2013 YEAR IN REVIEW*ANOTHER INCREDIBLE YEAR*6 GW BUTTONS ,COINS & RELICS

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

In 2013 most of my hunts were with Todd (Thiltzy).He himself has become quite a force to reckon with as a colonial cellar hole hunter.We both made quite a few amazing historical finds.The ones that stand out the most is digging 10 George Washington Inaugural buttons between the 2 of us this year.He dug 4 & I dug 6.

We had a few group hunts with Dan(Del) George (coinnut)Dale (Elad) Jesse (sniffy)
Scott(Safari Scott) Frank(fast frank)John(Blaze) Roger( Rebel) Ray(Kray) & Gary(foundation hunter) but for the most part Todd & myself paired up for the majority of the year.
Didn't do quite as well as the 2 previous years in the large copper dept but 57 1/4 totally satisfied me.
Other than the 6 GW's some nice relics surfaced.one of my faves was the baby pre civil war US oval belt plate,a early 1 piece militia button,CW buttons and a couple nice colonial shoe buckles.one of my fave coin finds was a beautiful uncut 1721 two reale pistareen,I dug my 2nd ever seated half dollar.
Along with the finds,I won a minelab x-terra 305 in a contest on facebook.i am in 2 calenders for 2014 Detect America & the White's calender.I will also be in Western & Eastern Treasure Magazines best finds of 2013 issue due out in March for the 5 GW button day.I also have a 2-3 foot tall trophy coming from Josh Silva's CS Sentinel Forum for find of the year.Totally flattered to receive all of the above!
Was a unforgettable year gettin stung up by white faced hornets

,seeing Todd the following week getting chased

& stung by yellow jackets,encountering a bear in the trail.hundreds of mosquito bites,pulling ticks off us,hiking up mountains and losing a ton of sweat during 100 degree temps,Freezing our butts off in close to zero degrees during the winter.crazy thing is..we'll do it all over again in 2014!
I hope you all have a a safe new year!

 

[Dirt.Hound]

wow what an outstanding year you've had... congrats!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[JerV3]

Those are some great finds man. Love the gw buttons and sterling buckle.

 

[g-olden years]

CONGRATS! Scrolling very slowly though your amazing and beautiful finds is a treat for the eyes and the spirit! You've saved precious relics that otherwise would've just been tramped over or ignored. Handsome buckles and the most beautiful ornate thimble I've ever seen. Andi