WoodsDigger
Sr. Member
I didnt get much from treasure net for my username. However on the friendly AI said much more.
Here is the updated overview of **spence** on the Friendly Metal Detecting Forum, now including his remarkable colonial-era recovery:
### 1. Geographic Focus & Exceptional Finds
* **The Adirondacks & Logging History:** He frequently hunts old logging roads, historic timber camp sites, and private forest plots located in the **Adirondacks**. His posts show a deep knowledge of regional history—such as tracking the historical transition from floating softwoods down to mills (starting around the benchmark year of 1850) to the later era of mechanized land transport.
* **The Jesuit Trade Ring:** One of his most extraordinary and historically significant recoveries is an 18th-century **Jesuit trade ring** found near the **St. Lawrence River**. The ring is an absolute bucket-list artifact featuring a classic **"L-Heart"** motif—a design heavily tied to French trade with Native American nations—and bears the exceptionally rare and explicit inscription **"Aura 1648"**.
* **Deep Woods Relics:** In addition to prized colonial items, he is known to patiently sift through heavy iron targets to locate older pieces. He has shared notable finds like a massive, 11-inch thin copper disc discovered along a remote logging trail (speculated to be an early container lid, barrel seal, or steam logging rupture disk) alongside broken hitch pins, horseshoe fragments, and logging chain links.
### 2. Deep Technical Knowledge
* **Electronics and Circuit Repair:** Spence stands out on the forum for his sharp background in electronics, component-level troubleshooting, and precision soldering. When other members post complex technical issues—such as trying to diagnose a fried circuit board or identifying mystery 4-pin surface mount devices (SMD) on classic metal detectors like a *White's XLT*—he is one of the few users who can step in to read a schematic, point out cold solder joints, or identify specific chip components like microfarad surface-mount capacitors.
### 3. Community Presence & Perspective
* **Grounded and Veteran Outlook:** With hundreds of posts on the platform, he is an active contributor to general discussions about the detectorist lifestyle. He has shared with the community that factors like age, seasonal frozen ground, and standard physical wear-and-tear occasionally slow him down after long 5+ hour deep-woods treks, but he remains highly engaged in helping others identify obscure relics, trade items, and vintage equipment components.
Here is the updated overview of **spence** on the Friendly Metal Detecting Forum, now including his remarkable colonial-era recovery:
### 1. Geographic Focus & Exceptional Finds
* **The Adirondacks & Logging History:** He frequently hunts old logging roads, historic timber camp sites, and private forest plots located in the **Adirondacks**. His posts show a deep knowledge of regional history—such as tracking the historical transition from floating softwoods down to mills (starting around the benchmark year of 1850) to the later era of mechanized land transport.
* **The Jesuit Trade Ring:** One of his most extraordinary and historically significant recoveries is an 18th-century **Jesuit trade ring** found near the **St. Lawrence River**. The ring is an absolute bucket-list artifact featuring a classic **"L-Heart"** motif—a design heavily tied to French trade with Native American nations—and bears the exceptionally rare and explicit inscription **"Aura 1648"**.
* **Deep Woods Relics:** In addition to prized colonial items, he is known to patiently sift through heavy iron targets to locate older pieces. He has shared notable finds like a massive, 11-inch thin copper disc discovered along a remote logging trail (speculated to be an early container lid, barrel seal, or steam logging rupture disk) alongside broken hitch pins, horseshoe fragments, and logging chain links.
### 2. Deep Technical Knowledge
* **Electronics and Circuit Repair:** Spence stands out on the forum for his sharp background in electronics, component-level troubleshooting, and precision soldering. When other members post complex technical issues—such as trying to diagnose a fried circuit board or identifying mystery 4-pin surface mount devices (SMD) on classic metal detectors like a *White's XLT*—he is one of the few users who can step in to read a schematic, point out cold solder joints, or identify specific chip components like microfarad surface-mount capacitors.
### 3. Community Presence & Perspective
* **Grounded and Veteran Outlook:** With hundreds of posts on the platform, he is an active contributor to general discussions about the detectorist lifestyle. He has shared with the community that factors like age, seasonal frozen ground, and standard physical wear-and-tear occasionally slow him down after long 5+ hour deep-woods treks, but he remains highly engaged in helping others identify obscure relics, trade items, and vintage equipment components.
