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Yeah still no gold this week at this beach. I hunted twice there this week for a total 5 hours maybe. My best find was a black encrusted 1898 Barber Quarter which only confirms that I need to keep hunting this place...just too much potential. I also found a couple silver items...the first is...

Earlier this year I "figured" out a beach site and started to find old coins. I have been back 3 or 4 times and have pulled more old coins but still no jewelry of any type. Below is a pic from my last hunt there and it was a very fun / weird hunt. First thing I noticed was another...

On Labor Day I detected most of the day in an old town that I have had some great success at over the years. I detected a couple parks and a couple old schools and by the end of the day a found a 1914 Barber Dime, 1945 merc and a 1946 Rosie. Also found a crusty 1898 IHP and a couple Buffs...

OK here are a couple group shots as requested. I think I have a total of 120 War of 1812 era buttons that have some sort of design on them. Then I have a bunch of flat buttons and I am certain that some of them are military...in particular the 5 shiny tombac coat buttons in the lower left. I...

Here are some of my better finds over the last month or so. This represents 3 beach hunts and a couple park hunts. When I saw this ring in the scoop I was 100% sure it was a junker. When I got home it just seemed to have the weight and the feel of silver. So I put my loop on it and sure...

I spent last week up at my cottage with my family and I am still finding some awesome buttons there! I found most of these using the small coil since the area is nail infested. The below buttons are my oldest US military buttons I have found. They date from 1803-1812 if I remember...

This morning I got up a little early and instead of going to work I decided to hit a popular beach near my work for an hour or so before hand. When I got there I saw 2 other detectorists which was a bit of a surprise. There used to be a rule about 10 years ago that between Memorial Day and...

Last evening I decided to go to a beach that is always busy in an old town. With the storms that day in the area I was hoping they would scare people away so I could detect in peace. I have detected it before but never found much...maybe a few wheats in the grass areas. When I got there I saw...

I had a goal this year of doing more water detecting in the hopes of finding gold. I have been to a few beaches this summer and not found anything precious...just a lot of clad and trash. I think I have put in just 10 hours of beach detecting this year so I can't complain about not finding any...

I saw Badgers325's post yesterday and it was nice that someone here finally posted something! I guess we all have been pretty busy with things and the ground around me has been very dry. With Badgers post I decided to try my best to get out last night for a few hours at least. I had a really...

Here are the pics of the buttons that failed to show up on my original post. The Script A Coat button and the ball button were found at the Trade Post site. The others were found near my cottage along the side walk. Two of them have drilled out shanks.

British items are not found very often where my cottage is located. I have only found 1 button. It was one of the first old buttons I found that dates back to the War 1812 era. I found it about 8-10 years ago in front of one of the cottages in my area. It is a staff officer's 41st...

I guess I will start this post by admitting that I am spoiled with the location of my cottage and the history that occurred all around it and even in my front yard. Last week I took 5 days off of work and my oldest son and I went up to the cottage to open it up and enjoy some fishing and...

Last night I went out to a fairground that dates back to the mid 1880's for a short hunt. I was not expecting much as most of the place has be regraded and gravel/asphalt shavings are everywhere it seems. I have found a fair amount of barbers the last couple years in the few areas that are...

I hit a fairgrounds near me that is dated from the mid 1880's the other night. This place the last couple years has been good to me but I know it could be much much better. Unfortunately 80% of it has been regraded and then topped with asphalt grindings for parking. But I came across a fairly...

I have been spending the last few weeks or so hitting beaches in the hopes of finding gold. It has not happened but I have dug alot of junk jewelry and some silver... I did hit an old park on Labor Day and found the pipe bowl. I hit it with the shovel and busted it in half but it glued up...

I spent last week up at my cottage somewhere in northern Michigan and detected quite a bit. I did not go to any of the military sites that I have done so well at in the past but instead explored some new areas and had some success. I ended up with 3 trade rings and 3 tinkling cones and 6 more...

I was up at my cottage where I usually do a lot of relic detecting but while up there the water was so calm all of last week that I took the jetski to a beach site about 5 miles away. I knew it had some potential for jewelry so I thought I would give it a try. The first morning I got there and...

I rarely find big silver but I had a great experience a couple weeks ago. I have an older neighbor who lives in a home that is on an 1876 map. My boys did a little detecting of his yard a couple years ago but left after 30 minutes because they felt uncomfortable (they were only 11 and 13 at...

June has been a strange month here in Michigan. It was bone dry for the first 3 weeks and now it won't stop raining! I did manage some very nice finds including a 10k gold class ring from 1949. About 3 weeks ago I decided to head over to the town where our newest member AJ lives and hopefully...