Good evening, friends. John dug for an hour after work today and found this really neat looking brass piece, which we think might be a gun part. What do you all think? Then again, it could be something completely different like a window lock or other mundane thing.There's also a key which he...
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Yesterday afternoon, John dug up this beauty. Our coppers are usually quite toasty, as many of you know, but this one has pretty nice detail. 1749. Hope you will enjoy. Happy hunting! -Lisa & John
PS-- we don't think this one is counterfeit?!
Good evening, friends. Found this coin today. We can't make out the date on this one, but we *think* we see the word "liberty" on the right. Just not sure. Any ideas? Had lovely weather here today--hope you did, too! Thanks for looking. -Lisa & John
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We had our first hunt of the year a couple of days ago here in Massachusetts at John's 1683 property. Found this coin, but can't quite make out the date's last digit! Definitely a draped bust large cent though. Enjoy and happy hunting! ~Lisa & John
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Hope you all enjoyed the weekend. John and I metal detected for a couple of hours today, and found a few items. A gorgeous gold gilded flat button, nice musketball, an 1899 Indianhead penny, what looks like a shaving razor, and a cute buckle. We also found a bizarre piece of...
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John found an hour to detect today in the Rev War area on his property. He found a nice thimble, another tiny buckle, a pretty cool old key, and some sort of decorative and very delicate leaf-design "thing." ;-). Our one item that we have a question on is the long rectangular...
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John finally had a chance to detect for a little bit yesterday. He found another first for him--an 1871 shield nickel. Also a pretty decent 1921 Buffalo nickel. Another big mystery coin (looks bigger than a large cent) that I will have to work on when I see John next. A tiny gilded...
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John fit in a couple of hours of detecting today and uncovered his first flying eagle cent, 1858! He also found a pretty nice IH penny, 1864. Lastly, he found what we think is a small ring, although we're not sure. We think it's made of brass, but strangely, it was welded...
Hi gang, I'm at John's doing some relic cleaning for him while he and my husband work on some plumbing in this ancient place. I'm really mystified by this silver disc or coin or??. I cleaned it up a bit more and measured it to the New England threepence, and it is a hair smaller than the photo...
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John found a whole bunch of bullets in a hole about 16 inches wide and about a foot down. They are 1-5/16 inches long and 3/8 inches wide. Would anyone know an approximate date for these? I wonder why they were all together like that. He also found a cute sheep or lamb...
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Talk about bizarre--the other day we found two, draped bust large cents, and today we find two Morgan Silver Dollars! I should add that John's eight-year-old son, Johnny, found the older coin on his Ace 350! Way to go, Johnny! Also found assorted buttons. The Morgans are 1883 and...
UPDATE--WOW!! BUCKLE BEAUTY...1683 Mass Property
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We found our most complete and pretty buckle yet. It cleaned up nicely! I'm having some difficulty dating it. I have attached a bunch of photos. Also found this cool little thimble. We're off to check out your "today's finds." Thanks...
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John cleared brambles from a new area near where some old outbuildings are on his property. He started detecting and found an 1802 large cent--worn, but he can still see the date and some lettering. He cleaned it up a bit and went back out. Would you believe in the same hole he dug...
Nothing too exciting, but wanted to share this beautiful gold gild glistening in today's sun. Also a cool, old brass or copper fishing lure. These were dug from the Revolutionary site. Happy digging all, and thanks for looking! --Lisa & John
Hi gang, John detected for a few minutes today and found this gorgeous button that appears to be bronze. I think it's a button, although I haven't seen many that are hollowed out on the back like that. Just sharing a pretty little find. Happy digging. -Lisa & John
Hello again, all. Okay, so we didn't find these "today," but we did find them a few weeks ago and discounted them because we couldn't quite identify them. After some minor cleaning, more details have come to light, and we have been able to narrow down the identities. If any of you fine experts...
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Did a bit of detecting today. Found a couple of small silver buttons (duplicates of ones we already have), a neat old padlock (not too exciting--iron), and this unidentified coin. Okay, so I know some folks say not to clean them, but...there were NO marks at all visible, no silhouette...
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We found these items today. The dark coin looks very old, and we have a good silhouette showing...but letters are very faded. Dug him up from under a tree root on the 1683 property. Would love to hear if this guy looks familiar to anyone. 8-) Also found a Spanish real, about...
Hi everyone, just posting today's finds. Anything look familiar (besides the obvious, lol)? Curious about the round hollow circle thingy. Enjoy!
Lisa & John