Metal Detectors 4 Veterans Teams Up with Valor Metal Detecting

[Terry Soloman]

Metal Detecting 4 Veterans and Valor Metal Detecting Helping Veterans

 Organizations Doubling Outreach Efforts To Help Veterans Nationwide

May 20, 2025 White Plains, NY – Metal Detectors 4 Veterans, Inc. (md4v.org), has partnered with Valor Metal Detecting (valormd.org), founded by Marine veteran, Alex Logan, in Swansboro, North Carolina. Like Metal Detectors 4 Veterans, Valor Metal Detecting (VMD), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering veterans by combining the therapeutic power of metal detecting with the mission of historical preservation.

VMD founder Alex Logan commented, “What began as a hobby among fellow veterans has evolved into a powerful initiative aimed at fostering camaraderie, healing, and purpose for those who have served. Valor Metal Detecting seeks to provide veterans with a supportive community where they can reconnect with a sense of purpose and uncover tangible pieces of our nation’s past. Through training programs, group outings, and the goal of establishing veteran-led satellite groups, we equip veterans with the tools and skills to explore history, develop new skills, and connect with fellow service members.”

Terry Soloman, founder of Metal Detectors 4 Veterans said, “Alex is a fellow veteran and knows the value of metal detector therapy. He can relate to other veterans, and to how they deal with the everyday stresses of living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I know that together our organizations can expand our outreach helping to bring these brave and deserving men and women - and their families, some relief from the insidious and invisible wounds caused by PTSD.”

Media Contact:

Alex Logan, President, Valor Metal Detecting                   
Email: alex@valormd.org
Phone: 910-545-9640        

Terry Soloman, President, Metal Detectors 4 Veterans

Email: TerrySoloman@aol.com

Phone: 914-589-3985

[Terry Soloman]

Metal detecting, for me, started as a medicine for my PTSD, and became a favorite and needed pass time. For millions it is indeed a hobby, for me it is salvation from racing thoughts, anxiety, and paralyzing depression. I turned my passion for detecting gold nuggets into a business that I ran for ten-years near Rich Hill, Arizona. I watched thousands of guests discover a new passion. I have now introduced metal detecting therapy to hundreds of combat veterans silently suffering from mental terrors brought on by combat. Metal Detecting helps, because it makes us focus on one thing - the message our machine is sending us. It gets us outside, moving, getting sun, not drinking, not sleeping, not sitting on the couch. Finding something once lost is exciting, fulfilling, and every so often profitable. Yes, metal detecting is a hobby, but it is also tool, balm, medicine. It is an escape from our everyday lives that many other hobbies will never provide.
With your help to date, we have shipped metal detectors and equipment to 271 financially challenged Combat Veterans (as of Memorial Day, 2025). These men and women are living lives that are better thanks to your donations! God Bless each and every one of you - especially those of you that contribute monthly!
Please keep spreading the word about Metal Detecting Therapy, and help us better the lives of the brave men and women that have given so much for us. - Terry Soloman 1/41 FA 56th FAB 1973-1976 US Army