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It got up to 69 degrees here yesterday and I got out for about 3 hours. I went back to the school yard where there are lots of targets but the soil is tough on the coins. Nothing to write home about, but I found 2 Indian Heads, 4 Wheat Cents and a 1935 Mercury Dime to avoid the Silverless...

This is how much we received yesterday and it's supposed to be back up near 60 by Saturday. :bananadance:

The year 2016 was kind of an "off" year for me, metal detecting-wise. I didn't get out much and this really shows in my silver totals. However, sometimes quality is better than quantity and I was able to make some decent finds in my infrequent outings. I even found a bucket list item, my...

This has been on my wish list for quite a while. How nice that it will work with all machines, not just Minelab. Press release from Minelab: We are excited to announce the release of our new PRO-SONIC Wireless Audio System, which is available to order now from our Australian dealers, and...

It's a One Real then. It would have looked like this:

It was cold and rainy yesterday, but I managed a 3 hour hunt in between the rain showers. I went to a nearby school yard where a newer school stands, but there was an older school building on the same grounds back in the late 1800s. I ended up with 2 Indian Heads, 3 Wheat Cents, 1 Buffalo...

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

It was very cold and windy yesterday, but me and Digger Don made the best of it anyway. Don drove down to my neck of the woods and we detected pretty much all day. Most of these finds came from door-knocking permissions. It was great to meet up with Don for a hunt! We both found...

Me and my new detecting buddy returned to the large site from the 1850s that we have hunted a few times. This site has been open to detectorists for decades and finds are very sparse, nevertheless I managed to find a Large Cent and a barber Quarter today. The Large Cent is really beat, it has...

I went out for a brief 1 1/2 hour hunt yesterday at a site just down the road from where I live. Supposedly an old school house once stood on this site. Finds were few, but I did get an interesting token. Here is the last remaining original structure in the tiny town I live in, the old...

Definitely the tongue from a 1700s shoe buckle! :yes:

Yes, it does have wood inside of it. I guess they're also called shaft tips. Definitely off of an old carriage. Thanks for the ID, Drew! :notworthy: http://www.hansenwheel.com/store/shaft-tips-1619.html

Yesterday afternoon I was able to get out for about 3 hours. I had a place in mind to detect that I had been keeping in my back pocket since spring. Now that the soil is nice and moist I was finally able to give it a go. I suspect this site has been detected before since silver was sparse...

Welcome from Illinois! :waving: We're glad you joined us, Chris! The CTX 3030 is a serious machine, I have heard nothing but good things about them. You should do well with it. I visited Fort Leonard Wood a few years ago on business. I designed the steel roof trusses for the mine...

I cleaned up the Seated Quarter a little more. The date is easier to read now, I think.

Today I spent the whole day detecting with my brother at two sites that he had found for me. He doesn't detect, he just follows me around and watches, plus I always hand him the finds fresh out of the hole to ID. He has always been my good luck charm and today was no exception! The only coin...

Dan, I checked the settings for your user account. I don't see anything that would prevent you from sending and receiving private messages. Here is how your settings are currently. Do you see anything that is amiss? Beyond checking these settings, I'm not sure what else to do. It will...

I hunted for 1 1/2 hours after work last night and came home with a few keepers. This site is massive and dates back to the mid 1800s, so there should be a lot more there. Many repeat visits are in order. Here are my finds from last evening: Thanks for looking and happy...

I received a text message through a mutual friend from a detectorist who lives in this area. The good news: He's an avid detectorist with a lot of knowledge of local history. The bad news: He's detected this area to death. :crying02: However, he is a super nice guy who is willing to...

To every thing there is a season... I'm afraid that I have the unenviable job of announcing that del has resigned as administrator of this forum. I cannot stress enough how much Dan will be missed as a staff member here, as he was responsible for most of the day-to-day running of the forum...