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  1. Ill Digger

    Yeah Mon! Jamaica Finds

    We took a trip to Jamaica for my cousins wedding and of course the ETrac came along for the trip. ;) No gold like I hoped. At least there wasn't a S,Flight,HOS :lol: The second day on the beach I nabbed a small 925 heart shaped Tiffany & Co piece. I'm not sure what it's from? That would...
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    Weekend on the Farms

    I've been driving by this old farm house for the past 5 years. Wishing that someday, maybe just someday, I'd get a chance to detect it. :daydream: Carved in the stone above the front door is the original owners name and the date 1854! I had the day off Thursday so we drove out to the old farm...
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    A Couple of Days in Southern Illinois

    My son had a two day baseball tournament this past weekend 3 1/2 hrs south of were we live. His first game was Friday at 2:30 p.m. So I left Thursday night, ,got a room for the night (a few hrs :lol:). Got up gone by 6 a.m. Drove around town, spotted a old looking school, obviously being used...
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    Shrink Wrap Screen Protector

    I was cruising around YouTube. Going through some of the people I subscribe to, older videos. This cabin fever has me getting my metal detecting fix via YouTube! :lol: One really caught my attention. It's by a fella that goes by "MOWERDOG". He makes a inexpensive, homemade screen protector out...
  5. Ill Digger

    My Trip to New England (Pic Heavy)

    After years of talking about going to the New England area and detecting the stars finally aligned! So last Friday after work I set out for the Connecticut /Massachusetts area to meet up with a few American Detectorist forum members to try my hand at some of this New England cellar hole hunting...
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    Heading out East!

    Thanks! We're out at a cellar hole right now!!!! Here's might first colonial artifact!!! Dan IDed it as a tombac 1760's-1810ish!!!
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    Heading out East!

    I've got the week off. So I'm heading out to Massachusetts / Connecticut area to hopefully meet up with some of the forum members from the area. If anyone wants to try and meet up that would be great! Hint, hint ;) Dan, HEAVYMETALNUT, Drew, Al:lol: Hope to meet a few of ya:beerbuddy:
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    Sons Annual Birthday Party

    We went back to the lake for my sons annual birthday party. I got a couple hours in detecting. About a couple hours after and a hour before grilling dogs and burgers. In my 1 hour before lunch I got a few wheats and a silver Washington. After the grilling and pick up duties were done I headed...
  9. Ill Digger

    Fathers Day Silver

    I went back out to my sister-in-laws, in-laws place yesterday. This is the same place I found the Golden Gate Bridge badge, and the Walker half. It was pretty hot and humid, plus mama had plans to take me out for my annual fathers day Outback steak dinner. So I only hunted the farm for about 2...
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    To All You Detecting Dads

    HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! :beerbuddy: If your going out:detecting: today, may your pouches be full of silver and gold!
  11. Ill Digger

    Another After Work Hunt...Only This Time GOLD!

    I stopped at a sports field on the way home yesterday. I've hunted this field many times before. It holds old coins. But the old coins are few and far between any more. I did find 2 more wheaties. So I've started digging some of the low tones in hopes for some gold. Knowing that this field...
  12. Ill Digger

    Buffs in the Grass? Plus Some Silver!

    Got a chance to get out for a few hours last weekend. We had permission to hunt a 1850's house from 2 weeks ago. The house is for sale and the owner said we could come back in a week after they had their open house. So we hit that place for a couple of hours. It was pretty obvious it had been...
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    Some More Vintage After Work Silver...

    ... and even some modern silver too! :thumbsup02: Got off pretty early today and did some driving around in an old neighborhood looking for a old house to hit. I spotted a couple of ladies outside chit-chatting. So I pulled over and found out that they were neighbors. One ladies house was built...
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    Short After Work Hunt

    I got off work early today. So I stopped at a small park on the way home. I've hunted this park before with a little success. I hunted for about an hour and a half. And made a few good finds. I found a small heart shaped sterling silver locket, a nice green 1917 wheatie. Just before I had to...
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    The Day After

    Last weekend I met up with Daddydigger, DiggerDon & DiggerAl and, Tony Two-Cent for a all day group hunt. If you haven't seen that thread Check it out here.http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?17660-Seated-Saturday-with-Tony-Two-Cent-and-the-Four-quot-Diggers-quot The day...
  16. Ill Digger

    Cut Short by the Rain but not before...

    After doing some chores around the house I gave Ted a call and we when out to my sister-in-laws, in-laws, farm to do some swinging.:detecting: Shortly into the hunt I got a screaming penny signal. Saying a penny at 2 inches. It turn out to be a commemorative badge commemorating the 1939...
  17. Ill Digger

    April Hunts with Some AD Members

    I'm behind in posting some of my finds. It's not even summer yet and we're busy, busy, busy! :crazy: April 1st: A couple of days after getting back from our Florida vacation I got a invite from Fire Fighter 43 (Jeff) to come back up to Wisconsin to hunt the new camp he's got permission for. So...
  18. Ill Digger

    A Whole Weeks Worth of Detecting!

    Last week was spring break for our kids so we booked a trip to Florida for a week of sun and fun on the beach! Oh yeah....some detecting too.! :lol: I got to the condo, carried in my bags and was on the beach swinging within 35 minutes.:lol: After 45 minutes of finding random beach junk I got my...
  19. Ill Digger

    Park Woods Silver, IHs, and Foreign Coin

    Friday I went out for a few hours. I only found one wheatie, a 1950. Sunday we went out to the woods in a park. Went there for about 4 or 5 hours. The first good find was IH #1 of 2015. It's a 1881. About an hour and a half into the hunt I gotta 12-42 at about 4 1/2-5 inches. Here's what...
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    Tapatalk

    For any one who has a smartphone, tablet, Ipad or any other mobile devise, and likes to check in here at American Detectorist from that devise, there's a new way to do that! We've activated the Tapatalk app. So now you can download and install the Tapatalk app for free. Once you install the app...

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