Newbe from maine !

[MaineRelic]

I have been a bottle digger scince I was ten y.o., following in my dads footsteps. Good dumps are getting harder and harder to find !! My dad and I have never M.D. and I thought it would be a good idea to go back over all our old haunts we dug out with one scince alot of the research and foot work finding the old foundations, logging camps ect.. has been done. Got a M.D. for x-mas and have been driving wife crazy with it practicing in the house with stuff hidden under rugs. We had a tough winter but finally got out to try it. I have been working a south facing bank right across the street from me that is at least partially thawed out. The good part is the house above the bank was built in 1830. I think its virgin ground cause there was alot of stuff in it. here is what I found so far 1863 I.H. S.L.Q. no date, Mercury dime no date, I. H. nickel no date, 1946 rosie, a cool badge, a large brass button, GOLD cuff link head, 1.83 clad not shown. I am getting alot of signals up on the lawn above the bank but it is still too frozen to dig so pray for warm weather and I will keep you posted!! Yes I dug alot of trash too, filled a 5 gallon bucket 1/3 full with lead flashing, bottle caps old cans ect.. but here is my first M.D. treasure!!

 

[Cynangyl]

That is awesome!! I can't wait to see what you find once it thaws enough you can dig in the lawn area! Thanks for sharing with us!

 

[alwayslookin]

Great looking finds!! Congrats and Welcome!!

Dave

 

[renob151]

Great finds!!! We, here in Germany, just got hit with about 5 in of snow last night. So, it looks like it will be a while longer before I can get out.

 

[wreckdiver1715]

Welcome aboard Treasurenet!

I used to hail from the Bangor when I was a younger lad, back in the day. Always loved the summers up that way, and hated the long cold winters.

Happy hunting

Tom

 

[Jagdpanther]

Welcome!

Great finds for just getting started. You'll never look at an old yard or field the same way now. Once the bug has taken a bite you're done for.

Have fun and keep us posted.

 

[RON (PA)]

Great finds from your first site. I like the gold cufflink head. Welcome aboard. Glad to have you with us. This is a great site with great people.

 

[CRUSADER]

I started bottle digging when I was about 9 or 10 just because it was a good place to play & then we copied the bottle diggers & jumped in their holes as deep as us. It was a massive Victorian bottle dump about 1/2 mile square. I now only have time for detecting but I trying to hook up with a local bottle digger to re-live old memories.

Happy Hunting from the UK.

 

[JME in Maine]

Hey I live in Maine too..one question? Where the hell did you find open thawed ground.. cuz i still have 3 feet of snow in my yard

 

[bootybay]

holey cow...what a great way to start hunting.... and a virgin site as well... I cant wait to see the rest of it all.... big time congrats and welcome to TNet too....

 

[CanUDigIt]

Welcome and congrats on some real nice finds! Seems like you are off to a great start!

 

[Natman]

There's treasure up there too? I thought when someone dropped a coin in Maine it made its way down to at least Virginia before it stopped

Kidding aside, that's a great bunch of finds..if that's your first MD treasure I can't wait to see what else you'll be showing us as the year progresses.

Welcome to the forum and happy hunting!

Nat

 

[chrisplay2004]

Welcome and beware, this is the most addicting forum on the net...
That is awsome for your first time...I'm sure you gonna hunt out those sites...
Oh, I will look out on the bottles forum for your bottle treasures... 8)

 

[allen]

nice finds...welcome aboard and keep posting those sweet finds...

 

[daytondigger]

Congrats on your finds. I'm a bottle digger too, mostly privy digging, but metal detecting is still my favorite hobby. You've obviously found a great spot and I look forward to your posts. Keep on diggin'!!

 

[cntrydncr1]

Wow what a great site!!! Congrats and welcome to the forum

 

[extractor]

Verry nice finds you have there!

 

[TomB]

Welcome....have a seat, take off your shoes and stay a while. WARNING: The Surgeon General has found that MDing can be habit forming... TomB

 

[MaineRelic]

There's treasure up there too? I thought when someone dropped a coin in Maine it made its way down to at least Virginia before it stopped

Kidding aside, that's a great bunch of finds..if that's your first MD treasure I can't wait to see what else you'll be showing us as the year progresses.

Welcome to the forum and happy hunting!

Nat

Yes it is my first But I have alot of experience as a bottle digger!!!