Search results

Just a quick post here. The majority of the finds below were with my new Manticore. This is a fun machine and I am quickly learning it. I only have 15-20 hours on the Manticore so far and probably about the same with the Equinox 900. I would like to say that both the Manticore and the 900...

I ordered a Manticore months ago and it seems that Minelab is doing their typical crappy roll out so I went ahead and purchased a Nox 900 and it came in a few days ago. I have had just 2 hunts with it and the first was at a park that I do not visit very often but it does date back to around...

2022 was a great year for me. I was able to reach a couple milestones including finding career silver coin #1,000 and career Buff #200 and career War Nik #150. First are my 3 gold rings. All are 14k (1 white gold). Below are all my silvers from 2022. And then here are my old nickels...

After that horribly cold spell over Christmas it warmed nicely in my area and I managed to get out a few times and found a few silvers. Then I also got out on Jan 2 and was able to find some silver to start 2023 the right way. Overall I found a little bit of everything. The Buffalo came on...

I found most of these over the Thanksgiving weekend. The cold has set in so I pretty sure I am done for awhile. There is a foreign coin from Hungary...a 1 Kreuzer from 1891. The printing plate advertisement was found at a Buffalo beach. I reversed the picture so that you can read it with...

Below are some pics of a recent fairgrounds hunt where I found a couple Indians, 1898 V and an 1891 Canadian 5 cent silver or fishy. Also pictured are some finds from this past weekend at my favorite site in my home town in Ohio where I found a very nice 1907 S barber dime which is perhaps a...

Here are a couple pics of the last 3-4 hunts at Buffalo Beach. The only items that I did not find at that beach are 2 of the buffalo niks that I found at a park during my lunch break. Most of the jewelry is just junk but there is a sterling ring and sterling earring. Thanks for looking...

I am pretty sure I have mentioned on here that I grew up on a farm in central Ohio. Well as a kid my Dad would take me out arrowhead hunting in the Spring before crops were planted and in the Fall when we would till the fields. I have a decent collection but nothing compared to my Dad. He...

Well it happened. I found gold at Buffalo Beach! It is not very big but it was a beautiful site and a nice rush when I saw it in the scoop. I also found a couple buffs...1917 and 1928 and a 1947 silver rosie. There was once something attached to the top of the ring but it is gone now. It...

Yeah still no gold this week at this beach. I hunted twice there this week for a total 5 hours maybe. My best find was a black encrusted 1898 Barber Quarter which only confirms that I need to keep hunting this place...just too much potential. I also found a couple silver items...the first is...

Earlier this year I "figured" out a beach site and started to find old coins. I have been back 3 or 4 times and have pulled more old coins but still no jewelry of any type. Below is a pic from my last hunt there and it was a very fun / weird hunt. First thing I noticed was another...

On Labor Day I detected most of the day in an old town that I have had some great success at over the years. I detected a couple parks and a couple old schools and by the end of the day a found a 1914 Barber Dime, 1945 merc and a 1946 Rosie. Also found a crusty 1898 IHP and a couple Buffs...

OK here are a couple group shots as requested. I think I have a total of 120 War of 1812 era buttons that have some sort of design on them. Then I have a bunch of flat buttons and I am certain that some of them are military...in particular the 5 shiny tombac coat buttons in the lower left. I...

Here are some of my better finds over the last month or so. This represents 3 beach hunts and a couple park hunts. When I saw this ring in the scoop I was 100% sure it was a junker. When I got home it just seemed to have the weight and the feel of silver. So I put my loop on it and sure...

I spent last week up at my cottage with my family and I am still finding some awesome buttons there! I found most of these using the small coil since the area is nail infested. The below buttons are my oldest US military buttons I have found. They date from 1803-1812 if I remember...

This morning I got up a little early and instead of going to work I decided to hit a popular beach near my work for an hour or so before hand. When I got there I saw 2 other detectorists which was a bit of a surprise. There used to be a rule about 10 years ago that between Memorial Day and...

Last evening I decided to go to a beach that is always busy in an old town. With the storms that day in the area I was hoping they would scare people away so I could detect in peace. I have detected it before but never found much...maybe a few wheats in the grass areas. When I got there I saw...

I had a goal this year of doing more water detecting in the hopes of finding gold. I have been to a few beaches this summer and not found anything precious...just a lot of clad and trash. I think I have put in just 10 hours of beach detecting this year so I can't complain about not finding any...

I saw Badgers325's post yesterday and it was nice that someone here finally posted something! I guess we all have been pretty busy with things and the ground around me has been very dry. With Badgers post I decided to try my best to get out last night for a few hours at least. I had a really...

Here are the pics of the buttons that failed to show up on my original post. The Script A Coat button and the ball button were found at the Trade Post site. The others were found near my cottage along the side walk. Two of them have drilled out shanks.