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Hunts have been few and far between last 6 months. But I had Sunday morning to myself and was determined to get out in the woods. The plan was to hit an old mill site. It's been pounded over the years but it is very trashy. I figured with some hard work and patience I could sniff out a goodie or...

Found this at a mid 1800's to early 1900's site. It's a brass cap that goes over a wooden shaft of some sort. Not sure what the bracket sticking out of it is ?? I was thinking horse hardware but can't find a match. Thanks, Jeff

Some major projects around the house have really limited my detecting time last few months. But I was determined to get out this morning for a few hours. Plan was to poke around a site I've hit in the past but as I was hiking in I decided to swing north on a hunch. Found a cellar hole but it was...

Didn't think I was going to be able to get out today but I was up with the chickens so I was able to squeeze in a few hours of coil time. I hit a spot that I thought might be hiding a cellar hole but it turned out to be an old stock pen and pasture complex probably associated with one of the old...

Got out today for a morning hunt. I suspected there might be another site on the other side of a stream near the cellar hole site I've been working latey but it didn't pan out. So I hiked back around and hit the far end of the previous site and was rewarded with three LCs. Two of them came from...

It had been a month since I last got out to swing the coil. Sometimes life just gets in the way of the stuff we really like to do:yes:. I hit a chunk of woods not too far from a cellar hole I have had good luck at. I started hitting lamp parts and horse hardware pretty quickly. First nice...

The fellow that lost this lapel pin was a veteran of WWI. You can only hope he never had to deal with the horrors of trench warfare. Let's try not to forget the many soldiers that fought in past and present wars, that did not come back home.

Headed back to the site where I pulled a NJ copper a few weeks back. This site is badly overgrown and I figured this might be the last weekend to detect before it is impossible to swing a coil. How thick is it ? Well it is so thick that Mrs. Turkey made her nest right on the edge of the...

Hit a site yesterday, man was it wet! Nearby stream had overflowed and soaked the site. This site was already tough to hunt because it is so choked. But the wet soil helped me find a few goodies. Found a toasted New Jersey copper under a big root . My first NJ copper, so I'll happily take...

Went to another site that has been on my hit list for a while. It was an hour hike in and then another 30 minutes to finally locate the hole. The site was pretty choked for the most part but there was some room to swing a coil. The hole is hidden at the top of the little hill. Lots of iron...

Just got a new laptop from my employer. It came with Windows 7 and Office 2013 and for some unknown reason, Microsoft in all their wisdom, decided not to include the Picture Manager anymore. That program made it very easy to crop, resize, etc., my pics of detecting finds. I use Photobucket for...

Hiked out to a site that's been on my list for a while. Was a bit disappointed to see it wasn't as old as I had hoped. It looked mid to late 1800's and the finds confirmed that. I dug a lot of deep high tones but it was just a lot of typical farm brass. Managed to pull an IHP from the iron...

Another sign that the winter has been to harsh to detect is when you have vivid dreams of great finds. Last night I dreamt I found a cache of coppers. Not just any old cache but a BIG cache. It included: 49 Draped Busts 13 Fugios (why 13 ? maybe because of the 13 rings?) 7 Classic heads 15...

We had a pretty good thaw Friday and Saturday. So Sunday I hiked into a site located on a bit of a hillside with a southerly exposure. For those that don't hunt them, many cellar holes are oriented like this. But at this site the trees where thin so I was hoping there was enough snow melt so I...

Was on a mission to clear out some iron from a site that has been great in the past with quality and quantity but has lately dried up. I was doing OK with the iron removal but a small tombac and a toasted KGII (I think) got in the way ;) I have found antlers in the woods before, but this...

I had picked up a nice Husky tool belt combo at the big orange box store last year. It actually came with two great detecting pouches and two belts. This thing is rugged and will last for years so there is no sense in me keeping both. It has never been used. You can use the pouch with the Velcro...

I had spotted the remains of an old wood stove hiking out of these woods last month. Didn't have time to detect it at the time but marked it in my GPS program (Backwoods Navigator) for future consideration. That was my first site this morning but was a bit disappointed just to find stove parts...

I met up with Drew and Dan this morning to burn off a few calories from Thanksgiving and try our luck with a hunt at a cellar hole site. Just a bit nippy in the morning but it turned out nice. It was a great hunt and everyone got on the board with a copper and some relics. Drew got on the board...

It's not much of a cellar hole but it has given up some goodies in the past. Managed a few pewter buttons, ornate shoe buckle frame fragment, pewter spoon handle, small iron spoon and a crusty old stirrup. I had dug a USA button not far from this site so any time I dig a pewter button I get...

It had been several hunts since I had last dug a copper. It took to the very last minute of this hunt this morning before I finally got on the board. I don't think I had 5 swings of the coil left before I was going to get to the log where I was going to sit down and pack up my gear. Dug this...