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Hey diggers, I went out for a couple hours this morning while Stacy and the girls slept in. I didn't have a lot of time so I just stayed in the woods behind my house. It was probably at least an hour before I got my first good signal. It was a French Army button (3rd Regiment) from the...

Hey Diggers, I went to a new section of woods today and hunted for about 5 hours. There weren't a lot of signals but I still managed to make a few good finds. I finally got a Medieval button as well as my largest silver coin since I have been here. It's a Prussian 1804 4 Groschen and it was...

Let the hating and obscenities begin! LOL!! :poke: note: all found my first 4 months in Germany.

Hey Diggers, I got out this morning at sunrise for about 3 hours. I went back to the new spot about 1/4 mile from musket ball hill. Signals are starting to get harder to find! It took about 20 minutes to get my first good signal and it was a tiny shoe buckle, the smallest one I have found...

Hey Diggers, I was able to get out for a couple hours yesterday after work so I went back to the woods behind my house (since it's so close). It was probably 20 or 30 minutes before I found a spot that had signals. My first good find was the keg tap. It was only 3 inches deep and just about...

Hey diggers, Found a new spot about 1 kilometer from musket ball hill. It's a large flat area in the forest (about 1.5 acres in size). Looks like about 250 years of activity there. It has several stone-age burial middens on the western edge. The plastic castle pin was in the same hole as the...

Hey Diggers, I went to a new patch of woods hoping to stumble across another 1790's French Army camp. I think I got close. I found 7 French musket balls and a silver 1 Kreuzer coin dated 1758. I found some other interesting doodads and a couple I can't identify. The ornate pointy thing is...

Hey Diggers, May has been a good month for me! I have found another French campsite from the 1793 battles, a Roman site, plus another medieval coin or two. I also have another Bronze Age item that is just simply gorgeous. Lots of pictures. I hope you enjoy them! The sickle blade is not a...

Hello Diggers, I was up on musket ball hill in the rain this morning and found something very exciting! I'm going to have to have it looked at to get an idea of its age but I found a socketed bronze arrowhead! (bucket list item, just ask Don) It could be medieval, Roman, or even bronze age...

Hey diggers, I went back up to my medieval honey hole and found my 9th hammered coin! This one also dates to 1250 - 1300. I got a couple musket balls and one old button and then got a screamer 98 signal. Turned out to be a 1915 silver half mark! Here's some pics. HH, Dave.

Hey Diggers, I was detecting up on musket ball hill after work today and got a faint signal next to a large tree. I dug down about 8 inches and saw something that looked like a shiny gum wrapper. I looked at it closer and realized it was a hammered silver coin! I swept the coil over the pile...

Hey Diggers, I found a new spot in the woods today. I don't think it has ever been detected. It's very rocky soil so the targets are all only 1 or 2 inches deep. I didn't find any trash there either! Here's some pics. Thanks for looking and HH, Dave.

Hey Diggers, Today I dug a very old pick. I showed it to our local knowledge guru and he thinks it's early 1700's but I wondered what you guys thought since you dig way more old iron tools than I do. Also I found part of a shoe buckle and when I cleaned it I was SHOCKED to discover it's not...

Went back up to the hill today and took Tom with me. He's the guy that loaned me his e-trac and took me to some of his sites when I first got here. We both had lots of good finds. He got the oldest coin, a silver 1794 Kreuzer (similar to the one I got yesterday). I found a couple buckles and...

Hey Diggers, Yes, you read it right. I have switched from the e-trac to the XP Deus. The e-trac is a great machine but not for hunting in Europe. The Deus has amazed me with it's capabilities for tiny signals. Tonight I got my oldest silver and oldest coin ever! A 1 Kreuzer dated 1765. In...

Hey Diggers, I spent about 3 hours up on "my" hill where I have been finding all the musket balls and 1700's relics. The day started off good with a musket ball as my first target followed by 2 buckles in a row! I zig-zagged around picking up the occasional musket ball or flat button but...

Hey diggers, Today after work I went back up to "my hill." It's only a half mile away so it takes about 2 minutes to drive there. I park at the bottom and then follow one of the hiking trails up the hill for a bit and then I leave the trail and start swinging the coil as I work uphill. I...

Hey diggers, I was working a new area of the hill and got a screamer signal on the e-trac. I kept digging deeper and deeper and finally got the target at about 14 inches! Turns out it is a 1700's Nuremberg Nested Coin Weight container (called a house). It has hallmarks but I am not yet able...

Hey Diggers, I went back to musket ball hill to see what else I could find up there. I spent about 3 hours and found 18 more musket balls including a spill of 9! Later I noticed the spill was a smaller caliber than the others. Plus I found one that was "pulled" when it got stuck in the...

Hi Diggers, Yesterday I went out into the woods and picked a flat spot that looked good. My first good signal turned out to be my first German silver coin! It was so corroded I couldn't see any details. When I got home and started to clean it I realized it was in fact silver! AND it's my...