Did not expect this to happen today, and I am not exagerating on the title. After losing in baseball this morning I decided to do a short hunt. Well, right off the bat 1914-s wheat. Almost the rare 1914-d but not quite. Then I take a...
Been cooped up in the house this week because of the mountain behind my house is on fire and was in a "get ready" evac zone. Was getting cabin fever and just wanted to get out...
Another half hour drive to a beach with some serious erosion. No fresh drops in this area! Everything metal has been here a while. Targets everywhere, just tough getting them...
While I was detecting in the river a couple of ladies went by me on paddle boards and asked if my detector would work on an iPhone. I said of course, and they pointed to a young gal upstream in...
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Detected a very old farm and hit a low signal. Usually these are shotgun shells so I don’t dig them, but I hadn’t dug anything at the site so I checked. This likely Victorian-era ring popped out...
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Another weekend where I go to a new site and find nothing, so I return to my go-to spot and it surprises me again. A Merc and 2 toasted slqs were inches apart. We were searching an old cellar hole...
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The fire is under control and they opened up the highway, so I got back up in the mountains to check another swimming hole prospect today. Plenty of deep coins and pull tabs so I was pretty...
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Tried another swimming hole that looked promising. The pull tabs were off the hook! I was digging them from 10-12 inches deep under the rocky bottom of 1" to 3" rounded river stones. I was really...
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Started hunting this site when I was 16 and purchased a brand new Whites Spectrum XLT in 1996 and tried to make it out every low tide I could till I got a girlfriend and the metal detecting slowed...
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Yesterday evening, I was out in a nearby field again. The quantity of finds was good, though the quality left a bit to be desired. I turned up several coins: six pieces of Weimar Republic...
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After a three-hour hunt, I found two rings and an ornamental earring - all in the first hour. The gold ring is 14k and rang up on my Manticore as 29; it looks for sure like someone's wedding band...
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I got busy and forgot to post my finds from Sunday. Nothing very exciting, but a few interesting pieces. Only the second pencil sharpener I've found, and both from the same place!
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Hello All, I'm only a few years into this hobby, no regrets, and after each cool find I felt it would never be topped. Well, I keep topping and last week I came across the one of my most admired...
Yesterday, my friend @oldmxrat and I explored a few spots in the Dixie Valley desert. We didn't have any luck, but these were our finds.
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I figured out that it is a very long time until my next 50th anniversary. And, I've not handled this one very well. It's getting tougher and tougher for me to get out. But, I decided to just go...
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About a month ago I found a class ring in the tear out I have been digging. I found the owners name engraved on the inside. After locating and contacting him I was able to return it to him...
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Lots of great finds! I think @Red-Coat could fill us in on what this is using this patent date. Great finds indeed. L.W. Fairchild & Co. of New York/Newark was initially founded as Randall &...
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1949 Cad nickel metal detected find in a park Brampton On after a long old coin free dry spell. Labour Day 2026. Yay!
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Relearned the lesson of not giving up despite searching an area twice and finding the usual bag of modern crud. They ripped a sidewalk out across the street and it was mostly a disappointment...
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This morning I went to a park where a friend told me that he had found a couple King George coppers. I found a 1781 half reale,two memorial cents,one clad quarter. Then I went back to the farm fields and I found three buckles, crotal...
Went a door knocking today, looking for a small yard to play in…. Came up on a raggedy old house with a raggedy old guy sitting on his porch. I fully expected him to chase me...
Today I returned to one of the places that has yielded many great finds for me—some a bit strange and others I didn't expect. Lady Liberty showed up again, this time in the...
I had been trying to get in here again since the 21st of August but two weeks with a lot of rain made it inaccessible. Finally got back over the long weekend. Some of the finds I eyeballed, some...
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I am back at the farm fields. Saturday I found a 1852 trime and two coppers one is possibly a king George II or III the other might be a fugio? Also found three buckles, two rivits and a piece of...
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I went back to the same site that I was at last time where I found the two identical silver dimes. It was an exciting hunt! After about the first 40 minutes of not finding a whole lot, I got a...
Yesterday my buddy @Conito@55 and I headed to a spot a few hours east to see what we could find. He found a V nickel at the place we originally went to search, but not much else was showing up so...
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The lake doesn't get many swimmers this time of year, and it's been a somewhat disappointing summer for finds anyway, so I decided to find some other Sierra swimming holes that I feel haven't been...
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This yard is nothing special. The home was built in 1950. The nice thing is that it has never been re-landscaped and lots of small denomination coins. The first time I hit it was late last year...
Not a great hunt, but, this little item helped take the pain away. Didn't think it was much when I found it, but, after a bit of cleaning I found the Colt 45 name and the Sterling stamp on the...
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Tried out the Manticore today in the water for the first time after the Excal2 was not seeing much for some reason.Being the first trial run I got three silver rings and a silver chain along with...
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A 1945 Merc, then a quarter about an hour later of the same year. Scanned the hole and thought there might be a dime in left in it but out popped a real worn 1908 barber. Later another Washington.
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I searched an abandoned farm in the woods a couple days ago. I could not find where the house once sat, but there were lots of stone wall enclosures to explore. One in particular was about 50...
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So my buddy John and I went door knocking yesterday, meager finds overall, he did better than me. The only notable find was this guy. It’s a 1904 Republican advertisement featuring Teddy Roosevelt...
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Despite the oppressive heat and humidity I have been getting out and found some nice finds this week. A 1948 Washington, an 1899 Barber quarter, 1897 and 1899 Indian head pennies a 10k gold filled...
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Yesterday, my friend @oldmxrat and I explored a few places; to be honest, it was really hard to detect anything there. But we managed to recover some artifacts.
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It looks like Labor Day will be my last hurrah in the lake. There were lots of people on the weekend, but not many going into the water as it's been kinda chilly lately. I did manage to pull one...
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American Marten AKA Pine Marten in the =AZiSG1UPNoAabxARHC-F6gcXu2HCgciaht126TVYYqkhUEYnq49A_CooHm5TtEKdcOPO78Zk1v4tNY18GYp8yBIXWPYnJ1PkyilOAdVoOpOOcPAaujI6DexL&__tn__=-]K-R']U.S. Forest Service...
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My favorite park was ultra busy with a soccer tournaments, so I detoured to an older part. I managed to find three rings, all within about a 3 sq. foot area. The center one is really corroded...
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What an amazing day, found some record coins and even a bucket lister for me but this find takes that cake. Originally I thought it was a sterling cuff link, but there’s no hole in what I assumed was the shank. Then I notice this odd...
Our summer was extremely hot so I haven't been out much. But I finally decided I'd make a trip to one of my permissions out of state. It was a bit cooler, but still very warm...
Hunted another vacant lot where the house was torn down many years ago. The neighbor cuts the grass every now and then to help keep the lot from being a eye sore. Seated Dime...
Metal detected another site in southern Delaware that had a home until 1950s. Found using historic aerials and this site was just a few miles away from a site where I found another tiny souvenir...
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Finally after a small dry streak, silver in the hole. Not super old but beautiful coin 🥰 I love finding silver when the ground is wet. Thanks for looking
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Went to a park today and detected a small beach...pulled a couple clad, two matchbox cars for my grandson and got a strong tone for a tungsten ring, my first real ring....I think it's a Hammered...
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Surprised at Coinstar to see an angel token again and seems people are continuing to travel . Scratched Canada dollar and others 1980-1988-2001 Deutschland 1976 DGR EG FD British 5 pence 2006 As...
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I have been at my 600 acre park for the past. two weekends. Last weekend I found a 1941 mercury dime and I found seven Swift's Golden West Fatted Fowl bird tags. Last time I looked them up it said...
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Hi, I was out and about again yesterday and found a seal—the first one I’ve come across in a long time. It looks to be from around 1800; I just wanted to show it to you all. Regards, Johannes
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Thought maybe the recent rains might have uncovered something, so I headed out! Managed one decent keeper. The white one was a drill, too bad!
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Found yesterday near Richmond Va. assumed it was just another padlock and put it in my pouch. Looked today and saw the extra writing…..”ordnance department USA”. This department was in existence...
Found at a site that had a farmhouse until the 1950's but is now just a forest. Not the oldest spoon I've found but definitely the most ornate, so I'm super excited. Stamp reads: "EQUISITE EPNS" -...
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So I spoke with my bank person offering to pay for any interesting coins found inside the coin sorter machine and he said since they are rejected that he could just give them to me....so...he just...
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Last Thursday I checked out a new to me spot. Spent about 2hrs out. Found a total of 49 coins with a face value of $3.22. I thought it was interesting how many of the wheat pennies were duplicate...
I finally got a picture of the elusive (around here at least) green heron.
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Things are winding down quickly in Lake Tahoe as the weather starts changing. Seems like there were still a lot of people on the beach this last weekend, so I gave it another go. Lots of targets...
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Good morning all. One of the local boys seen hanging out in the yard overnight.
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i JUST did! ...never missed a paycheck in 50 years... now? I am busier that all hell. Funny thing is, all that I am getting done, stuff I put off over and over... aint taking all that long to...
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Good morning all. It's still very hot and dry and feels like summer. But winter is coming. The animals know it. You cen even see it on some of them. This doe if one of several we see...
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I couldn't believe this rolled out of a construction site. I found it right off and then dreamed of finding a broken jar or bank. it sure has that feel. Check out the die crack above the E. found a barber quarter but not nearby. Happy...
Hello everyone! I thought I would take the time today to post some of my recent finds this summer. Hope everyone is well. 🌞 First up is a 1959 Franklin Liberty Bell found in...
9 golds in the last 6 hunts....its been good out there. Another epic clear water day yesterday with 14k 18k and finally some diamonds 💎 that spike the diamond tester !! 700eqx is all paid up now...
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Found a 18th century lead/cloth bale seal, with profile bust of King George II on obverse and Britannia seated on reverse. The 3 you see is the tax or aulnage rate, so probably 3 pence per yard/...
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I've told my close detecting buddies this story but figured I would make a TNet post for this one. Last November, I was out at a local beach doing a night hunt. There have been a couple cool...
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Hunted around a old farmhouse that was back in the woods off a old gravel road. The property owner told me the house burned down in 1950. As usual, there was lots of rusty iron in the ground and...
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my wife and I went for a bike ride today, just got back about 30 minutes ago. when I was putting the bikes into the barn I seen a box by the house ans white plastic tub. I yelled to my wife "did...
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It has been 3 weeks since I last swung my detector. We were away and then I was in the hospital for tests and after I got out my back was a mess. My back is still not in great shape, but if I go...
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Found today ... in some shoes. We're having an estate sale at the ranch and the person running it found them. We thought we might have missed some things, and we did. Each one is about 7...
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Went to a spot where I've found lots of targets, but no coins. And as of now, still no coins. :dontknow: Found some interesting items though: That's the largest harmonica reed I've ever...
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Frost got most the blossoms on one tree, so the fewer Peaches sized up nicely.. So tasty!
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A couple of days ago I made my weekly pilgrimage to pick up a (skunk) box of halves. As I passed the coin machine, I noticed that the reject bin had a LOT of coins in it. 51 to be exact. Mexico...
Found 10 wheats yesterday all dated between 1920 and 1958. Hopefully I get silver next outing b/c usually I get ~1silver per 10 wheats And today I finally got something in Coinstar. I started...
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The good the bad the the ugly!! 58 on the inside of the ring, I thought maybe with the rose gold I had a chance!
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I noticed a 5th wheel parked along side the road a week or so back. My friends property is bordering the road and my property borders his... so I been watching. We have a lot of transients and...
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Struck out once again! The gold ring looked so good in the scoop, but I could tell immediately when I pulled it out it was way too light. And those stupid Cartier-style bracelets...Come on...
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I have been doing luthier work for a guy for a few years now. A few of the guitars are very expensive classics and I took my time as I really didn't want to mess anything up. He got this in...
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I was just taking time for cataloging and pictures of some points and I put together a few mini frames. You've got to do it once in a while to be able to take stock in things and enjoy what you...
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Finally got a musket part. I have the gun my grandfathers grandfather had but I found this piece myself. I'm proud. It should clean up nice I will post an after pic . Found at late 1800s site I been hitting on my lunch break in the...
2 steel 1943 wheats 1962 silver dime Australia 1995 Aruba 1998 Canada 1974 Thank you always for the privilege of your time
Farm dates to 1800. We only found large cents, 6 total and not much of anything else.
I've been working nonstop overtime for the past few months and haven't had much time to do anything. I finally had a day off, but of course it was raining, so I decided to take a little trip and...
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I’d been saving today’s site for about a year. I needed a coin for points n our club’s monthly detecting contest. Been too hot 🥵 to detect. Today was the day!!!! I located concession stand...
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Hi today I had a very enjoyable and thrilling day. Since I was Metal Detecting I didn’t expect this to happen but I actually ended up getting a bucket list find, my first ever complete old bottle...
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Pretty impressed with the amount of targets this beach keeps producing! The cars all came from the dry before I went in. The jewelry is all junk except for the 925 snake ring. The 1948-s dime...
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2 hunts last week, and a few golds. Water is warm, weather has been good, and the right crowds are here. Lobster mania has started and everyone is down chasing bugs...and partying at all the sand...
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Today, I came across all of these. But I think my best find was that button with the bust of Lady Liberty on it.
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Still very hot & stuffy & we carried on the grid for 2hrs 45mins. Finally got my first Sceat of the year & it was my mates turn NOT to get his 3rd back-to-back. But as a team 3 in 3 outings is...
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A dark foreboding black sky littered with dark clouds depicting a phantasmagoria of those who had passed. Over my head a black cloud of worldly blood suckers swarmed waiting for their chance to...
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went to a few yard sales today paid yard sale prices for all this silver, $5 bracelet. $10 Lockett $2 earrings $2 each ring. think I’m gunna start going to yard sales more often now 😊
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Found one decent and a couple rough coins today. Got a signal expecting another IHP. Had trouble locating it cause I was looking for a disc and kept ignoring the clump. Then realized...WTF...
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I know this is the Daily Snapshot, but wanted to share one taken about 75 years ago at Sulphur, Oklahoma. My uncle on the left and my Dad on the right. My friend Dave Guerra made the colorized...
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This is after a bit of cleanup and straightening. My research says this is a switch plate from a 1927 Arborphone model 25 radio.
This plant appeared a few weeks ago along the side of our house. Pretty much took over the sidewalk. It spread quickly and neighbors thought it was either a pumpkin or squash plant. First...
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Dug this 1912 D Barber dime last night and the dirt was hard packed on it out of the hole. I popped off the dirt and it stayed together revealing a cool imprint. Coin was pretty cool too lol
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The young lad found her hiding spot today in the flower bed. It's rained so many times it washed the bloom off by now. Mystery solved so she's looking for a 🐓 The young guy wants to buy 3 cord of...
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Now things are getting serious! One of my favorite places to detect, and for good reason. The little gold colored ring is unmarked, so, probably junk, but, the earrings are both silver with one of them having a 14K post. The other ring...
So me and my new hunting buddy Ryan went door knocking today, first contact; permission granted! 1850s house that I was pretty sure had been hunted before, but our finds...
This is the sixth Hardee hat pin I’ve recovered from The Battle of Nashville. The pin was folded over several times and was eight inches deep nestled up against a nail. I...
Headed out for a hunt at 7pm EST after a thunderstorm. With about an hour of light, hit 2 SLQ’s. After probably 200 trips to this site, I had never hit any SLQ’s then I hit 2 in a short span and...
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Although we scouted this area last week, I'm calling this Day 1 as we started the grid today in earnest. I'm very optimistic with our future grids based on how many buttons are still about.(plus...
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Picture 1 is the good stuff from last 2 hunts. Picture 2 is the heart breaker fake crap 💩 Ive spared every one the pounds of trash, vapes, bottle caps, clad, and pull tabs. Did find an...
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Good morning everyone,I was on vacation last week and randomly stopped at a yard sale,the house was really old I'm always looking for cool antiques for my collection and I ran across these,They...
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Found my fanciest brooch yet. Victorian era. Pin is gone but still a good find . Been unusually hot and humid for after July ..thought were were over the peak I was wrong .
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Hit the beach again and on the second to last run down the beach after 7 hours of swinging the detector I came across this little gem. Thought it was a junk ring when I first found it as it was...
I walked to the end of my driveway and took some pics of the neighbors. Best neighbors I’ve ever had for the past 33 yrs.
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Still too hot to hang around in Reno, so off to the lake again! Surprising amount of clad for a spot I hit regularly (and many others also). I was killing the nickels and pull tabs...where's the...
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I don’t post much of the jewelry I find, but I do like sharing some of the older stuff. I picked up this little ladies’ ring while water hunting recently and thought it was interesting enough to...
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I only lasted 1.5 hours today. 🥵 At least it's something old. 🤷♂️👨🦯 Thanks for peeking. 🫣
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Here are some of the things I found in the ghost town—I didn't find any coins 😞, but I did come across some cool stuff. I looked up some information about this button, and it turned out to be a...
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I was at my 600 acre park the past two weekends and I found a 1869 shield nickel, toasted farthing not sure if it's king George the second or third..I also found a ID badge from kaman aircraft...
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Hit a few vacant lots today that had houses in the 1950s up until about present day. Before I left I had told my wife I was really hoping to get a silver coin, as it has been a while since getting...
Had a great day out digging yesterday, first ever whole shoe! A little fun claw and brick piece that says "ERSTON"
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Tried a different beach today Blowing 30 knots and raining but I wanted to try out my new wet weather gear anyway so not a problem. score for the day 1 threaded metal foot 1 bolt 2 rivet heads...
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted. I got a (great) new job, but also my knee is kinda blown out, so I haven’t beeped at all in the past month or so. I was in Uniontown, PA yesterday, and this spot that is usually grown up with...
Brutally warm in Reno again, so off to the lake I went! Went early again to try and beat the crowd. It sure is peaceful there in the early morning hours! Got $3.93 in clad, a...
The beaches are getting really busy finally, so finds are improving. I hit the water early so I could avoid the crowds in the water, but still had yahoos trying to mow me down...
Went back and did a couple of short, cleanup hunts at a few of the sites where I found Silver coins last month. No Silver coins this time but I did manage to dig a few keepers. Indian Cents -1865...
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Found nothing but silver on my last outing. This time I did a little better, although two that I thought had a chance at being gold are just gold plated. The silver looking one with the big stone...
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I went out detecting today even though I didn't feel like it. I'm glad I did! I found a 1905 barber dime, a 1911 barber dime, and a five cent token from a saloon that used to be located at 9401...
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Went back to the schoolyard where I recently found a number of wheatbacks, IHPs, and old nickels. Figured there had to be some silver left in that schoolyard given the old coins I had been able...
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Hello Forum, I found this pocket watch at a historic house in my home town. I love finding these, and I was able to open and identify it. I wish I could make it work again, but it is too far...
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Today I went out to metal detect for a couple of hours. It was a cloudy morning, so I arrived early and got started. I found a few buttons, a couple of Chinese coins, and best of all, the 1860...
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You never know what will pop out of the ground around here. I would love to know what this is, (besides one of my favorites) maybe just an advertisement. 1899 O Barber Quarter. Pretty rare for...
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It's been a while since I been able to post, been working every weekend, haven't got out much. We got out today, found some good things, and need some help with one. I found a 1855 seated half...
Site 7- Noticed a plowed field that hadn't been planted yet so I thgt I'd do some rock picking. I've never walked this field so I didn't know what to expect. It's a big field so I was just riding...
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It was 12 years ago today. I found my first gold coin. I remember that day, while exploring an old wagon trail, I came across a small flat spot. I started detecting with my Garrett 250, and I was...
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Two days in August Weather was hot, muggy making taking even a breath a tad difficult. The field of the hunt however was wet, easy to dig with a gentle slope. No bugs, no kids and best of all a...
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Nice day, nice constitutional and nice to see that old protocols still work. One old protocol, OTWBTTC, still in play. Funny how this has held true soooo many times! Only marking I can find is...
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We only had a short window because my mate was waiting for a call to pick up his boss from hospital. The flags stayed in the car & I wanted to see how much targets were still about on the Trackway...
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I posted this in 'Today's Finds', but in case you didn't look there, here's the link: More here
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There´s a local church from the 60s that shut down and is becoming a township park/community center. It´s old farmland but only found modern things. There are more Matchbox cars in the sand, I...
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A Contractor I know is renovating a 1800's house for resale and he told me that I could hunt the yard. The yard is very small - found nothing in the backyard and only one Wheat Cent in the side yard. Then nothing in again in the front...
I have never had much luck with tear-outs in the past but I got lucky this time. I was reluctant to even try with the poor results in the past but 3 wheat pennies in 5 minutes...
I arrived at the new spot very early today and tried to get started before the heat got to me. I know there are still more things hidden there; these were today's finds. This...
After continuing to search while crouched underneath bushes, another great day. I had found a Garret shovel where I’m at so someone hunted something here but did not crawl on the ground to squeeze...
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Wazzz up folks...just grinding along. Been a bit slow for me considering broken machines, and busy with fishing, and marketing a new invention for fishing. But there has been gold and silver in...
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I hit my first war nickel today as well as my first silver utensil. The silver progression was gradual today, first the war nickel, then the Merc, then the quarter and I did not think that would...
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Hello Members. Been a while since I posted any new finds. I finally have a number of recent items to display. But will do that in a new link soon. I posted this cuff link to see if anyone has...
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Yesterday was mostly dedicated to a fruitless trip to some antiques malls in New England. I completely blanked at the antiques places, but I packed the detector so I could hit a spot or two on...
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I took advantage of a cool day & recovered a few relics in a Middle TN yard. If anyone knows what crosses go to please chime in. A funeral home was close by, & I thought maybe the crosses go on...
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This field was Winter Oilseed Rape & they have disc'ed it up so it's diggable in this heatwave. Some of the stalks were still in the way but otherwise it was fairly flat. This is the first time...
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I completed the restoration on the 1952 TN tag I dug earlier this month. It turned out nice 👍. Thanks for looking.
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Not too easy nowadays but was rewarded with some nice silver....
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DAY 1 I got back to start on the backyard of the latest permission. I heard from the neighbor that half of the backyard was detected a few years before these folks moved in but this part of the...
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Got to get out for a hunt today. I was second guessing myself as hot as it was out🤦♂️ Jimmy couldn’t come because of the heat but I headed out and gave it a shot. The first house I asked and...
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This is the first day I have felt well enough to get out in a while, So I grabbed my little Tesoro Sidewinder and headed to the woods. There used to be an old log cabin near a creek that I hunted...
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Another great day water hunting with plenty of targets. Always nice to have a five ring day! These are all junkers: This one really had me going for a few seconds. It rang up like a pull tab...
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1946 Silver Quarter 1945S Mercury Dime 2 Silver Rings I found the 2 coins in the past week. The quarter was found in the foreground of the old house. The 2 rings were found in the last 2-3...
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Today I decided to spend a couple of hours at the spot I found a couple of years ago on the outskirts of the town of Sutro. I’ve been hunting there for more than three years. So I’m calling it...
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