunt. Go Team Whites!

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Brian Irving

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Name: Brian Irving
AKA: Bart
State: Maryland
Years Hunting: 20+
GNRS Detector(s): Whites XLT
Biography:

Hello my name is Brian Irving and I was born and raised in Washington County, MD. This county is full of Civil War history with its Antietam Battlefield and its closeness to the Battles of South Mountain, Gettysburg, Monocacy and others.

I have always been interested in and loved to read about the Civil War and its figures, but just recently, within the last five years, begun to extensively research Civil War campsites and go searching for the relics left behind.

I have been metal detecting for over 20 years and still have the first coin I ever found when I was about 16 years old. Its a 1897 V Nickel that isn’t in the greatest of shape but it was the coin that got me hooked on hunting early house sites and cellar holes.

These places over the years have given me some great memories and finds from the people of time long past and each new find brings about excitement and wonder of who’s it was and how did it get there!

I use an XLT pretty much exclusively and just adapt with different coils to the areas I am hunting. When I am not metal detecting I am trying to dig bottles as much as possible.

I am looking forward to my second GNRS and meeting everyone on the team! Go Team Whites!!!

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