As kids we dream about combing a beach and finding buried treasure with a metal detector, but married couple Heather and Dustin Allensworth are proving that that metal detection isn’t just kid stuff on this week’s Discover the Truth with Tyler Kern.
Dustin started in 2018 at a hunt in Oklahoma. He says he only did “okay,” but he was able to win the gold coin at the event. “I got super excited about that,” said Dustin, “and we went to check it again the next day… and I haven’t really slowed down a lot since.”
Heather thought it seemed like a “cool” and “fun” hobby for Dustin at first. “When he started bringing home the things that I couldn’t have because they were like his little trophies,” she explains, “I said ‘no, no, no, I need in this right now.’”
Through water hunting metal detection they have been able to find a treasure trove of interesting items, including all kinds of jewelry. On the episode, Dustin shows off 14k rings, embedded with sapphires, rubies and diamonds. He also has found things like a pair of false teeth, which had the added bonus of a gold cap. Heather’s favorite find is a 21k plain gold ring band, which is the highest k the couple has yet to find.
Heather explains that being in Oklahoma, which she says is a “fairly young state,” there are only so many places they are allowed to go hunting for land detections, so they prefer to spend days in the water.
Their children are also getting in on the act. Heather says their kids are beginning to enjoy treasure hunting with their parents. “It gets a lot of people together,” she explains, “They make friends, and it gives them a little bit of a quick challenge.”
They have both recovered items during their adventures that people had lost, and they say the real joy in the process has been returning those items to people who thought they were gone forever. “It gives you that… warm fuzzy feeling that you’re doing something good,” says Heather.
Dustin even found a woman’s class ring in a swimming hole. Her first question when he returned it, “How did you get it so clean?”
Heather and Dustin also explain the items you need to properly hunt, including gloves, solid shoes and fishing hooks, along with making sure you have snacks and sustenance and pay attention and listen to the devices you use to hunt.
