It's been one strange year for getting out to do some digging. Yesterday I had to get my turkey's into the processor and it's only a 10 minute drive over to some permissions. So I finally got onto a school site that has had crop...
I found this Revolutionary war Continental Army Officer's Silver applied USA script button. It is one of 3 known examples of this construction and design and the only known...
This was the results of two different sites actually. The first is where I got all the shell casings and the black ring (spinner junk). The rest came from a beach cut where...
Always nice to see a ring in the scoop… Thanks again for the privilege of your time..
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I've been walking this old homesite for several years and it seems to keep on giving up good finds if you want to dig a s__t load of trash, dumped my trash into a 5 gallon bucket a few times...
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Whilst I was out casually trekking in the desert yesterday, my wife was worrying that our house was going to get rearranged from the torrential downpour. I had no idea anything at all was going...
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In Phoenix for the week on a business trip for my wife's company. Brought my detector in case I spotted an opportunity to hunt. I located a sandy playground in a park close by so I ditched the...
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I went to the farm fields yesterday and I found a toasted indian with no date, 1920 Buffalo nickel, 1939 wheat, silver spoon bowl, three buckles, two bale seals. The brass tag is from a carriage...
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The beginning of the season for Nor Easter’s Here is some nice early finds!🏴☠️🌊 HH SnT
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This was the first rain clear day after 2 name storms hit us one after the other. It was still gusting up to 45mph, so made it a more interesting dig. I changed my mind at least 3 times about...
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Went up in the hills to visit some fruit orchards over the weekend and stopped at a couple of places I wanted to detect. This was the first signal, 1896 IHP that someone turned into a chain...
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Hit a new site today in hopes of finding and old home site and hit the Half Dime on my 3rd hole. It sounds really odd but clear as a bell due to its altered shape. Either way I’m glad to have it...
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On this day, my 22nd anniversary on Treasurenet.com, I wish to thank y'all for providing me with 22 years of reading enjoyment and identification challenges. Through my life's ups and downs, TN...
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Never found a large cent before, was looking for a Canadian Largie as they are called for over two years, found one on Sunday Oct18th 2026, this might sound strange, but had asked G-d to help me...
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Not a lot but still a fun walk. Found this VERY interesting! I've never found a full set of new tires!! Made Fishy very happy! 😏 Also impressive; was this teeny, weeny lil chain! I must've...
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Today I went out to look for a new place, and I think I got lucky—I stumbled upon a very small area, and this is what I found. It might be worth going back one more time.
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I dug this beautiful spur at a “hunted out” Confederate camp. It was underneath a piece of iron, which is heavy at that site. It was recovered three feet away from a CSA I dug there a few years...
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I went to the Subterrix Cellar Run on Sunday and found my first colonial shoe buckle! This is everything notable I found: - Colonial shoe buckle frame (Favorite find) - 4x Great Seal military...
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It rang up a 9 on my Nox 800, same VDI as a bunch of shell casings I had dug in that area. For that reason I started to walk away. Then I turned around and said what the heck just dig it. Then I saw it was going to be under a root and...
Bro. I’ve been looking for you for about 20 years. What led me to find you is a story unto itself. When I got to your hiding spot, the detecting Gods treated me so unfairly. I...
I was able to get out for a quick two hour hunt this afternoon close to home. Given the semi-drought conditions in our area, I decided to focus my efforts on a dried up vernal...
Its been a while since I posted or even found anything notable. The day prior to this find was a full day of finding nothing and chasing false signals, but as you all know it happens in this...
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Checked out Lake Champlain in front of our place again yesterday with the super low water levels. Found a KGIII, buttons, musket balls, and shoe buckle fragments last time I was out. After...
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Got permission to hunt a site today that was used as General Hunters temporary headquarters in 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley. The place had been hunted by other diggers over the years, but I was...
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I finally got something from the local coinstar worth posting. My normal is sticky cents and washers. Not today! I cannot belive that someone did not hear it when it dropped into the reject cup.
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Drove down to one of my favorite ghost towns to see what the monsoons washed out over the last few weeks. This place is incredibly hard to hunt with the amount of nails and other trash, but there...
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Hello, just wanted to post this 1835 Large cent i recovered on a hillside Sunday afternoon. Its in rough shape but when i flipped it over, the reverse didnt line up. I guess someone was asleep at...
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Got out after I wrapped up a job and hunted an older ladies yard in which she told Me that she had lost a Silver ring a few years back. Sweet!!! Hope I can get a ring return in. After about 7...
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I’ve been checking the Coinstar 1-2 times every weekday since school started 2-3 months ago and today was my biggest score yet. Huge surprise to see the bin nearly overflowing. -$10.24 Clad -12...
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We had a couple of rainy days this week; apparently, that helped a few more things sprout at the old Chinese camp.
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Hit one of my sites that I've been searching for several years and it just goes to show you that a site is never hunted out, I hunt this homesite every other year when its in bean stubble, today...
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Enjoyably productive lately with a bunch of coins. Also a 1951 wheatie Yesterday I was hunting around an old tree in an alleyway near the University. Pulled out what looks like a dinnerware...
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I went back to the farm fields yesterday and I found a 1967 and a 1869 indians. And a 1720-1760 cuff button with a hand drilled shank, ox knob, spoon bowl, part of pocket watch, buckle, brass...
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Found this during P.E. Initially hoped it was gold, then thought it was a cheapie, but I looked closer and saw the hilariously tiny 925 mark. Probably gold plated. So yeah- Silver Earring :D
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Went back to the homesite that produced 5 indians and a shield nickel and few days ago and was able to pull 2 more indians and another shield nickel. 1864 and 1868 on the indians, the shield...
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For all you nay-sayers, here is the proof. This is one outing lasting less than three hours in a part of a local park I hadn't detected previously. The two AA cell penlight was about 3 inches...
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I was hunting an empty lot in an older part of town with my buddy. We weren't finding much in the way of coins. I got a 1940 wheat and a few modern coins along with a few older relics until about a half hour in. Got another zinc cent...
Had to go to the satellite office today. Around lunch got a phone call, so stepped outside so as not to bother others. Mindlessly walking circles on the loading dock while on...
Found this at a new permission as well as some flat buttons and other bits from an 1800s home site.
Hunted a vacant lot where a old house was torn down two years ago. As usual, there was no shortage of junk metal everywhere. Note - The 4th photo is of a Non-Dug 1906 Canadian Large Cent. Canada...
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The fall detecting blitz continues in upstate New York with the daylight hours shortening. The maker is Wood & Hughes, a New York City silversmith active from 1845 to 1899.
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Crops are coming in so I got some hunts in this week. Some are new permissions and some are old. All in all it's not a bad start, hopefully it continues lol!!!!
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Buddy made the frame for me as a Xmas gift. Couldn't decide how to use it until my son mentions my guns since they don't fit well in smaller frames. Thgt it turned out pretty decent.
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Got out last Thursday post nor’easter here in New England for some wet sanding and recovered a nice 14K diamond pendant that I worked for. Met up with Jim from Mass to take the AQs for a swim in...
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I hadn't found anything after two hours of searching - not even costume jewelry. The waves were too rough to go out in the water, so I was relegated to searching the wet sand. On my way back to...
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With the recent nor’easter that hit the beach recently, this trip promised to be different. The storms may have exposed goodies or could have buried them or washed them out to sea, no way of...
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We managed to get back to The Track-Way Site which has now been drilled & will be showing Winter Wheat soon, so the clocks ticking! I decided we would grid the back edge, very little has been...
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One last chance to go hit one of my old spots before heading south for the winter, so I loaded up the camper and headed out. This place is about 4.5-5 hours away from home. While it's private...
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Was hitting same site got further back in the bush. Got this dog or fox it was beside a wheatie. And this large buckle. Had to cut it short and run over to my mothers real quick during lunch. Will...
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Got on one of my old permissions for the last time! Farmer told me that they had sold this section of the farm and I know the new owners don't allow any type of hunting. This site has produced...
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Didn't quite go to plan today. 1hr 15 mins into my grid the tractor with spray bar joined me. I got out of the way after picking my flags up & moved 2 fields over for 30mins (got 1 scrappy & a...
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Went to an old ball field yesterday, I’d been to it many times before with my Maticore with the M9 coil. Found plenty of shallow clad and junk jewelry. Put the M11 and hit it again yesterday. All...
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Good morning everyone Yesterday hunt was a lot better with headphones. I didn’t score any gold like my buddy did again with an ear ring and gold ring second day in a row. But I’m happy with my...
Well I decided everyone getting a squash and a potato for Christmas this year 🤣 1/3 of the potatoes done. I just parked the side by side in the shop. Have to make some room for the 120 in the...
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I have been driving by this area that is old but where they just completed a new parking lot. There is a small dirt area where they backfilled after completion. I figured it was worth a look as you never know. First pass through was an...
Was up at the lake house starting to shut things down for the winter. The water in our bay drops way down this time of year, so i decided to head out on the "beach" to do some...
Today, after a few months without visiting that place, I decided to go back to the old Chinese camp. At first, I thought the place was empty since I couldn't get any signal. But as the hours went...
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I have been hunting a very old farm site the past three years that has been very productive, yielding thirteen coins prior to today. (I've mentioned this place a couple of times on this forum...
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Got out a last weekend and hunted the yard of a house that was built in 1910 and also hunted a section of old Sidewalk. Been lucky lately ... this 1906 Barber Dime is the 7th Barber - Dime...
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Hardly anybody swimming in the lake for the last several weeks, but the sand has been moving around from the wind waves, so I thought I'd try and hit some of the low spots. Glad I did! Got $2.90...
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Went out last Sunday evening and spent a couple hours around a house that was built in the mid 1940s. Quite a bit of change, with more quarters than the average yard. Did pull out the 1934...
I went to the bank recently and asked if they had any halfs. they had $190 of customer wrapped ones (which in my experience have already gone through by other CRH’s) but I said why not, I’ll take...
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About 90 minutes of detecting was fruitful, still about 75% of the space remaining. Hoping to find something older, but still pleased with the results. This is surprisingly my first ever dollar...
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DAY 1 I went back to the newer scout camp. I don’t find much precious metal there, but I normally find a decent amount of change and some fun scout stuff so it is worth the trip. When I get lucky...
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I found one IHP and my buddy found this Large Cent. I wanted to show the difference between it coming out of the ground and with the outer layer chipped off. I couldn’t even see any date when it...
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Found this little treasure while trying to work through an iron field near a 18th - 19th century cellar hole in Maine. Almost gave up on it, but glad I didn't .. It was deep ! If it looks familiar...
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One of last night visitors.. This time the switch batteries for the fill flash failed.. I think my wife scared it away when she was outside taking star pictures. My camera info showed that this...
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I felt that yesterday I was gridding away from the action, so today I gridded the opposite side of the field. I worked out OK for a short hunt with a Hammered on the first run (making me feel good...
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Great coinstar find today. 3 silvers, a few foreign coins, a flattened dime, and a buck 50 in change
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Using my Equinox 900 at Brownwood Texas at the old Camp Bowie site, I found this item which was much dirtier and I almost threw it away! But I rubbed some dirt off and saw some letters. Upon...
Went out this afternoon with some friends one did the dry the other In-N-Out me in the water. Nice fall day 64° with an offshore breeze. The area hunted was more like a sailboat beach, where...
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My Best Finds! 🥇
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My best story was hunting a house where an older lady once lived. She gave permission with strict instructions for me to tell her everything i found. I found a walking liberty and a couple other...
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I've been hunting this site for over 10 years and can not believe that I missed this large piece of silver! It came up as a 91 on the D2 thinking this has to be a seated dime, over the years I've pulled largies and indians out of here...
Went to yet another river swimming hole in the Sierra's today. I was getting a fair amount of targets to dig, mostly pull tabs and pennies, for the first 4+ hours. Then, as I...
I realize it’s been a while since I last posted, and I do apologize. I’ve been waiting for the bean harvest here in Ontario so I could return to a couple of my old site...
Tiny one is russian, another is ``killing`` , Riga down local coin :) 2 last pictures made after cleaning , hopefully result is not bad 😊
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I've been doing a fair bit of rockhounding and hiking around looking for artifacts on a friend's ranch this year, but unfortunately the rocky terrain is very rough on the points which missed their...
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Yesterday, my friend @oldmxrat and I decided to go back to a ghost town to keep exploring, since it was so huge. And this is what I found
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Decided to get out today for a short hunt and went to the homesite where I found the 1848 half dime the other day and on my very first signal out pops a gold ring! Even though its broken I'm...
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One of the farmers that is kind enough to let me walk the homesites on their property let me know at church that he had purchased a 160 acre field that I've been wanting to hunt for years. Even...
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Hey hey diggers! I was checking out some old haunts this weekend getting in a few hours detecting. First time out since May so I was feeling a little rusty but I remembered all the moves lol. My...
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I was explaining to someone earlier that the detector will pay for its self if you find enough rings.
Got tired of doing chores and needed to get away for a few, so I threw my detector in the SxS and went up the mountain by my house to an old sheep camp. It's a really tough spot to hunt because...
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A silver set of dentures dating to mid to late 19th century due to the method of fastening the teeth to the plate: platinum pins as pictured. Here’s how it went down: Detected an old farm today...
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Returned to gridding the Track-Way Site, they still haven't drilled it yet other than around the edges. I did 4 hours with; Lead Token Broken Rose Farthing Georgian Pan/Trade Weight Leather Mount...
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The Best Hunter Coins from the era of the Elymaeans — first shown as they appeared before cleaning, followed by the details revealed after careful cleaning.
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Well my right shoulder was actually up this morning. (Right is the nice Pepper) Going to the tire shop to get a tube for the rear ride on mower tire. Turned onto the highway drove by a house...
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I went to the beach today and I found a standing liberty quarter no date. Silver leaf ring. It says live simply on the inside of the ring. One copper junk ring, Great seal Eagle cuff button...
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Couldn't get out and hunt for a few weeks because the rest of family went to Alaska and there was also a lot of rain here. Finally got out and hunted the yard at a old Farm House a few days ago...
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Another circle o' butter from a swimming hole today! Today's hunt
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A lot of soybean fields are being harvested in my area so its back to hitting the old home sites! I was about ready to give up when I got a 88 on the deus II and was hoping it wasn't going to be trash, then out pops the 1848o half dime...
I was happy with the find but boy was it a teaser. It had the same signal as a gold ring last week. The brass shined like gold in the hole too. An Art Nouveau Maiden Brooch...
We didn't detect last Monday as my mate was nursing an old back injury, but he should be well enough this Monday. In the meantime I thought I would cycle to the local farm &...
Yard! I got out to do some scouting, hoping for a good day in the neighborhood. There’s this 150 yo church that’s off the beaten path that I’ve had my eye on, so I figured I’d snoop for a...
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Last weekend, some friends who are metal detector enthusiasts came to visit me, so I decided to take them to one of the many ghost towns I've visited so they could have some fun. At the end of the...
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Continued my quest to seek out and clean out new swimming holes. No gold today, but three rings and all three silver was quite welcome! Those stinking pull tabs! 🤨
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Well, I might be mistaken on the Brass Part. I was just taking pictures to upload here and when I zoomed in on the catch: it’s marked 14k! (My eyesight has declined a bit) Now it all makes sense...
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This is without a doubt the smallest coin that I have ever dug. Have a UK coin book but does not show this "portcullis" coin in this size. Found on this years UK trip. Have to get my rear in...
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I Went to the farm fields on Wednesday and I found a 1858 flying Eagle, one wheat and memorial cents, two buttons, buckle and a religious pendant etc.Saturday I found a1864 and a 1872 indians...
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Technically my birthday is tomorrow but since we’re so busy I celebrated yesterday. I’ve seen people here having success with water hunting so for the first time I tried hunting my local lake’s...
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Metal Detecting
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Heading out today on a detecting trip in England. Be back in a couple of weeks. Happy Hunting and "Gold" Luck everyone! :occasion14: :icon_thumright:
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Took off an hour and a half away to an old town that has tons of old homes. I got permission for 2 yards and was disappointed after I finished the first. Pretty sure they had both been hunted...
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I posted my finds from my most recent trip to one of my IW era permissions a few weeks ago. The sword belt plate I found was pretty bent up so I sent it off to JP Hunts Restorations to have him...
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What is the real treasure of metal detecting? I believe it is the stories behind your finds, the people you meet along the way, the wonder of our history below your coil, and that unexplainable...
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Tough day at another swimming hole! Just in case you guys think it's all peaches and cream for me. The places I go are all rocky and gravely bottomed, no sand at all. I'm exhausted! 76 pull tabs...
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Had the tracker 4 set up for all metal found only this and pull tabs in an hour, I thought I was going to get beginners luck. Guess not. Very fun tho.
Hit one of my permissions today for a few hours and was rewarded with a sterling silver medal that has a flint lock on it, I'm hoping that its Civil War period. Also dug a 1850 Canadian bank...
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Finally had a nice cool weather detecting day. Got a nice 1920’s Napoleon button at a yard permission. Then found a bottle dump at a new build tearout. Managed one nice intact bottle. Thanks...
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My wife and I visited the Museum of Madison County Historical Society in Anderson Indiana recently. Here are some photos from the "Indian Room." The room was not extreamly large and the lighting...
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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...
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...
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 out of the ground...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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Camped here last week and checked out a lot of the ancient remains. Seen a lot of them before but I'll never be able to see all of them in the area.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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