louisiana

  1. Any info on backmarks on this Louisiana button?

    I found it at a skirmish site in LA. Obviously it was corroding badly in the ground but i understand that's normal with LA buttons since many were made by smaller manufacturers. I can see some lettering on the back but I cant see a compete word. I'm attaching pics of the front and back...
  2. Look What I Found

    I found the general area of a a Civil War site many, many years ago and I finally got around to hunting again today. Unfortunately, I found a bunch of crap THEN I got this signal. I was so excited yo show it to yall that I haven't cleaned it, other than carrying it in my mouth for a while so...
  3. Hello From Louisiana

    Hi, I'm new here! I'm a house historian/preservationist by trade and a major history nerd. I was just given my first detector as a gift, as I've been talking about wanting one...I've been into hunting bottles and other relics for some time now, I'm mostly interested in the detector as a way to...
  4. I'm Back!

    Back in high school, I had an old Bounty Hunter. I wasn't very good with it but I found some items. I stopped for 40+ years and recently decided to get back in. I had watched many YouTube videos including most of the ones by The Hoover Boys. On my birthday this year, Garrett introduced the Apex...
  5. New guy from Shreveport, Louisiana

    Hello everybody...I moved to Shreveport about a year ago and just recently picked up a new hobby, metal detecting. I am from Monroe and I am back and forth all the time. Currently I have no permission to dig on private lands so I have been digging parks...etc. If there is anybody from north...
  6. Hello from New Orleans, Louisiana

    Newly christened treasure hunter on the river banks and in the swamps in Louisiana. I visited my brother in West Virginia a couple of weeks back and we ended up purchasing a MineLab Etrac to scour the land for valuables. We came out of the week with unidentifiable metal pieces, small copper...
  7. Louisiana Hunter on the Lookout

    New to the TreasureNet community! I recently began metal detecting with my brother in West Virginia coming across a old indistinguishable metal pieces, an id tag, pieces of copper, and a large pile of beer cans. Currently, I'm using my two hands and eyes to find surface materials in and around...
  8. The Official Louisiana Plantation Dig.

    Ladies and Gentleman, The Moment you have all been waiting for, the commencement of The Official Louisiana Plantation Dig Thread. Let the digging Commence... Historical Background: The Plantation is located in South Louisiana, the current property is a conglomerate of several plantations...
  9. Louisiana Token

    My son and I discovered this while detecting in our front yard this weekend, a Louisiana Luxury Tax Token. Pretty cool!
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