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i think i might have dug up a meteorite today? anybody know any experts in this field? heavy as lead,non magnetic & a dark glossy blackish/gray.I thought it was a little bucky ball shot from a gun until i cleaned it up & looked under a loop.definitely not lead thats for sure! Dug this today...

well Todd & me deciding to spend another day up at these 2 sites.was hard to match yesterdays hunt but we gave it our best effort,i got a 1853 braided hair LC in the hole with iron,mens wedding band(no marks inside) which i thought was brass but it's some white metal almost like tombac...

me & Todd decided to go back to one of my sites.i figured we'd have to work for any finds since i been there alot by myself and with a few of my other detecting buddies on this forum.well todd was making me look bad for the 1st half of the day.i couldn't get my coil over anything other than a...

sat Got out with Thiltzy(Todd) & his friend John. Todd had a lead on on some potential cellar holes but we never found em.Instead we found ourselves 2 miles into the woods and no where to go but through a swamp :omg: stepping on grass clumps and fighting our way through green viney prickers...

I was always under the assumption these 1820's type buttons were coat buttons.I came across this picture of a Riflemans era cap and noticed this style of button was part of the shako hat design. just thought i'd share some info. heres the hat listed on e-bay.pictures are larger there...

so much snow and bored outta my mind.I decided to make a relic display case from a old picture frame & scrap lumber.stained it,nailed it together using old copper roofing nails with stars on em,added a kneeling pad and used old fleece blanket.cost $0.00,time 2 hours

well after yesterdays hunt :blush: I figured i'd have a better day (couldn't be any worse) <} Todd & myself headed back up to a site we were at last week & wanted to give it another go. quite a few buttons popped out today including a neat designed convex one. many of the buttons came from...

bought these 3 buttons from Iron Patch on e-bay cheap. he's tight lipped about the age & where he got these. so,i'm coming to you for help! what are they,where they from & how old are they? any help would be appreciated thanks!

well we just didn't get enough yesterday so,we figured we only live once and we headed out! :detecting: digging was fun as you can see in the pic of todd trying to dig a hole <} got 2 large dandy or cloak buttons,a $30 buck knife on top of the ground, a toe tap with a 1855 patent date on it & a...

2 KNUCKLEHEADS GO FROZEN CELLAR HOLE HUNTING* 2 FATTY IH'S Yeah well Todd & myself had the bright idea to go do some cellar hole detecting. a lot of frozen ground in the woods after the deep freeze we had all week. frost chunks were 4 inches thick with some plugs.we really had to work for our...

got out with Todd again to some new sites.What a day we both had.wait till ya see what he dug! :shocked04: :omg: :wow: 1st site i hit the 1787 Fugio.my 1st copper of 2013,then he got his dandy find .a few buttons here and there.we then decided to try the 2nd site.nothing but trash there,seems...

Got out with Todd yesterday.we hiked our butts off.the cellar hole looked awesome after that hike! :shocked03: but, it was pretty hammered :-\

i dug this last year at a cellar near the well.I was told maybe victorian era.now this cellar hole is not on the 1860's map.while searching e-bay i came across this ring.very similiar in design.so,maybe my ring is colonial after all? theres no markings inside what so ever.its definitely gold...

cleaning off my shelf over sink.i took a 2nd look at this piece and wondering if it is 1/2 of a sword hilt? made of heavy brass.appears to have some helmeted soldier in center.almost like a roman gladiator link below seems similar...

Well I have to admit 2012 was just a crazy year for me in the finds dept. Looking back I have to say 4 years ago when Dan took me on my very 1st cellar hole hunt I never would have imagined that I would be sitting here right now with so many pictures to post & so many stories & adventures to...

Todd & me wanted one last hoorah before the end of the year.we started before sunrise because of the snowstorm heading our way.went back up to the GW button site nabbed some more buttons,a complete colonial shoe buckle most likely a young boys as it's pretty small and my 92nd copper of 2012...

Got out on another hunt with Todd(Thiltzy) to a couple sites he found. 1st site was pretty hammered,then we wandered up the hill to find another site.we saw all the walls and 2 square piles of stones.possible chimney piles.thinking this must have been a cabin site because no cellar hole was...

hooked up with jesse & Keith to hit a couple cellar holes & a field.not many targets today but nabbed a beat up 1853 seated half dime.this coin saved my dayor I woulda been skunked they didn't find much either.

Well I talked to Todd(Thiltzy) and he planned a trip up here.there was one cellar hole that I really wanted to get back to from the summer.It was overgrown then & still is with Mountain Laurel.so we hiked down to it.This time i saw where the barn foundation was since the leaves are gone now.we...

Got out with sniffy to 3 different cellar holes.not a ton in the finds dept but we both had a good day.my 87th large copper on the year a 1807 draped bust large cent,some flat buttons,a 1906 barber dime & a cool horse shoe