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    April 4th, 2013

    Hello all... I got out to a soccer field that has produced over the years for me... My first recovered target was a 12/44 12/45 @ 5... 1941 D Silver Washington Quarter... [attachimg=1] I managed 2 wheaties and a little pink pony necklace... [attachimg=2] and the trash... [attachimg=3]
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    April 3rd, 2013

    I was heading out to a Cellar Hole and was driving along and recognized a spot that I had done well at in the past... I didn't get much there in the last stop or two, but that was pre-CTX days... So I decided to stop for 30 minutes to see if I left anything there... I get out of the car and...
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    Keepers from Last few hunts...

    March 23rd and 24th... 2 Roosies, a Silver War nickel and a few Wheaties... [attachimg=1] March 31st... I hit 3 spots... The 1st was a construction site that was a single city lot... There was already a fair amount of fill in place... but I squeaked out one keeper... 1889 Indian Head Penny...
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    Mar 11, 2013 Digs...

    It was 52 here in CT today... Being as I have to be in NYC tomorrow for 8 hours added with 6+ hours of travel my director said I could go dig this afternoon :-) So off to Indian Park I headed... I really do need to do an official total, but I named this little park Indian Park as I've netted...
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    Big Boy Hobbies

    Hello all, My last few transactions have been with Bart of Big Boy Hobbies... He is timely in responses to Emails, V/M's, and on general questions... Bart is very knowledgeable and has hands on expierence on his products... He has what we all want... Great Service !! He has good pricing and...
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    Quick Hunt tonight before the Storm...

    I hit a small park a town over and I've picked over pretty well... It was very windy and was a light mist / snow starting... and the church bell rang out 5pm... I got 60 minutes... I managed 3 keepers...
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    What are the chances...

    What are the chances to hit two parks in seperate towns and recover a WWI pin from each :dontknow: Well... Hop in your time machine and go back to last night... You don't have a time machine... ok ok... I'll tell the story and show you pictures... Its Tuesday @ 4:30pm... hmmm... 90 minutes of...
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    World War Worker Flag Pin - What is it...

    I recovered this about 2 hours ago... World War Worker on the front... Prov RI Pat Applied for on the back... I did a Google search and looked thruogh a bunch of images... I could not match it up at all... Anyone have any knowledge about this pin ??
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    Mar 2nd 2013 Digs...

    Hello all... I hit 2 spots yesterday... The 1st one was a new spot and I gave it 90 minutes to look around and see what the site was like... Lots of fill and trash... wire, scraps or metal, and furniture nails... :-( I then went back to the spot I murdered with my ETrac that I hit in January...
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    It has been 45-49 for the last 2 days in Connecticut...

    Temps have been 45-49 in Connecticut... and with 2 days of rain mid week the ground was perfect last 2 night... I got in a combined 3 hours of Detecting... The 1908 Norwich Dog Tag is my oldest (was 1913), nice 1880 Indian Head Penny... The V nickel is in rough shape... and the Skeleton Key is...
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    Metal Detecing Junk >> Art...

    Hello all... My daughter was bored and rooting around the boxes of scrap and junk that I have recovered over the last 4 years... She started to make.... stuuuuuff... The second is me metal detecting and finding a ring...
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    MLK Day Video... See Lee shaking his money maker... and finding gold :-)

    Lee, ChrisInCT, and CTDirtFisher out detecting... Lee, ChrisInCT, and CTDirtFisher.... Please let Lee know if you think that outfit makes his bum looks (insert adjective here)... It was great to meet up with Lee and Chris... I found 3 nice colonial buttons and wheatie at the 1st location...
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    Pounded Location - 21 Wheaties, Walking Liberty Half, Merc, and Roosie...

    Hello ALL! At 9:30 AM in Connecticut it was... 46 degrees... and getting warmer... Weather man was calling for stong winds and 50-53ish for the afternoon.... Hmmm... I wasn't planning on going out, but hey... It's going back to being cold tonight... so time to get another hunt in... I arrived...
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    My 1st Muddy Hunt of 2013...

    My 1st signal of 2013 was 40-41 in the woods near a colonial house... Out pops that nice shoe buckle chape... My only coin of the day and 1st of the year... an 1880 Indian Head Penny... There is a small cal. musket ball in there as well... I was a muddy mess... but I had fun :-)
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    Any Dog Tag SME's ??

    Hello all! I recovered this Dog Tag in RI today... I started a quick search... I see the notches were to allow for transfer of information to medical records via the Model 70 Addressagraph... These noted style was used in WWII, Koreaand early Viet Nam... Most of those had more information...
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    Nice fall hunt yields a few nice keepers...

    Hello all... I was for out for exactly 2 hours tonight... Its getting dark about 7pm now... I hit an old farm and worked in the trash real slow with my CTX 3030... Ferrous Coin Combined 5 Tone... My first keepers was a solid 22-24 conductive target... Robinson's & Jones Co Button... I was...
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    Colonial Hunt Goodies including Gold...

    Hello all... In the last 8 weeks I've been out once for 2 hours... That hunt yielded a 1917 Canadian large... and a cracker jack token... Yesterday I planned a hunt at a Colonial home I've hunted a dozen + times with a fellow club member... I arrive a little before Dave and started...
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    Spoon Update...

    Hello all... This spoon was originally posted here: http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=10703.0 Upon further investigation we found a website that speaks to this Thanksgiving Spoon From: http://www.spoonplanet.com/thanksgiving.html John Alden was an English Puritan...
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    Silver, Silver, Silver, and Silver... Oh yeah and 2 Buttons...

    Hello ALL !! Well... the heat finally broke over the last few days here... I hot out to the site I've been working as of late... I got some silver there a few weeks back... Merc and a nice big St Christopher metal... I recovered that 1909 German War Warrior Metal there... and I did get 5 pieces...
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    Button HELP !! Please :-)

    Hello all !! I was out at a site that has yielded lots of Victorian to 1920's goodies... and today was no exception... This button hasn't seen the light of day since.... *shrug* I assume Civil Way period by the button type... Any help would be greatly appreciated... You can see YORK on the...

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