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Hi fellow detectorists and hope this note finds you all well. I had the chance to hit some old cart roads and cellar holes over the past week and came away with some more goodies. Boy have the black flies and mosquitoes turned nasty up here recently. At least the temperatures remain tolerably...

Hi folks. Hope this message finds you all well and you're all getting out there and having fun digging history! Had the opportunity to hunt an area I've been wanting to visit for quite some time, but it's an hour drive away. Yesterday, the timing all worked out and I headed out. 700 acres of...

Hi all and hope this note finds you well. Hit some corn fields last week in a town near me with lots of history. About an hour into the hunt a truck pulls up and out pops an older guy who says he'd been detecting the fields for the last 20 years and has found some amazing things (Reales, a...

Hi folks. Well, the snow is finally gone in the lower elevations up here in the Green Mountain state...FINALLY. I found a few of these items back in early March before the big blizzard (crotal bell etc.), but 30 inches of the white stuff set us detectorists back a solid month up here. Finally...

Hi fellow detectorists and a belated Happy New Year! Well, the itch to get out and detect finally got to me so I decided to get out and brave the muck for two hours yesterday before heading to work. Been since the last week of November as we've been frozen rock solid up here since about then...

Hi to you all and Happy Holidays! Hope this message finds you all well and in good health. Well, this really isn't about anything I've found recently (in the last month or so), but I did just finish up my 2016 year in review video on my YouTube channel. There's a few things I found in very late...

Thanks much. Love those old locks as well. You'll find a crotal eventually I'm sure, especially if you hit older farms. Thanks Dan. Yeah, was quite happy to see both of those buttons clean up as nice as they did. Thanks Tony. It says Red Cross Society/Clara Barton. On back it's says Crown...

Hi folks and hope this note finds you well. Well, the snow hit last night and I'm afraid unless we get a solid warm stretch it may be here to stay, at least in the hills. Perhaps I'll get a few more chances on the valley floor in a week or two - who knows. C'est la vie in the North Country...

Hi all, Had the opportunity to hit the old permission site with my good friend and fellow detectorist Pete yesterday. These are the corn fields on the New York side of the Champlain Valley where some 60-80 coppers have been unearthed and have a ton of early American history. I've been lucky to...

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge Dan. I've learned so much from you and others on this forum, and pass that along to other detectorist friends when I have the chance. In regard to your question the plate is flat on both sides (see pics). Curious - what does that say about it?

I've had a lot going on over the past month so have only gotten out a few times. The last hunt this past Friday yielded some of my better finds of the year. They include the brass front of a powder flask with a cool animal scene on it, plus a gold-plated, monogrammed pocket watch back. The...

Plans to join up with a local detectorist didn't pan out so I trucked a half hour north to a huge permission property I've hunted a few times over the past year. 4000 acres with 4 homesites - but a lot, and I mean a lot of hiking uphill - something like 2 miles to the biggest and best site...

Good to see a post from you Tony! As you state, nice little haul despite the areas being heavily hunted in the past. Don't sell yourself short - still good finds - and by the way, here's the IH I dug yesterday. :bummer:

Hi folks. Hope this note finds you all well. Had time to only do a few hunts over the past few weeks on either side of a well-needed vacation to Kennebunk and Goose Rocks Beach - long time family spot. First hunt was with a buddy of mine in central VT, then another short hunt for about an hour...

Hi all and hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July weekend. Here is a small assortment of relics/coins I've found over the past few weeks during several hunts. Finds were few and far between but alas the woods are getting muggy, buggy and overgrown making the free-swinging of late...

Hi folks, Hope this note finds you all well. Here are a few of my better finds from the past month dug from two primary sites. Didn't find too many coins but did snag some nice relics. More noteworthy in the wide shot is an officer's Eagle Infantry I button (c. mid to late 1800s, perhaps...

Had a chance to get out a bit over the past few days, doing a 2 hour hunt this past Wednesday morning, and another few hours Thursday evening. On a bit of a coin drought in the past week or so, but did manage two nice crotals and several buckles. Did electrolysis on the buckle at right in the...

Hi all. I had the opportunity to do a little hunting last weekend and pulled this small assortment of 1800s/early 20th century relics from the woods. Finds include two toasted IHs (no date & 1898), a dateless Q. Vicky Canadian dime (young head var. - probably pre-1890), small trade token...

Hi all, Finally had a chance to get out and do some hunting yesterday for about 3 hours in my favorite wooded park in town. Envious of those that have more time, but work and family commitments have kept me busy for the last few weeks. I ended up focusing along the old rock walls and away...

Not really Dan. They're solid iron though and firmly stuck in the lead...can't move them. I've included a few more pics if that helps. The more I look at it, the view from the bottom (at least what I think is the bottom) actually shows a more intact oval shape so the thing may be complete and...