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Heel plates have been around since colonial times although most of the brass types we seen recovered are from the Victorian era "Toe taps " were placed on the tips and above the heel to keep the leather from being scuffed and worn through and were also used from the 17th to 19th centuries . many...

That is awesome

Today we remember and honor the fallen American soldier who has given his or her ultimate sacrifice to preserve and defend this country and people ... AD Staff

wish they didn't sound so good in the ground !

Last Saturday's hunt was an invite up into Massachusetts , I was lucky enough to find a 1785 Nova Constellatio and I'll see if anyone here knows what the other items are for extra credit ;). Dan

Earlier this month I had an opportunity to head down to South Carolina (Orangeburg area) with some friends for a long weekend of "treasure hunting" ;) . We attended the "Relicon" hunt that was organized by Axel Macon and Clyde "Kandi Chilson" on a 1000 acre piece of property with supposedly a...

To appease the detecting gods , you must rebury the GW button ......

I finally got out this past weekend with Ron Yingling and we were lucky the area we went only had about an inch at most of snow on the ground . we hiked a good ways over half frozen streams and through mountain laurel thickets to reach a remote area with a old cellar and barn . these two areas...

Happy New Year !!!! to everyone here on American Detectorist !

I recently sold off a couple of detectors , the DFX went to a nice gentleman in Colorado and the Deus was sold to a real good guy (Mark) that i've detected with more than a few times . This left me without a decent cellar hole hunting detector but a good friend Dave (HEAVYMETALNUT) was gracious...

I have not ordered the deus 2 and will miss both machines , the DFX has found more than 900 coppers !

I got a very well used Whites DFX that works perfectly , at least four coils that goes with it ( detect 10 x 12 butterfly , original concentric 10 " coil . the eclipse 9" x 6" and the small shooter 4"x6" coil ) , it has the heavy duty Herke arm cup and thesaurus cover over the control box ...

how about pictures of the other stuff i do turn wood and acrylic resin on a lather to make pens , fishing bobbers and keychains

The cufflinks have a nice patina Dave , the old military items have a special place in my heart so it was awe inspiring to flip this large button around and see the pronounced anchor . Thanks sir ! Thank you WD , this button has been on my list for a long time but i didn't expect to find...

Got an invite today in northern Massachusetts , there was actually about a half inch of snow on the ground :shocked04: we hit a huge colonial deep in the woods and it was a "button day" for me . in spite of finding a nice pair of cufflinks my find of the day was this Revolutionary war era...

Wishing all our extended American Detectorist Family here a wonderful and joyous Thanksgiving Dan

Congrats Jeff , I commend you on confronting your dislikes and working out of your norms to get the goods . Working the trash can payoff a lot of times . your stamped brass item looks like a type of brass furniture bling commonly known as a bed bolt cover like these examples . they come in many...

Got out with Donnie B , and Mr. Ron Yingling on Sunday . A good three plus mile hike along some very old abandon roads , i recorded about 4 to 5 old homesites and told the boys i had a good feeling about this adventure. Donnie did good but Ron had the hot coil and claimed a couple of old coppers...