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I thought I would post an update to this thread since I returned to the site and found more stuff. I found half of a horse shoe and the metal rim of a wagon wheel also.

Thanks all, I really am enjoying this. I do try to dig all targets except for fence lines where I can follow a buried wire for a good distance. I was working a Gold Mine (literally) today and was...

I see the difference in your photo. I suppose mules were the animal of choice for moving supplies and artillery rather than horses in a lot of cases. I am going to go back and explore some sites that...

I wouldn't know a mule shoe from a horse shoe. I know very little about them except that there hasn't been a radical shift in how they are made in a long time. It's a skill to make them and put them...

I know it's hard to date a horse shoe but does anybody want to chime in? I found this near an area where there was significant troop movement during the Civil War. This doesn't mean that this is a...

Yes it is a CW era cannon ball.

I will indeed go back. I will bring my brother and nephew as well and we will try to find all that we can. None of us have any real experience and I'm sure it will be tough but it will be worth it to...

I think I figured out the hunk of iron....it's a cannon ball. I realized it's rounded on the back side and the balls are put into the cannon ball before the other ingredients and fuse. It looks like...

Here is the shell fragment I found. I looked it up online and I believe this is a cannon ball.5718057181

I did just that yesterday. Got land owner's permission and went out for my first excursion. I found what I believe is my first relic! I thought I had just found junk but it turns out that one thing I...

I am interested to learn people's tactics for finding areas to go detecting. I was thinking that doing what everybody else isn't doing might have some merit but I am new at this and have no stats or...

5717557176571775717857179Here's some of the stuff I found today. I have a full bucket of crap that I didn't take pictures of ( I'll spare you) but these are the highlights lol. The 2nd photo is of...

I did indeed go to my target spot and knocked on the door. It wasn't really their property I wanted access to but the one behind it. The adjacent property is vacant with no house and has a for sale...

I am new here and generally winging it when it comes to detecting. I was doing research on the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and found an old map. I was able to overlay the map onto a modern one...

I have been bitten indeed. I got out yesterday and went to a farm house that recently got bulldozed. There were 2 houses, a barn, and a pole barn there a couple of years ago. From what I can tell,...

Thanks everybody! I am finishing a cup of coffee and going out in a few. Just on my property there is a site I started checking out yesterday and hope to dig some. Near the end of my property there...

My wife was kind enough to buy me a Garett (she went to Garrett, lol) Ace 350. I was going to buy the AT PRO for myself but she wisely suggested that I give the hobby a try before going all in. I...

I just got a detector for Christmas and can't wait to get started! I have already gone out in the yard and practiced a bit finding Iron bits of debris most likely left there when they built my house....