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Treasure Hunters Try to Bring Shiites, Sunnis Together
The Spoof (satire), UK Written by Con Chapman

BAGHDAD, Iraq. Warring Muslim factions here are getting a helping hand in their effort to bridge the gap that has divided Shiites from Sunnis since Mohammed died in the seventh century; a new version of the Peace Corps that will use recreational metal detection to build trust and friendship between the two schisms of Islam.

"It's a great family activity," says Lowell Yoder, a resident of Brownsville, Texas who likes to comb the beaches of Padre Island on the Gulf of Mexico looking for lost coins, keys and occasionally a belt buckle or tie clasp. "Everybody goes at their own pace, from kids to grandparents."

Texas Treasure Hunter

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Jacksonville Daily Progress, TX By Hannah Buchanan

Keith Wills of Gilmer, a well-known ?treasure hunter? who is involved with hobby of metal dectecting and recently featured as one of the top treasure hunters in the nation by Life Magazine in March, took some time from his busy schedule to talk with the Daily Progress about the hobby and the new treasure hunting club (PAST) which was recently established in Jacksonville.

Beaches and history draw searchers with metal detectors

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Daily Press (Newport News, Va.). By Alison Freehling
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - From Yorktown Beach alone, Ina Finn has filled a long tray with silver and gold. A 10-carat white gold ring with 10 small diamonds lies next to a small button dating back to the Civil War era. Big hoop earrings rest under a bright yellow butterfly pin and a silver heart pendant. There's a tag for a dog named Oliver who apparently once frolicked on the beach.


Treasure hunter does the impossible and finds ring lost in the sea

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WHAT would be the chances of finding a ring which slipped from your finger into the sea? Probably millions-to-one. In fact, would you even bother looking?

What lies beneath
Our beaches and history draw searchers with metal detectors

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From Yorktown Beach alone, Ina Finn has filled a long tray with silver and gold. A 10-carat white gold ring with 10 small diamonds lies next to a small button dating back to the Civil War era. Big hoop earrings rest under a bright yellow butterfly pin and a silver heart pendant. There's a tag for a dog named Oliver who apparently once frolicked on the beach.

Treasure hunter or trash collector? No matter what you call it, metal-detecting fans love their hobby

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By Majsan Bostr<0x00F6>m

Trash collectors. Sand surfers. Treasure hunters.

When John Kranwinkel, 58, fires up his Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202 and heads out on Wrightsville Beach, he's aiming to find a treasure.

So is 66-year-old Lynn Lyle, but he's content in calling himself a trash collector.

Kranwinkel thinks all titles apply.

"?'What's a sand surfer?' Some people asked last week, and I explained that I surf the sand for coins with my metal detector," he said.


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