Search Team - Helping The Public & Police

The Central Florida Metal Detecting Club, of...wait for it...Central Florida, has spent more than a few years honing it's CFMDC SEARCH TEAM, a group within the group. Since the year 2000, when the club assisted law enforcement in finding the weapon that killed an Orlando police officer, the CFMDC SEARCH TEAM has been instrumental in searching for, and finding, murder weapons for local law enforcement over the last several decades. During the last several years, business has been good; there have been no decreases, especially in violent, crime. Although the club receives no money for assisting police at these evidence hunts, search teams have been known to get a police-supplied air-conditioned trailer parked at the crime site, as well as stacks of hot pizza for lunch...as well as busy officers also taking time in supplying bottles of ice-cold water to over-heated search team members. There are very few club-snapped photos of these hunts, as police prohibit photographs of an active crime scene, but are sometimes allowed after the evidence is found.

Team members selected for this "club within the club" are selected for their, above all, integrity, expertise with a metal detector, knowledge of evidence gathering, and precisely following the instructions given by CSI personnel as to where to hunt and what to do when a promising signal is acquired. If you pick up the target and wave it over your head, not only will you not be asked ever to participate again, now your fingerprints are ON the evidence...not a good thing if it was involved in a murder!

At any one time, the CFMDC search team consists of about 15 to 20 highly experienced evidence hunters who know the ropes, techniques and seriousness of doing a professional job for our law enforcement community. The biggest advantage is the CFMDC can put a large number of experienced people on site with minimal notice, and get the job done. There are few things that can give you a better feeling about your hobby than lending your skills and expertise in metal detecting to the folks working hard to keep the public safe, and get the violent criminal element off the streets. 

The search team is also involved in finding and returning lost items to the general public in the Central Florida area at no cost whatsoever to the owner of the lost item. Again, Search Team members are selected for their honesty, integrity and expertise with a metal detector.The club gets many relayed requests from metal detector dealer, Kellyco Metal Detectors, in Winter Springs, Florida to help frantic folks who have lost irreplaceable keepsakes...jewelry, rings, necklaces, and bracelets to recover them. From a bejeweled platinum crucifix lost on a six-acre working farm, to a platinum engagement ring lost in a septic tank...the CFMDC Search Team will put as many man-hours in as possible to locate and recover the items. Many times, despite repeated searches, and sometimes trying to recover a target by pawing through piles of wet, "fragrantly" steaming sewage, some items cannot be found...those are the times we feel inadequate to the task. But every CFMDC SEARCH TEAM member who has been in on any search for a lost item can talk the talk, because each and every one has walked the walk!  

If you have lost an item or need experienced evidence hunters in the Central Florida area who's services come at the cost of a pizza...cheese or half-pepperoni...and most usually nothing at all...leave the CFMDC a message on it's website. Central Florida Metal Detecting Club Peace and good health!