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Went out with a few of the guys yesterday and everyone found silver. Always makes for a great day. I was lucky and had the most finds with 4, but everyone was happy. Also found a neat engraved bell and a NY Worlds Fair token celebrating the 150th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration...

I decided to go look for a spot for a second fall hunt for my metal detector club http://www.greattreasure.com/ . I started looking through tax records I have access to for homes built prior to 1850 to zero in on a general location. Then I looked up farms in the area as well as looking at online...

Great button. I found the two of those last year with a Brooklyn Police button. It seems the Brooklyn police department became part of the municipal police department int the 1850's and someone could have replaced their buttons as needed. Here's the ones I found. I think your button could date...

I like that chauffeur badge you found Taltahull. Here's the one I found from the same site.

Nothing special in the finds, but always nice to have a multiple silver day. Also found 19 wheats which I'd rather not even dig, but they let me know I'm in the right spot. Hunting buddies found 6 Mercs, Barber dime, Barber Quarter and silver Washington. 16 Pieces of silver for the day isn't bad...

Went back to the spot that has produced so much copper and the number is now up to 62 after yesterday. Picked up a decent NJ for a ground find, a 1786 Maris 16-L. Although I'm not 100%, I believe the other copper is a toasted CT. The most prominent detail left is the word LIB. This would be part...

My coil stopped working the other day. I was talking with Don and Carol, members of my club and they both have CTX's also and they had 2 17" loops. They said they rarely use both of them and might want to sell one and offered to let me try it out. I picked it up and decided to give it a try...

Was invited to hunt a spot where we've been waiting for the grass to be cut. This spot has produced 60 coppers at this point. They usually come out of the ground quite poor, but there's a lot of them and an inaugural button came out of the site also. I found these 3 over the last couple of days...

I think Del is right on the 5-B.2. Here's a picture of the one I have in my own collection, like the one Del posted, also struck over a Nova Constellatio copper. Most are.

I found this one about 2 months ago.

Got permission to hunt a home site where the home was built in 1780. I was advised owner was a hoarder. Got there and realized it wasn't going to be good. They had taken 10 dumpsters worth of trash out of the yard. Did give it some effort to weed through the trash signals which were everywhere...

Last year I found a spot of woods of about 2 acres that has just produced an amazing assortment of coins including a Seated Half-VF, 2 Seated Quarters VF & XF, 6 large cents including 3 draped busts, 12 Indians, 2 Barber Quarters, Barber Dime, 1891 Canadian Dime, half real, V Nickel, Buffalos, a...

Me too. Here's a pic from about a week earlier with another SLQ, in the same hole with a Washington.

Hit a few spots recently, one old spot and a couple of new ones. The Walker, SLQ and toasted 1817 large cent came out of a property I was invited to hunt. It's been hunted a lot around the main house so there wasn't much there, but I did come out with some silver and a LC. There are fields with...

Went out detecting for a little while this morning before the heat set in. First coin I pulled, 1819 large cent. Turns out it was the only coin I found. It's a bit toasted, but it is #15 for the year. I've hunted this area a lot, but as I've already pulled up 5 large cents prior as well as a...

Nice finds all the way around. I found a couple of those buttons about a month ago. Was quite excited when I found out they were war of 1812 artillery buttons. You must be too. Congrats!

Hit the quarter trifecta yesterday. SLQ and Washington came out of the same hole. If you look at the reverses you can see where they were sitting on top of each other. I had hunted this place a number of times of the last few weeks and came up with some good finds including 1746 George II, 1838...

Hit a few spots and came up with some goodies. The Indians all came from one park, the two 1883's were stuck together and that's why they're in pretty good shape. The 1842 LC and 1914 British penny came from a site where the house was built in 1742. The crotal bells and foreign coin also came...

Went out to a popular park yesterday. This park is difficult to work as there are way too many coins, clad and memorial cents that is. There are also a lot of old coins in this park, but they are deep so it's a pain trying to determine how much of the new stuff you don't dig. Generally I don't...

Found a new spot in the woods not far from one I had great success at last year. Not a lot of coins to be found, but what I pull up seems to be what I'm looking for. Although the LC is kind of toasted, it's a 1798. I always like finding coins with a 17 at the front of the date. The silver ring...