Author Archives: David
Gold Coin Find
I was very pleased to receive this aura photograph with the following message: Hello David, I found 13 gold coins at 185cm depth. Thank you so much. The photo, which led to the find was taken with a Canon DSLR camera with standard lens and infrared filter. the coins, I learned were pre-Roman, weighing 8.4-8.5 […]
Treasure Hunting Strategy
No successful treasure hunter that I know of relies on just one instrument or technique to locate a target because nothing is foolproof. So typically the treasure hunter may use dowsing, an aura camera and other long range locators such as a multi frequency discriminator (MFD), an earth field generator or even a sniffer dog, […]
Treasure Aura Camera and Filter Set-up
I get quite a few questions about filters and camera settings so I have put together this short video on the subject. If the screen changes too fast you can pause the video at any point and even do a screen print. Hope this helps.
Accidental Aura Photographs
Auras can be photographed without even trying it seems. I am grateful to Rich Labate who has given me permission to publish his photograph. Using a Nikon L1 pocket digital camera on automatic, with no filter, Rich was just taking a picture of the view across a valley in New Mexico. The resulting picture shows […]
A New and Rational Treatise of Dowsing
I am extremely grateful to Richard inCalifornia, who generously sent me the above book as a gift, along with a very interesting collection of aura photographs. The book was first published in 1941 as an English translation of the 1938 second French edition. Considering this was written over 70 years ago I am absolutely astounded […]
Hello from David Villanueva
Hi, I’m David Villanueva, treasure hunter and writer. You may have seen my articles in Treasure Hunting or Searcher magazines or even read one or two of my books. I have been metal detecting in the UK for just about 40 years and have made some really good finds. Since the 1997 Treasure Act, I […]
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