Really quickly I would like to say that this series is all about our We Dig Metal Detectors Field Team. As being part of the community and giving back is so important to all of us here at, We Dig Metal Detectors, we thought this would be a great way to share our love for the hobby and highlight some of the hobby’s best detectorists. Our Field Team members, are comprised of some of the hobby’s greatest ambassadors! We can’t say enough about our Field Team, but through out the series you will learn about each one of them and grow to love them and how they represent the hobby! As of right now we have five Field Team Members, if you know someone who is a great ambassador for the hobby, and loves to share their love for the hobby on YouTube or social media, shoot us an email we would love to discuss it with you! [email protected] is a direct line to our CEO Andrew O’Neal!

      Hello We Dig Family.

      My Name is Ray Sawyer. I was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. I have one son named Colin. I graduated high school, Class of 95, and played several sports such as hockey, football & lacrosse. My other hobbies aside from still playing Hockey are Fishing, spending time with my son, and of course saving history metal detecting...

      When I was younger teen, my aunt & uncle would take me to the beach with them during vacations. I would follow around my uncle while he swung his trusty Whites metal detector on the beach. It was too heavy for me to carry, but I sure loved digging his holes in the beach sand for whatever goodies he had found... This started my love for the hobby, I knew one day, I'd have my own machine, and would be finding treasure of my own.

     Through my later years, I would buy several machines, learning the Ins and outs of many different brands. I currently run a YouTube Channel 413 Mass Digger and I am also an admin in two metal detecting groups on Facebook, Metal Detecting Unlimited and Detecting the Heartland.

      Living in Massachusetts, I am very fortunate to have amazing history all around me., My favorite places to hunt are 1700-1800 farms, and woods. Especially woods of old abandoned picnic groves. Even grass lawns or Fields of old houses and schools. There is almost nothing more exciting than finding a colonial coin or relic. To be honest, I'm happy hunting just about anywhere!! 

     Being able to research, where my find came from, what it is, or who may have lost it, is just as fun as finding if. I love to restore finds, and display my coins and relics.

     I have many bucket listers I'd love to find, such as a Mass. Pine tree Shilling, any Gold Coin, and Civil War relics! My bucket list is long, and to say I'm hooked on the hobby is an understatement.

     I think my favorite finds to date are my Colonial Shoe Buckles, my 1795 Liberty Cap Cent, and 1729 - 1754 KG2 coppers.

      My current Machine is an Equinox 600 with a Detect-Ed carbon fiber shaft, with a stock coil. I also have an assortment of other machines for friends and back- ups...

     Thank you for taking some time to learn about myself & my love for the metal detecting hobby.

Remember Low & Slow... Dig’em all!! - Ray