Recent content by fyrffytr1

Can anyone tell me anything about this brass buckle that was dug in Maryland about 30 years back?

I live in a subdivision that backs up partially to swamp and a small farm. I have a drainage easement that runs across the back of my property and drains into the swamp. I decided to put up a cheap trail cam and put out some corn just to see what would show. The normal raccoons, foxes and...

Latest track has it coming over or just west of my location after midnight tonight. Southwest Georgia. It ain't looking good!

I found this stamped brass(?) piece today on hunt cut short by the heat. It is very thin and there are no attachment points on it. The only thing that comes to my mind is a lid for a jewelry box or something like that. After looking at the pictures, I think the last one may be the front/top and...

I went to the creek last Saturday with a buddy and had the best day ever for me. I found 3 complete snapped base Kirk points, a prehistoric camel tooth and a token still in the plastic sleeve. Then, that evening I had my worst day ever! I was taking the points back to my truck after showing...

Not a metal detecting find, but I thought some folks here might find this interesting. I was looking through an April, 1942 Life magazine and came across an article about a Boston "scrap" party.they were donating everything to the war effort. I hope you can read the captions under the pictures.

I took a shirt back to Walmart today and passed the Coin Star on the way, but it was empty. After returning the shirt, my wife and I did a little shopping. On the way out we passed the same Coin Star again. This time there was a handful of coins in the return tray. I scooped them out and when I...

I was going through some more of my brother's stuff and found a coin I could not identify. Turns out it is a counterfeit 5 dollar gold piece. It is struck on a silver planchet and is as old as it dates. There are faint traces of gold plating left on it. Where a real 5 dollar gold coin weighs...

I have been blessed, in my 50 years of detecting to find just about every denomination of US minted silver coins.All of the coins seen in the following pictures were found by me either in Maryland or Georgia. One exception is the twenty cent piece that was found by one of my brothers, most...

My buddy took me to a well hunted site this afternoon, but I managed to pull three good finds in the 4 hours we were there. About 5 minutes after we got there I found a 1789 half real, then about 20 minutes later I got the 1838 dime.About 30 minutes before we quit I found the small cuff link or...

I bought this little pin fire pistol along with a James Ray Savannah blob top bottle and a 1930s Savannah transit token at a small shop in Thomasville, Georgia. yesterday. I don't know much about the pistol and was hoping someone here could tell me more about it. Best bore measurement I can...

I bought this little pin fire pistol along with a James Ray Savannah blob top bottle and a 1930s Savannah transit token at a small shop in Thomasville, Georgia. yesterday. I don't know much about the pistol and was hoping someone here could tell me more about it. Best bore measurement I can get...

I found this blank stock in a warehouse in Dawson, Georgia a good while back. It is a blank stock for the Dickson, Nelson & Co. rifle made in the Dawson Armory from around 1864 until the end of the war. The Dickson Nelson Co. moved several times during the war ending up in Dawson which is about...

It is not metal but still a pretty rare find. I eyeballed part of this sticking out of the ground so I put it in my pouch and finished my hunt which produced very little. When I met my buddy back at the trucks we showed each other our finds, then I reached in my pouch and said "I found an egg"...

It was a good day spent with good friends. 1854 shield nickel 1904 Indian head and a New York staff officer cuff button with a Scovill backmark.