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Went on a scouting mission today to try and sniff out some new colonial sites. Didn't find any colonial but managed to put my coil over a sterling bracelet. I was walking along the edge of a field on my way to another wooded area, dug 4 bottle caps and 3 zincolns, and this sterling bracelet...

Does anyone have any info on this back mark? I can't find anything on it. Looks like "TV" but it is actually "TW". It's a small shirt type button. Thanks, Jeff

Got out for a few hours this morning. Went to a site that I had hit pretty hard over the years. They are getting ready to build houses where I access the site, so I figured I would pay it one last visit. I wandered around a bit then decided to see what I could sniff out from the iron patch. I...

Very cool.....if real. But I have my doubts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsdGZOLNsyY

Got out this early morning before it got too hot. Hiked in to another of my old spots and managed to find a few targets. Managed to dig a holed Draped Bust. Can't tell from the photo but I'm pretty sure its 1797. Also dug typical stuff and a couple of whatsits. Not sure what this...

Nothing too exciting today other than I actually got out for a hunt. When I have had an opportunity over the last couple of months it has just been to dang hot for me. Hiked into one of my old sites. Really just a hollow in the ground where the small cabin once stood. No foundation to speak of...

Was back home this morning by 08:30 but was fortunate enough to sniff out a 1723 Hibernia halfpence in a short hunt. I've hit this site a few times in the past and never found any coinage. I initially thought it was a Rosa penny when I dug it but was happily surprised to see it was a Hibernia...

I hadn't gotten out in a couple of weeks but I was up at dawn Saturday and decided to hit a couple of remote sites that I hadn't been to in a few years to see if I could sniff anything out of the iron patches. Was rewarded for my efforts with a copper and buttons from each site. First site...

Good for a chuckle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09NPPJ_PBs&feature=youtu.be

I've been "turned around" a few times but never really lost. But I got turned around this last hunt on the way back from a remote cellar hole site and it kind of surprised me. If the sun is out, I don't even need a compass. I can just dead reckon with really good accuracy. But the sun was behind...

Decided I needed a day off. Hit a couple of remote cellar holes that I had pounded to death years back. There was signs of some very recent detecting but I managed to pull some goodies from the iron patches. Dug a Russian 1812 - 2 Kopek copper right near the tree growing out of the cellar hole...

Managed to get out for a bit on Sunday. Hit a spot that I hadn't been to in years. Managed to pull a V nickel and a sterling religious medal from the iron trash around the late 1800's cellar hole site. Gave them to the landowner who had stopped by when he saw my car. He thought it was cool that...

Had a great hunt today with Dan and the boys. It was a pleasure to meet and hang with Trooper Bri, Mango and Aloldstuff. It was really misty in the morning. There were times when you couldn't see anyone else. I had a blast digging buttons and buckles all day. Also found a nice rein guide...

Visited a couple of my old sites to get in a good hike. Had to stop the car to let some turkeys pass. A half mile down the trail I rounded a bend in the trail and saw a nice fisher coming my way. He saw me, turned around and loped off. Good size male. Beautiful animal. I tried a lip squeak...

Found this link on another forum. Check it out. Lot's of cool info. http://www.newmanportal.org/

I found a USA button about 3 years ago and frankly I was just too afraid to try and clean it. The last thing I wanted to do was destroy probably one of the coolest relics that I would ever find. But I practiced on some other buttons and decided to give it a go. First two pics are the original...

Hit a local late 1800s early 1900s spot this morning for a few hours. Dug a nice looking brooch. Not sure what the style is but the wife liked it and said she would wear it if she was born a 100 years earlier :) Also managed a Barber dime, a corroded Indian Head Penny that is the same size as...

I was poking around the edges one of my well pounded colonial sites and dug a button. Couldn't tell what it was out in the field but when I got home and started to clean it I started to get excited as a couple of numbers emerged. Best as I can tell it is a button from the French 74th Regiment...

Saw this on a UK forum.

This morning I was going to hit the field where I found that nice pistareen a couple of weeks ago but decided I really needed to get in a good hike. Just too much holiday cheer this year. So I decided to hike out to a remote site that I've pounded in the past. The hike was the goal, anything I...