the secret to discovering unfound treasures begins with...

pure detecting

the science and steps to pinpointing “pure” sites that have never been detected…before you

What You'll Discover Here

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Long forgotten 1800's RR Depots - Silver Coin Drops and Relics

Becoming a Detectorist Detective

A step-by-step guide to using online tools to reveal the precise location of virgin sites
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"Enhanced" LiDAR reveals Ghost town & RR Depot

Remote Sensing Science

Secrets to combining history with today's map technologies to reveal hidden sites
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Coronado's bronze cannon lost in a 1541 battle - first firearm in America

Seeing Is Believing

Real case studies that helped uncover millions in gold, silver, priceless artifacts

“Our mission is to offer you the science, history, and information so you can create your own pathways to enrich and excite your PURE detecting adventures”

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Dan Bertalan – Lead Science Contributor

WHAT YOU WON’T AND WILL FIND ON THIS SITE

Chances are you already own a detector and the Internet is overflowing with expert information on how to use it... especially on your detector's brand website. So you won't find that stuff here. However, the one crucial thing that most detectorists are in fact missing, (that they can't buy-beg-steal), are the precise locations of quality "pure" detecting sites. And that's the key to the treasure chest that you'll learn here as you explore the pages and lessons on how to reveal long-lost; logging camps, railroad depots, ghost towns, homesteads, post offices, abandon mines, and even gold-bearing rock outcroppings, and more.
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To keep you inspired... Hi-res poster-size treasure maps - coming soon

Combining Science & Treasure Sleuthing

We not only combine; refined mapping, remote sensing, geology, history, and online apps… we make it all simple with easy-to-follow… step-by-step guides that can help you pave new pathways to swinging your coil over pure detecting sites.