Gary J. Penta's mydetecting.com

Notice: After much consideration, I've decided to shut down my website. Although it's had a very good run for over seven years, mydetecting.com will cease it's online presence on December 31, 2025. Thanks for visiting and I hope to see everyone down the road. - GJP

Swing Into Summer with I&I was a blast! It was held on June 20-21 at Empire Park in East Moline, Illinois. Vinyl decals and embroidered patches are available.

Detecting the Heartland's 10th anniversary metal detecting event in New Liberty, Iowa was one of the top metal detecting events of the year. Vinyl decals and embroidered patches are still available.

A big congratulations to Lance (#15) and Rich (#16), the newest cards in the Team ATC trading card series.

trading card wax packs

Two production designs for the official ATC trading card wax pack.
Look for them at our next event.

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new trading cards

I am excited to announce that Marc Hoover and I are now appearing on Anaconda Treasure Company's trading cards as #13 and #14 in the set. The very first copies of which were raffled off for charity at the 2023 Detecting the Heartland event in Stockton, Illinois. The design was inspired by the 1973 Topps Baseball card. To get the ATC set, plus cool gear, click here.

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atc collector displays

An ongoing series of shadowboxes. These art displays showcase various Anaconda Treasure Company collector pieces and are typically available only at select metal detecting events in the United States.

Florida Salvage Diving

The 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet salvage dive season was one of the best years in recent past. Our recoveries aboard the Carib and Pandion included emeralds, pottery, ship spikes, lead sheathing, cannonballs, many encrusted objects, and a personal season high of 19 musket balls! A big thanks to my boat captains and fellow divers Bradley, Marc, Rob, Travis, Jerry, Jim, Angela, Andrew, and others. A special thank you to my good friend, the late Captain Carl "Fizz" Fismer. I'm going to miss you buddy.