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I obtain permission a couple days ago to hunt a new church site I located recently. The site dates to about 1880. Yesterday I only had two hours to hunt so I thought I would get a feel for the site. It turned out to be one of my better short hunts in quite some time. Within a minute I had a deep...

I posted this in the "What Is It" section and now that I know what it is I thought you relic enthusiast might find it interesting. Here is a link to the thread. http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?15354-Medal-token

Anyone have any idea what this might be. It is made of brass & .88 inches in Diameter.

These are my finds from my last three hunts. They were from three different locations two church sites and the picnic grove I've been hunting the last few years. The silvers are 56 Rosie and four Mercs 35, 40, 42 & 45. The Indians includes one of the oldest I've ever found 1865 and 1906. I also...

I invited Tim aka Ill digger up for a hunt this past week. We started out at an old school site that turned out to be a flop with mostly fill dirt covering the original ground. We moved on to site #2 which was the church site I recently got permission to hunt. Within 5 minutes I had my first...

After looking over some old areal photos. I determined the location of the school at a church site that I recently received permission to hunt. About 3/4 of the school area is now asphalt, the other 1/4 is grass covered. The school was built in 1881 and in use for more than 80 years. It was...

Tuesday I obtained permission to hunt a church site that dates back to 1846. The present church was built in 1881 and the current office building was built in 1861. There was a school on the property from 1886 and had its last class graduate in 1968, the school was torn down in the 1970's. The...

Well the snow has finally melted and the ground is slowly starting to thaw in SE WI so it was time to get swinging. It was the last day of March and I decided to start my year at a site I've hunted several times in the past but never in the spring when the grass is at it lowest. To my...

I have a new Whites brand detector bag for sale. $30 and you pay shipping.

Too funny http://youtu.be/s7_AC_QlOkE

Well I think my season is finally done. We are experiencing a winter storm as I type this and this time I do not think it will melt until spring. Last week the temps were up in the mid thirties and cold weather was predicted for the coming week. So I put aside a day for one last hunt and I...

I thought this article my interest a few of you. http://americanprofile.com/articles/waterbury-button-co-fastened-to-american-history/

I just noticed this Minelab ad in my Jan 14 addition of Lost Treasure Magazine. It looks like it might be their answer to Garrett's new ATX.

I spent a long day hunting last week in hopes of increasing my silver count before the freeze ends my season. I had a list of sites that I had previously hunted with success in finding silver. The first site was a firemans park it produced a 52-D Washington and a few wheats. The second site is...

These are my finds from a short hunt a couple of days ago. The Barber dime is 1901, the. Buffalo is 1918 and the Indians are 1894, 02,03,04,07. I also found 9 wheats.

I had two short hunts at the church site I've hunted a couple times in the last few weeks. Again I recovered more Indians this makes 14 total from this site. I manage to get an old one 1876 and the other two were 03 & 07. The best find of the two hunts was heart stopper a 1916 Merc. I could see...

OK buttons experts, can you ID this one for me. It is .870 inch Dia and .305 inch deep. Eagle and shield on the front with the words Excelsior. I think it is made of copper or brass.

These are my finds from my last two hunts. The Indians and the barbers came from a church site. It was the same site from my last hunt with the CW tokens and Indians. I had a nice penny spill that consisted of 3 wheats from the teens and 3 Indians. The SLQ 1923 came today from my honey hole...

I obtained permission to hunt an old church grounds a few days ago so I spent about 3 hours checking it out. The first thing the Pastor said after saying yes was good luck a friend of mine already hunted it and did not find much. He also stated that the ground had been manipulated a lot over the...

I just received my new 11 coil for the Deus today. Ran it through the test garden and some air testing. I think I'm going to like this coil it is about 2 -3 inches deeper than the stock 9 and very stable. I know some of you are waiting for a report on the Deus and I plan on making one just need...