Recent content by Sam

Went out briefly with Jim (RIdirtdigger) on Saturday and returned to a cellar hole we'd been to in the past. Finds came along slowly, and it seems like we did a pretty good job our first time there not leaving any obvious signals. Eventually I came across a loud, solid 60-70's signal on my MXT...

I haven't posted in a while, but I managed a few hunts recently at some colonial foundations and managed some pretty good finds. Two weeks ago I tagged along with my buddy Jim (RIdirtdigger) to some colonial cellars. The first couple spots were duds, but then we came across an inconspicuous spot...

Yesterday I set out for what I thought was a pretty well hidden spot, deep into the woods. Upon arrival I discovered the cellar and the surrounding area was completely trashed :disgusted:. I hunted the area for around 30 minutes and after not uncovering a signal good target, I decided to hike...

A few days ago, I headed out to a new spot that I had high hopes for. I started swinging on a hill directly behind a cellar, when I isolated a good target between lots of iron on my MXT Pro. I dug down and pulled out a nice colonial dandy button and noticed there were more buttons in the hole. I...

The past few days my friend Jim and I have focused our attention at some local colonial foundations. On Sunday Jim and I went to an area with a high concentration of cellars, most had been too close to the trails to have any good targets left, however. We went deeper into the woods and came...

Fairly recently, I obtained permission to search an old brick building from the 1830s. Not much was found, but I did manage probably one of my coolest finds to date. At first what I thought was a tombac button with an interesting pattern, turns out to be a Rev War British button. Thanks Isaac...

About a week ago I obtained permission to an old house with a cornfield in the back. After discovering the front yard had been filled in, I headed to the cornfield in the back. I proceeded to hit a 78-79 signal right away, I dug down about 7 inches and saw a very thin, and what appeared to be...

Recently tried my luck at some Victorian era houses, in particular a house built 1856. Within 5 minutes of my arrival I found a 1964 Rosie and some wheat pennies. After not finding much else I relocated to a different section of the yard. I hit a faint 82-83 signal on my AT PRO, dug down, and...

Went detecting at one of my friends Isaac's farmfields and pulled out an exceptionally rare button, according to Dan it's a Stuart Crystal button from the 1690s. I don't know a whole lot about the button, so if anybody has an input or any additional information on it I would highly appreciate it!

Spent about an hour detecting an older park the other day, and I'm happy with what I managed to uncover. Found a buffalo nickel and a 1913 Barber Dime in halfway decent shape to start off the hunt, then didn't get anything for a while. Right as I was about to leave I decided on digging a loud...

Despite 2014 being my first year metal detecting I still had a great year, and I'm looking forward to 2015! Unfortunately us New Englanders are gonna have to wait for our 3 feet of snow to melt. :bummer: In late December I had one of my greatest hunts by far, I headed over to a house in search...

I haven't been out detecting recently, and haven't been active on the forum lately so here are a couple finds I've made lately. I have pretty good ideas about all of these, but I would still like your input on them.

Hi, found this brass object a while ago at one of my top cellars and I haven't yet been successfully able to identify it. If I remember clearly it rang up a mid tone hitting 60s and 70s on my Garrett AT Pro. If you need any additional information I'd be glad to give it to you.

Went detecting for a little bit by a newly discovered site of mine, and didn't pull anything until about an hour into the hunt. I was hunting by the outskirts of the site and I hit a solid and repeatable 95 at 7", I knew what I had as soon as I got the signal. I dug down 8" and sure enough I...

So my dad went hiking today on a modern trail and brought me along, I also brought my detector just in case. After finding out it was a junkyard in the 20s and 30s I had no hope of finding anything good. That was until I got my first signal which was a solid 83, 84 reading 4" on my machine, I...