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British items are not found very often where my cottage is located. I have only found 1 button. It was one of the first old buttons I found that dates back to the War 1812 era. I found it about 8-10 years ago in front of one of the cottages in my area. It is a staff officer's 41st...

I guess I will start this post by admitting that I am spoiled with the location of my cottage and the history that occurred all around it and even in my front yard. Last week I took 5 days off of work and my oldest son and I went up to the cottage to open it up and enjoy some fishing and...

Last night I went out to a fairground that dates back to the mid 1880's for a short hunt. I was not expecting much as most of the place has be regraded and gravel/asphalt shavings are everywhere it seems. I have found a fair amount of barbers the last couple years in the few areas that are...

I hit a fairgrounds near me that is dated from the mid 1880's the other night. This place the last couple years has been good to me but I know it could be much much better. Unfortunately 80% of it has been regraded and then topped with asphalt grindings for parking. But I came across a fairly...

I have been spending the last few weeks or so hitting beaches in the hopes of finding gold. It has not happened but I have dug alot of junk jewelry and some silver... I did hit an old park on Labor Day and found the pipe bowl. I hit it with the shovel and busted it in half but it glued up...

I spent last week up at my cottage somewhere in northern Michigan and detected quite a bit. I did not go to any of the military sites that I have done so well at in the past but instead explored some new areas and had some success. I ended up with 3 trade rings and 3 tinkling cones and 6 more...

I was up at my cottage where I usually do a lot of relic detecting but while up there the water was so calm all of last week that I took the jetski to a beach site about 5 miles away. I knew it had some potential for jewelry so I thought I would give it a try. The first morning I got there and...

I rarely find big silver but I had a great experience a couple weeks ago. I have an older neighbor who lives in a home that is on an 1876 map. My boys did a little detecting of his yard a couple years ago but left after 30 minutes because they felt uncomfortable (they were only 11 and 13 at...

June has been a strange month here in Michigan. It was bone dry for the first 3 weeks and now it won't stop raining! I did manage some very nice finds including a 10k gold class ring from 1949. About 3 weeks ago I decided to head over to the town where our newest member AJ lives and hopefully...

I have had great success the last 3 weeks or so detecting. I rediscovered an old park I had given up on as all fill but I decided to try again and go really slow and been rewarded with a bunch of 1800's coins. 4 of the Indians and that Canadian LC from 1888 came at this park. The oldest coin...

Here are a few of my recent finds. I found the Walker at an old baseball field but in the infield by the pitchers mound. I usually stay away from the infield but I found a wheatie on the edge of it and ventured farther in and was rewarded. The Indians and barber dime came up by my cottage...

Last week I headed up to my family's cottage to open it up for the season and of course I brought the detector in the hopes I would find more War of 1812 era relics. The first site that I detected, my family has found about 80 buttons there and the first day I found 10 more. The best one is a...

Got out a few times during my lunch breaks the past week or so and found a few items here and there. I had a great hunt this past weekend where I found a really nice Shield Nik again. This one is an 1876. I came across a shallow 22 signal that I wanted out of the way hoping that it was...

I have not been out detecting quite as much as I usually do but I have had some decent success. Best find is an 1869 Shield nik. I never took a pic of the front of the Shield Nik but it is not quite as nice as the back. The 1916 merc is just a plain if you were wondering.

The last few weeks have been warm enough to allow me to do some detecting here in Michigan. The spill came last week when I visited an old fairgrounds and came across a nickel signal that also jumped high on the VDI scale. About 8 inches down I found a couple V nickels and then I found another...

Some amazing coins above! Donnie's coin is ridiculous of course but those Spanish silvers are awesome. This is what I consider my best coin. My 1812 half dollar. The front has some interesting iron staining but other than that it is great shape for being found in a farm field.

Below are some pics of the last 3 plus months of finds. All were found at local parks with the exception of a couple sterling pcs of jewelry that I found at a beach. My favorite find was this Love Token I already posted... I found a 1 Troy Ounce of .999 fine silver too. It was just...

Last weekend I went down to my home town in Ohio to do some deer hunting and some detecting of course. There is a "Field of Dreams" that I have been detecting for 8 years now and have never found any gold despite digging anything and everything the last couple years. Well it happened! I dug a...

Well potentially she is. Check out what she has found the last 3 weeks up at our cottage! The first one she found was the "Trade Axe". I am not sure if it really is a trade axe but I guess it could be. It was rusted up and I told her to set up electrolysis on it. So she did and it...

Sunday evening I went to an old park that dates back to the 1850's or so. I have never found a seated there but I have had a fair amount of success over the years and I know that there has to be lots of old deep coins there. I also wanted to try out the new Equinox update that is supposed to...