Recent content by z118

At the last minute I managed to get out for a rare evening hunt last night. I headed to a local spot that had been under construction all summer. I got lucky with a nice Merc and was surprised to learn it's a semi-key date - 1926 S. Unfortunately it has a fresh scuff on the back - I would...

We finally got some rain last week, so my father and I were able to hit a spot we've been working this year. In previous hunts it has yielded a ton of wheats and a handful of mid 1900's silver. I definitely would never have expected what I found this time around though - an 1872 Canadian 5...

I can't seem to figure out how to edit my previous thread so I'm posting this in a new one; hopefully the admins will let me know if this is not the correct thing to do (and if so how to fix it). I recently posted a counterfeit 1834 half dollar; thank you all for the replies and responses -...

I got out at the crack of dawn today to hit a torn up lot in an old section of town. Pulled the coin below. I was suspicious from the second I dug it based on how it rang up. Cleaning it up a little confirmed those suspicions. Any idea what the story might be with this? It's clearly fake...

I haven't been on in a while, but wanted to share a couple of finds my dad and I have made lately. The first is his, the second is mine. I think both are pretty amazing! Cheers!

Hello All, I think the Infantry disc below is "Type III" from 1937-43, but I'm hoping one of you experts can confirm... I put it next to a nice silver Maritime Service ring (also from WWII I think) found earlier this year. I have done next to no detecting this year but I'm hoping to get back...

During one of our hunts in November, a gentleman in perhaps his late 20's approached my father and I saw them talk for a bit. I wandered over to see what was up. As it turns out, he wanted us to detect his parents' front yard to find a Mercury dime he believed he dropped about 10 years ago...

I have gotten in very little hunting this year compared to previous years; mostly because a large portion of time over the summer was spent helping my parents move from their long time home in New England to upstate NY near me. They finally completed the move in October and were mostly settled...

Hello strangers, It's been a while - after a long stretch with little to no detecting I have been able to get back into it in recent weeks. I was thinking about some of my best hunts in the past but when I went to look at my posts about them I see that all of the pics are gone. I assume this...

I was able to get out a dozen times or so in May and I had some decent luck. I managed to find what I hope will be some productive new hunting spots but the ground was so dry towards the end of the month that I was not able hunt them too much. I finished the month with 10 silver coins, two...

It was a long, long winter and I was not able to start detecting until mid April this year. I've only gotten in 5 hunts so far this year but I've been having some good luck. Here's hoping it holds out. The pics tell the story for the most part. I haven't been able to find anything like the...

It's been a while my friends. Life keeps getting busier and detecting is generally one of the first things to take a back seat. I finally got around to putting together my good digs from 2014 for a "year in review" post. Although I spent about half as much time detecting in 2014 as any...

unreal! http://www.ebay.com/itm/LUCITE-TOILET-SEAT-1964-Silver-Coins-Halfs-Quarters-Dimes-90-Silver-/371219449919?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item566e67483f

Here you go... this explains what the numbers around the OI symbol mean. That particular symbol was used between 1929 and 1954.

I was able to get in some decent time digging in September and had some good fortune while I was at it. Pics of the keepers are below. In total I scored 3 pieces of gold, 4 pieces of silver, and 9 silver coins. Noteworthy among these are two 10k class rings, one of which is dated 1940 and has...