relics

Anyone help on an ID of this piece? Did it in electrolysis about 4 days and sealed it. Wasn’t sure if it was a gun part, or just farm trash. Found at a late 1700s site that I’ve found other CW relics on as well. Any help?

Updates are at the bottom of this original post. 👇👇👇 While scanning the lidar of previous permissions one day I happened to see this tiny depression(red circle) I knew it was a long shot but I hoped it could be an old house site. I made the trek yesterday. This old road which can be seen...

I found what appears to be cast iron with Pennies inside. I found it using my Garrett ace 250 and when I put the coil towards the top hole it registers as a penny clvery consistently. Unfortunately it seems to be encased in cast iron all around so I don't know what's inside. It doesn't rattle at...

Hello I’m new to relic hunting, but very intrigued. I work on a couple large heavily graded and excavated job sites, close to creeks and a large river. Could someone help me with identifying any of these, most likely my imagination and they’re just rocks. Thabks

Hi everyone, I have 8 buckles here, 1 small bell, a ring and (probably) a sewing tool. My question is wether you guys have any idea what these items are worth, how old they are and what the buckles are for (schoulder type, shoe buckle, ..), what they served for back in the day. There is one with...

I found it about 10 inches deep next to an old square head nail. Any ideas? It was VDI 23 on Vanquish 440.

So my brother and I went back out yesterday to our honey hole and tried a few settings on our detectors and marched along the 100 acre property. We stayed mainly in the area we believed that they camped at based off of reports from the archives and maps as well. We have been getting some super...

Hi there everybody, been awhile since I?ve posted. And I have a bunch of finds I need to identify. And have always been blown away from the knowledge of this community. All these finds are from the same abandoned village. It was a bustling community when it was the main road between towns from...

Was lucky enough to find this old military hatpin! Hard to find military relics in Australia!

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...

I figured I post some of the display cases that I have put together in the past few months. These are all from different sites from across the Western Territories. I am moving away from the Riker cases as I find they take up too much room and are rather boring to look at. I just changed my...

Hi everybody. First thank you to everyone who has emailed and written us about our recent finds. River and I have come across a very special site in the mountains of Washington State which is producing incredible finds every time we are there. We’ve decided to put together a three part video...

Hey all! Rookie on the forum and new to creek walking/river hunting. Pretty much look for whatever catches my eye. Here are this weekend's spoils. Hunting the Sangamon River in Illinois. Bones: https://imgur.com/gallery/Xf5bWhw Stones: https://imgur.com/a/iAQW2oV Are the bones just Cow and...

I recently purchased this grouping of artifacts from a guy who was teling me that they were found over the years on his farms in Hanover and New Kent County, Virginia. I have no reason to refute his claim other than the fact that after much research I have been unable to find any similar stone...

I return to the Family Homesite this time to Sift through the dirt looking for Family artifacts. Filmed in the Fall of 2019 we uncover a Chauffeur's pin that belonged to my Great Aunt Kathryn's husband William Ernest Thrower. The pin dates back to 1935-36 # 51927 from California. a little bit...

Found this at goodwill laying on the counter.

Ok so we have determined that any mineral on a claim (gold, silver, metals, and gemstones) are off-limits. But what about relic hunting? The reason I ask is because I am finding old homesteads and cabins on public lands (via google earth) that are very remote but are sitting on gold claims...

The Yocums settled on the James River in Stone County, Mo. in the 1830's. Ozark Folklore says the 4 Yocum Brothers made their own Silver Dollars from Silver mined by the Delaware Indians. I found this Half Dollar size of solid Silver on Yocum's land yesterday. I also found several 1830's flat...

Hey everyone, first post here, very recently started the life, and I found these 2 today on a hunt near castleton on the hudson around where 1600s dutch settlers landed. The one that looks like a doorbell ringer is heavy, maybe lead or steel? The little circle thing is copper im pretty sure from...