Recent content by Jim D

Just saw your post on the great looking store house token!:thumbsup01: Here is a pick of one I found last year.

Del, Here is a photo of the back of the merc. I would say it had been made into some kinda jewelry and then got broken off.

Hello Guys! I hadn't detected because it had been so dry for almost a month , then sciatica back pain problems kept me from detecting but I've been able to do a few short hunts the last couple of weeks. I found my 2nd half dollar(for this year) a little over a week ago (1945) and 2...

A few days ago I finished detecting the old yard I hunted last week. Although I didn't find any more silver I found another indian head cent and about 10 wheatie's including a 1909 VDB cent which isn't in very good shape but its the 1st one I've found in several years. Yesterday I had a couple...

Last Friday evening (25th) I got permission to hunt a old yard, I found a no buff ,a 1942 merc, 6 wheatie,s ,and some clad, this evening I went back to hunt some more and my 1st signal was a 1952 Washington! then I found a few clad, then I got a 12-47 at 7" I dug down and out came a SL...

I went yard hunting this evening at an old house and after about 20 min of hunting I got a 12-46 on my e-trac. I dug down 6" and saw silver! a merc!:grin: About a foot away I got another 12-46 another merc!:wow: with in about a 4' square I got a 12-45 46 ,dug down and out popped a...

The day after I found the 43 Walking Liberty half on the July 2nd I got a chance to go back and hunt some more, not much to show for but a cheap ring and a clay marble and some clad before the owner started mowing. The lady across the street said I could look in her small yard. Their wasn't much...

Yesterday (June 30th)I went door knockin and a nice older gentleman said I could hunt his yard. Its a older house with a huge yard. He said the house is 100+ yrs old and I was hoping for a few injuns. I hunted for a couple of hrs and ended up with 2 1945 merc,s ,5 Wheaties, few clad, and a nice...

Im not a new member to American Detectorist ,I actually thought I was but I signed up 3 years ago but I just made my 1st post 2 weeks ago. I live in Dunkirk,Indiana not to far from Muncie. I have been metal detecting since 1976 with my 1st detector being a Lowrance BFO. Not to long after I got...