About Me
Sergei with His Winter Finds, December 1997
Nick Name:
Sergei from UpstateNY
Place of Birth:
City of Snezhinsk, the Ural Mountains, U.S.S.R.
Years of Metal Detecting:
since 1993
Types of Metal Detecting:
Relic Hunting, Coin Shooting, Cache Hunting
Metal Detectors Used:
. Garrett
Master Hunter CX-II
. White's
Spectrum XLT
. Tesoro
Cortes
. Minelab Explorer XS
. Minelab
Explorer II
. Barracuda PI
. Pulse
Star II Pro
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Countries and Places Visited with Metal Detector:
. in USA: New York, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida, Indiana, North Carolina
. in UK: Wyltshire
. in Chile (South America): El Quisco on the Pacific Ocean coast line
. in
Russia: St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Region, Pskov Region, The Ural Mountains Region,
Irkutsk Region in South-Eastern Siberia
. in Estonia: North-East Region
. in Ukraine: Kievan Region
Achievements:
Placement into the Guinness Book Of Records (2002) for earning the title of the world's fastest metal detectorist of the US for finding 20 pre-uried tokens within a 30 minute time limit during "Jeremiah Burr`s - Cash Bash 2002" organized by the National Metal Detecting Leagues (NMDL). I am still holding that record. (page 83 of the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records Book)
Articles Published:
. "From Russia... With Relics,"
"American Digger" magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 4, July - August 2007, pages 27-30
. "Exploring 'White Spots' In Winter", "Western & Eastern Treasures" magazine,
May 1998 issue
. "The Art Of Treasure Hunting", "Western & Eastern Treasures"
magazine, "The Best Finds of 1997" issue, January 1998 issue
. "New York Cache
Uncovered," "Treasure!" - White's Electronics gazette, Christmas 1997 Edition
Photos Published:
Cover photos in:
. "Western & Eastern Treasures" issues
of March and December of 1998
. "Lost Treasure" issues of January and December
of 1998
. Photo of Silver Coins Cache (recovered in Upstate New York) in White's
Electronics gazette, Christmas 1997 Edition
Participation in Competition Hunts:
. C.A.S.H. BASH Competition Hunt, Connecticut, October 2005
. C.A.S.H. BASH Competition Hunt, Connecticut, October 2003
. Empire State
Metal Detectors Association Club Hunt, New York, September 2003
. South Jersey
Club Hunt, , New Jersey, September 2003
. C.A.S.H. BASH Competition Hunt,
Connecticut, October 2002
. Empire State Metal Detectors Association Club
Hunt, New York, September 2002
. Mid-Atlantic Chapter Competition Hunt, New
Jersey, September 2002
. Ulster County Metal Detecting Club Hunt, New York,
September 1996
Activities related to Treasure Hunting:
. Presentation
on my Treasure Hunting trip to Russia at the Nursing Home of St. Joseph Church
in Latham, New York, 2002.
. Gold Panning in South America, 1998
. Technical
consulting during the production of a documentary "Looking for Dutch", a movie
about a legendary treasure hidden by a renowned New York City gangster Dutch Schultz
in Upstate New York, 1997.
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