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You guys have really outdone yourselves! What an incredible group of finds! Diane got a really old 1818 Large Cent, and you got an 1836 Half Dime! :wow: Even with the nibble missing from the edge that is a terrific coin. It gives it character. :thumbsup01: I agree with you about the...

It's a 45 rpm record adapter. :thumbsup01:

Yesterday after I work I detected an old farm house with a new detecting buddy. The house was built in 1914 but the owners told us an older house had previously been on the same spot and burned down. The old brick detached kitchen still remains from the original house. We hit this site for...

Thanks for all of the suggestions, I really appreciate the help! I think I have this one figured out. Although I couldn't find an exact match, I think it is a latch for an old ice box. Here's one currently on eBay that is very similar to mine...

It doesn't really appear to be broken. There is a crack in it though, like it was bent too far. It also has weird serrations on one end.

This one has me stumped. I found it this past Saturday. It appears to have been nickel plated at one time. There are some numbers stamped on the back but I can't quite make them out. Might be 2883? Any ideas?

Since the days are getting longer I now have a couple of hours to hunt after work. Yesterday I got permission at an old farm house just down the road from us. The owners told me that somebody had detected there a few times before. I could tell that the previous detectorist had hit it pretty...

Nice finds, Jeff! :clapping: The sterling item is part of the clasp from a 1920s era beaded purse.

I don't know what it is, but I found one back in 2012. Here's mine: Here's the thread where we tried to figure out what it is: http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?9427-More-Indians-plus-a-Barber-at-the-old-park-on-Cinco-de-Mayo It's a head scratcher! Mine is in rough...

The kind of spill we all dream about, eight Spanish silver coins from the 1700s and a Matron Head Large Cent all in one hole. Incredible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7UzCU_YFdE Warning: Mild profanity in the video.

The current view out my window: Oh, did I mention that my brother got me permission to hunt these two properties? The first one is supposedly the oldest remaining home in town. It dates from the 1860s. The other is from around 1900 on a large corner lot. We are going to hit both of them...

Anyone have an idea of what this object is? I'm stumped.

Is it a scale weight? I thought it was a drain stopper. LOL It is slightly tapered and it is hollow. The padlock does not have any marking other than the number "5" on the hasp and the letters "AT, PD, DR". It is oddly shaped, I had never seen one like it either. This was my 16th...

I was able to get out on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. On Saturday I hunted two local home sites. At the first I found a neat pocket spill: 1942 Walker, 1944 Merc and a 1948 Nickel. At the second site I only found 3 wheats and an 1896 Indian Head. Today I went to Flora, Illinois to...

Definitely! :thumbsup01:

It got up to 69 degrees here yesterday and I got out for about 3 hours. I went back to the school yard where there are lots of targets but the soil is tough on the coins. Nothing to write home about, but I found 2 Indian Heads, 4 Wheat Cents and a 1935 Mercury Dime to avoid the Silverless...

This is how much we received yesterday and it's supposed to be back up near 60 by Saturday. :bananadance:

The year 2016 was kind of an "off" year for me, metal detecting-wise. I didn't get out much and this really shows in my silver totals. However, sometimes quality is better than quantity and I was able to make some decent finds in my infrequent outings. I even found a bucket list item, my...

This has been on my wish list for quite a while. How nice that it will work with all machines, not just Minelab. Press release from Minelab: We are excited to announce the release of our new PRO-SONIC Wireless Audio System, which is available to order now from our Australian dealers, and...

It's a One Real then. It would have looked like this: