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    Hey Dan & George could it be??????

    where Todd dug his Mass 2nd Regt button I dug one of my 3 pewters only a few feet from his.while 2 were designed civilian pewters,this one looked so far gone I just sealed it and plopped it up on the shelf.today doing a little organizing I took a look at it again..now i don't know if my eyes are...
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    Silvered colonial shoe buckle*1844 large cent

    Todd's friend Tom got us permission to search a cellar hole on private property.the owner was a super cool guy and took us right out to the site.My very 1st target was a 1844 Large cent.quite a few good targets I recovered without my pinpointer.i left it in the car a mile away :hystericallaugh...
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    pictures upload

    can we please have more than one pic upload at a time? one at a time is a little absurd?:shocked01:
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    Counterfeit pewter 2 real coin* some buttons

    Todd & me shot back up to pick up John and hit a few new sites (well they are old sites but new) slaps my knee ha ha ha! bad joke I know:rofl: anyways these sites were pretty hammered but I squeeked out a few keepers.a few buttons.2 tombacs.one was a nice machine etched one that looks as if it...
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    NUTTIN BUT BUTTONS!

    Got out with Todd today,we drove up to meet John a 17 yr old new cellar hole detectorist who just loves history.He does re-enactments as a Hessian soldier.real good kid and he invited us up.his uncle has 2 cellar holes on private property.picked him up at 7 am and we were off! buttons were my...
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    46th,47th & 48th copper of the year*James Polk presidential medalet

    Got out with Todd today.I took him up to 2 sites I was at when I was a rookie at cellar holes. My 1st target was a horse shoe.whenever i dig a horse shoe I always end up havin a good day.Today i dug 3 horseshoes :yes:. a 1806 draped bust half cent,a shot braided hair LC,a nice 1839 Lc and a...
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    SLUMP OVER! KGII & a SWEET WATCH WINDER

    last 3 weeks have been sub par if anything.Todd & myself haven't had much of anything to post.Saturday was a major bust.no buttons,no coins no nothin but a nice heavy hand forged scythe.usually when i find them they are light gauged iron.this one is heavy duty! so I kept this one. Today we tried...
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    Last 2 Weekends*not much lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    well last weekend me & Todd busted our rumps hikin.didn't get much.a couple horse rosettes. and avoided a huge white faced hornets nest hanging from a twig sized branch Today we met up with the rebel(Roger) today didn't fare much better.I did come away with a nice 1865 IH and some sort of silver...
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    Potential Rochambeau campsite turns up* not much lol*1 copper & silver

    Got permission to hunt a tract of land in the vicinity of where General Rochambeau and his french army camped during the Revolutionary War.the guy that got me permission lives in a house around the corner and found a bayonet in his yard 30 years ago.everything seemed right.the same road,nice...
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    Rough day when your best find is a iron spoon

    Todd scoops me up at 6 am we take the hour ride to sites.wait half hour till rain stops. get a mile into the woods and >:\ anyone can be a weather man >:/ standing under trees for 1/2 hour getting soaked trying to wait for it to stop,i said Todd we are soaked as it is lets get up to the sites...
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    Sat Cellar hole hunt with Todd* 1 copper & not much else lol

    Todd & I set out to some sites out of state but they were duds. wasted 4 hours there,then decided lets go back to last weeks site where we got all the coppers.2 hours later we arrived.3 hours till dark we had to hunt. I got a lone toasty copper that someone attempted to hole.rang up in the 80's...
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    4 COPPER DAY *2 FUGIOS'S ,CT & LARGE CENT & QUITE A FEW BUTTONS

    Got out with Todd today we wanted to get to a single site that we found awhile back. Got to the site about 8 am.a few buttons here n there then i got a nice Connecticut copper 1787 or 88 not quite sure.dates gone. then i got a 1840 braided hair LC. a old horse pommel. Todd called me on the cell...
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    CELLAR HOLES With FRANK * War of 1812 era eagle button & draped bust LC

    Got out with Frank today.been awhile since we hunted together. Found some sites pretty deep and we hiked our butts off to get to em.sadly they were all hit but I squeaked out a few nice targets at each site.1st site...a 1803 or 7 draped bust LC and a large designed dandy button 2nd site a small...
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    RI CELLAR HOLES*CW CALVARY BUTTON & 1824 LC

    Todd & me rode to RI to meet up with John.we located 4 cellar holes out there.2 we couldn't find & the other 2 were pounded to death.I got 3 good targets :hysterical: in 8 hours of detecting & about 5 miles of hiking. 1824 matron head large cent,a civil war calvary eagle button with string still...
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    DETECTING RADIO SHOW TUES NIGHT

    Tomorrow night.. Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 2013...8:30 PM Eastern time... RETURN TO DIRT DIGGING... This show will focus on detecting in the dirt... Parks, fields, farms .. What have u.... Discussion will be on strategy, machines, tools, and some of the great finds that folks have dug... Join myself...
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    CELLAR HOLE COIN BONANZA

    Todd & myself found a few new sites.I had a good feeling about the 1st site even before we got there due to its location.bright & early we got there. As soon as we turned on our machines IH's started popping.between the 2 of us we pulled 14 coins from this site.I got the lone copper.the rest...
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    Sat solo cellar hole hunt (well kinda) civil war eagle button*octagon token

    Gary ended up having to work & Todd couldn't get out early sat morning so....I was off on a solo mission to a cellar hole I had been to once before. it's kind of a party spot with beer cans and quads rippin all through the site.got a flat button and my phone rang at 9.it was todd askin where i...
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    SUNDAY CELLAR HOLE HUNT TODD*Button kinda day

    headed up to the north west corner of the state with Todd.found one cellar hole that was pounded and while walkin the trail back to car i see a slight tiny depression with a couple straggler rocks at one side of it 10 feet from edge of old Road.I stopped and said hey todd look at this. any...
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    CELLAR HOLE *SMALL OVAL US CIVIL WAR BUCKLE*SHOT COPPER

    Got out with Todd today.we hit 3 new cellar holes.the 1st cellar hole bright & early.turn on my machine and very 1st target out pops a small oval US civil war belt plate! what a start to the day! thumbsup01 the cellar hole was sooo overgrown we had a tough time swinging.I got a battered copper...
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    Great day following a skunking*3 coppers*Big silver*complete knee buckle

    Todd & I found a new cellar hole and headed out early 6am for the 45 min drive.after yesterdays skunking I was feeling better about todays hunt. 20 min hike into the site,we found it.1st target was a big old tall oxknob.good sign :yes:.decided to work the lip of the foundation.next to a log...

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