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It would have been nice if they were 5 GW's but the funny thing was they are just 5 random buttons. I've dug multiple buttons from the same hole before but they are usually all the same types. I know I've put my coil over these buttons before and ignored the signal. There was a big crusty nail...

Poking around near the edge of the swamp. No date KG II Curious doe: Jeff

Hiked out to a site I hadn't been to in some time. The plan was to try and sniff out a goody or two from the iron. The only problem was that I forgot that this one one of those old cellar holes that had hardly any iron. After 45 minutes of nothing but an occasional iron blip, I decide to just...

Spent a couple of hours at my "peace and quiet" site. It's very small but it is right up against a swamp and there is no trail leading into it. I get skunked as often as not but I did manage a button and a brass ramrod tip today. When I got home I remembered I had found the barrels of a...

Got out for a couple hours Sunday. Managed an iron shoe buckle and some odds and ends. Dan I know you have at least couple dozen iron shoe buckles to go along with your 400 brass shoe buckles, but this is a first for me. :envious: Were these iron buckles towards the end of the shoe buckle era...

Hiked to one of my favorite spots. Just a very small colonial homestead. No stone foundation, just a slight indent in the ground where they built their tiny log cabin. Nothing spectacular found at this site, just a nice little place where I can detect in peace. I used my "Cuff Button Killer"...

It had been several years since I last found a Civil War uniform button, but I found 2 this month. Looks to be a general service button. No back mark. I got excited when I dug the remains of a coin purse, but no coins to be found. Jeff

Went back to the mid 1800's site just 5 minutes from my house. Tried some different settings and sniffed some finds from the blanket of iron. Got a dateless fatty and misc. other stuff. The anchor button is civilian. I dug this ship's wheel looking thingy. I was surprised when I turned it...

Last weekend and today I managed to get out for a couple of short hour and a half hunts. Last weekend the rain got me, this week had to get stuff ready for a family cookout. I dug typical mid 1800's relics. To the right of the forks are todays finds. Was happy to pull this 1860's...

Checked behind a pile of rocks and found this: Was surprised it was all in one piece. If it was right-side-up, water would have gotten into and busted it when it froze. I think it's a mid 1800's stoneware beer bottle ?? Jeff

Trying out a new coil at some old sites. Managed to sniff out a deep Matron Head and an on edge dandy. Also the remains of a bone-handled fork and a beaver tail. Woods are staring to fill in. Lots of young poison ivy.

Picked up a new coil and wanted to try it out before it gets too hot and gross (once it gets above 65 degrees I start complaining). Hiked to my "test" site where there are no easy finds to be had to see what the new coil could do. The site was true to form and only gave up a super deep musket...

Finds from last couple of hunts. Trying out some different schemes in the iron beds. Managed a KG III Hibernia yesterday. There is deep stuff hiding in the iron if you have the patience. HH, Jeff

Hiked out to a colonial era spot that I hadn't been to several years. You can see in the pic below why I haven't been there in a while. The site is TOUGH to hunt. Very thick. There is a cellar hole just beyond that tangle of vines. It had only gotten thicker over the years. Just a few small...

Hiked into one of my remote sites for some peace and quiet Sunday morning. Worked the iron laden spots to see what I could wrangle out of the ground. Managed a few buttons, buckle frame etc. Fancy tombac on the right. Looks like the "X" was added by the owner. On the hike out I stumbled...

A reminder to check those nooks and crannies.....especially the crannies....for ticks. I am usually very diligent in checking for ticks when I get back home from detecting. I was out in the woods a couple of weeks ago and I missed one during my post hike tick check. I found it 3 days later. The...

It had been a couple of months since I had gotten out into the woods to do some detecting and I needed a fix badly. The weather report showed a few hour window in the morning before the rains moved in. After a nice little 30 minute hike I was at the site. Expectations were low since this site...

Day didn't start off well. I had planned to get out by 05:30 to hike to some favorite remote sites to see what I could sniff out with the high frequency coil but I over slept 2 hours. Then as I was getting ready to head out the door I noticed my cell phone was almost dead. Not sure what happened...

Funny how that goes. Hadn't found a farthing in many years then I find one in back to back hunts. Felt good to get out, it's been a while. Though, now that temps are in the 70's, I am wishing they were back in the 20's :) . I am liking the high frequency coil I got for the Deus. Jeff

Picked up a High Frequency coil for my Deus a couple of weeks ago to see if I could pull any more goodies from my old sites. Last week I managed some buttons. Those high frequencies hit those lower conductors like those small tombacs pretty hard. Yesterday I managed to sniff out a farthing...