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Good assortment of finds, congratulations!

I have recently been practicing restoring damaged iron relics. I'm starting with simple items and then as I get better, I will try more difficult relics. This is a late medieval key. It was badly rusted and missing parts due to advanced rust. I removed all the existing rust and then rebuilt...

Me thinking about my next detecting trip to Germany!

LOL! I'll take them where I can get 'em! But across the pond this would count as "modern" coinage! LOL

Congrats Todd! I've enjoyed watching all your group's finds on the Colchester forum.

Welcome to a great forum with amazing people! Where in Europe are you living? I lived in Germany for 3 years and was able to get some decent finds. Looking forward to seeing yours!

Nicely found, Del! It certainly has enough detail to identify. I can almost read the date, 179x? Are you going to try to clean it up any more or just leave it as is?

Congratulations Del! That is a coin that I have not been able to find and so it remains high on my bucket list. It's always fun to go out with "da boys" and do some detecting. Maybe it's time for the Illinois/Wisconsin boys to make another road trip up your way?

Just wondering if anyone else will be in North Carolina for Digstock next week.

Thanks, Don!

Thanks, Tony. Yes, it was with the Deus II. It rang up a faint 61 to 62 on the display.

Hello Diggers, I recently went door knocking in a new town and got a yes at an 1850's house. There weren't a lot of coins but the ones I did find were deep and old. I did manage this 1875 shield nickel (on my FOURTH pass). You don't often dig them with legible dates, so I was quite happy...

And a happy new year with lots of finds in 2026!

I watched the show with great interest, but I don't feel like upgrading. I like my machine the way it is. I think I do okay. No one gets it all. One thing I thought was very interesting was the demonstration of the ferrous and non-ferrous targets side-by-side. One channel was in all metal...

What an AMAZING coin to find. Congratulations! You couldn't ask for a more perfect counterstamp! What were the other coins in the spill?