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Hi all, Just wanted to share a bit of info on the George Washington commemorative medal I found late last month (see below). After an hour or so of researching online I found this reference from Stacks and Bowers...

Hi all. Here's some pics of finds from some of my hunts since mid October. There have been a few "dud" hunts here and there during which I found only 1 copper or a few buttons, but I was fortunate to locate 4 virgin sites and snag some nice keepers. My large copper count currently stands at 54...

Went back for a short 2 hour mop-up hunt at last week's undocumented small site (see my previous post). Only got a few other targets, one of which was a colonial or late 1700s/very early 1800s dagger hilt! I've seen videos of a few other folks in New England digging this style over the years...

Hit a new site yesterday (not on any maps), but only lasted 3 hours in the heat and humidity. Only knew about it from the farmer - an approximate 12'x12' scattering of stones and broken brick fragments strewn along a modern driveway/pull-in for tractors for access to one of his hay fields. Finds...

Hi folks. Hope you're staying cool this time of year. Hit a new hay field permission this past Monday which included an old church foundation and site of another early VT homesite about a 1/2 mile away. Only hit around the old church (within 10 yards) as the hay was too tall to get into. The...

Hi all. Hope you're all well and getting out there to detect when possible. Over the past week I've finally felt confident to cold knock on doors again, especially seeing Vermont is doing among the best in the nation on keeping on top of the current virus situation and is cautiously re-opening...

Hi all, Here's some shots of coins and relics found from the very end of April and this month so far. Didn't get out this week due to the heat. Thanks for looking! John Returned to the Tavern #2 site in the last days of April and snagged a few more goodies. Coppers are both wiped, but ring...

Hi all, thought I'd give you an update on additional finds I've made on two other hunts I made to what I'm calling the two virgin tavern sites in northeastern VT. I ended up finding 6 more coppers, bringing the total to 19 at these two sites for me. The total from these fields for all of us was...

Hi all. Hope you're all well and staying safe and sane in these unusual and concerning times. I've had the opportunity to hunt 3 times in the past week - actually my first time out since returning from overseas and having a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Went with close detecting friends on these...

Thanks Drew! My friends mom has lived in France at the abbey for the past 25 years, and his sister on and off there in the villa and now chateau for awhile as well. They're from Vermont originally, and his sister still spends much of her time back here in the Green Mountain State. She's dating...

Hi all, Just back from overseas in south-central France on a most memorable trip. Spent 9 days there metal detecting with my close friends from Green Mountain Diggers, staying at the family private residences - a large 15th century chateau, then a medieval 12th century abbey! The finds were...

Hi all! Hope this New Year is starting of well and prosperous for you. Thought I'd share some of my better stuff from 2019, and also include 1 shot from 2 recent January hunts up here - a very uncommon thing indeed. Best of luck to all of you in the coming year. As always, you also can find me...

Hi all! Hope all is well and your MD'ing adventures continue. Below are some summary shots and a few close-ups of my more notable hunts from the last two months. Sorry I haven't been posting more regularly this summer - but believe me I'm still looking! I post quite often on Instagram under the...

Hi folks, Spent this past Monday snagging new permissions here in the valley, though alas I'll have to wait until the corn is cut before I can detect the sites. There are several promising ones. One of the permissions had a small side field where there was some recently cut hay so I did spend...

Here's a summary pic of my more notable finds from the past two hunts - 1 a solo hunt two Friday's ago and the second yesterday with a good friend and fellow Vermont detectorist. The good relics were oddly on the slim side on these hunts, but I'm not complaining as I added 5 more coppers to my...

Hi all, Here's a few shots of my finds from the last week. First hunt was last Sunday for 3 hours after work at a lost cellar hole deep in the woods I've hit hard before. Decided to return and found a few buttons and frags of an open work Artois shoe buckle frame. Happy with those. Then hit a...

Hi all, Here's some shots of my two most recent coppers dug over the past 10 days. The rest of my finds were basically a pile of plain flat buttons and some musket balls. The 1836 Matron has some partially decent green patina on her, but portions of the coin are pretty crummy. Dug the 1798 DB...

Hi everyone. Here are the finds from my last two hunts. Got out with my good friends from Green Mountain Diggers this past Sunday for some cellar hole and field hunting. Then I did a solo field hunt on Tuesday. Lots of bits and bobs including a reigns guide, barrel tap, clock key, Victorian...

Hit a few permission fields with my friend here on the forum DavidGC. Finds were rather slow, but did manage my 6th copper of the year toward the very end of the day. It was nearly slick, but after some light cleaning it revealed itself at a Vermont Copper - my first and top bucket lister up to...

Really nice Dave! It's really cool to think that about every other time you dig a coin you must say - "Now I've never seen that one before!". I know the feeling of finding old coins on the surface. The best of my virgin fields last year had two coppers literally sticking out of the ground...