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After the last trip to the colonial trash pit that I have been working was so successful, I knew I needed to return soon! So on Monday I did, and started where I left off. The first thing I noticed without even sifting was the presence of large westerwald type ceramic emerging from the sandy...

Down in SC for a bit, and although its hot, its not stopping me from digging! Here are two mornings worth of results from digging and sifting my Colonial Trashpit site in the lowcountry- Ended up with 267 pipe stems and bowls! Notably one is marked TD, Thomas Dormer, who started in the pipe...

Back from college on spring break, and my buddy invited my dad and I to hunt a 1754 church. It had been hit hard in the past but one find saved the day! A beautiful 1766 irish halfpenny!! Also a carrige break (or whatever you call it) and a silver and cubic zirconia or diamond heart (not old but...

Headed back to my civil war orphange today and did pretty well! Got a nice infantry officers button, some staff buttons, a brass wedding band, a 1903 v nickel (must've been dropped by a hunter, school was abandoned a few years after the civil war) a broken pewter spoon, and a rivet! It was a fun...

I went digging since the ground had finally thawed out- and was rewarded with some keepers! Some staff buttons, an eagle, and civilian flower button and a pristine 1863 fatty indian! The 16mm GS eagle with a skinny shield turns out to be made by Steele and Johnson Ca. 1860. Seems like a rare...

Went back to my trusty site here in PA, and it didn't fail me! Ended up with two staff officer buttons, two Gilted eagle buttons, and a gilted flower button! It was a fun little winter hunt! HH!

I hope everyone has been finding awesome relics and coins! I've been pretty busy with school, but I still get to go out every once and awhile. Here are some of my favorite finds from the past few months! 1830s SC vest sized button with gilt1850s-1860s SC cuff button1766 HiberniaSome largies...

College has kept me pretty occupied lately, but yesterday I was able to get for a fall break hunt in the fields near Lebanon PA! The property was from the 1850s, now a dairy farm, but I maganaged to pull a classic head and a draped bust large cent, along with a flat button! Sadly, the coppers...

So The college life has been intersting, lots of highs and a few lows, but in the midst of it all I've been out metal detecting a few times. My civil war seminary-orphange is still giving up some cool finds, got a few staff buttons, a patroitic button, a toe tap, eating utensils, thimbles, flat...

Hello everyone! Sorry I've been a bit distant lately, I moved into Juniata college as a freshman last week and have been busy with work since, but right before I had a great hunt at my early Victorian seminary, and later state orphange for kids who had lost their parents in the war that opened...

Didn't do amazing today here in the lowcountry of SC ( but I found civil war and colonial so still a good day for recovering some history :) ) got a bunch of buttons, including a silvered ball button, ( from this site probably CS) percussion cap, bale seals, a broken clamshell sword guard part...

Wow what a day today in the colonial pits in SC! Ended up with exactly 420 pipestems and bowls! Also tons of pottery, hammer, hoe, hand iron, and Isaac got a half of a Georgian wig curler! I also got a very old bottle top, some musketballs, crystal/ glass goblet, dad got 6 buttons a escutcheon...

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It's been awhile since I've gotten to post, since my dad took a horrible fall at the beach two weeks ago and has been out of commission, so I didn't have transportation or a hunting buddy! Today we went out early and had a few finds. Started out right off the bat with a silvered rosette. Then I...

Today the family and I went to the beach in SC and I brought my detector because I knew there was lots of history in the area. I hit a WW1 hotspot in the upper beach section! I was finding lots of .45 rem umc 18 shells, which are WW1 era, commonly used in the m1911 pistol. I got a sketchy signal...