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Hey everybody! :groovy: Well I don't mean to hold out on ya. But it's been a hectic past couple of weeks around here. :crazy: Now the cold and snow has finally come in and shut down detecting for a little while. :frozen: But before the deep freeze moved in I was able to make it out a few times...

.... but came up short. :dontknow: lol Hey all! :groovy: Hope everyone had a good Christmas! The ground hasn't frozen just yet. So I figured I'd better get out while I had a chance. thumbsup01 Yesterday afternoon things finally started to slow down a little bit after the holidays. So I grabbed...

Well here's my December silver story lol ..........Yesterday I made it out to a park thats been pretty good to me this past summer. ;) The finds weren't over abundant but I managed a few wheats and another silver for my year-end total :happydance01: I got a little excited when I seen it was a...

I made plans to hook up with Mike Silverstar, Rob Tech 125 & Ted for a hunt Sunday morning . Getting a late start :embarrassed: Mike gave me a call and said the ground was frozen and undiggable at the original meet place. :shocked04: >{ So we met nearby and hunted the woods till around noon...

Hey everyone! :groovy: Well the temps are dropping and the inevitable is just around the corner. :rolleyes: Thats right. :frozen: Old Man Winter is near :crying02: lol I recently got permission for two new church sites. This was my second trip to this site. The first time I went Jeff Fire...

Here at American Dectectorist we always encourage all of our members to follow the general Metal Detecting Code of Ethics. Metal Detecting Code of Ethics I WILL fill all holes and excavations. I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources, wildlife and private property. I...

First off I gotta thank Joe (Jkress) for the invite to come over to Iowa to hunt his picnic grove! |:confused:) Crossing the mighty Mississippi River!! Joe had a few early morning commitments so we met up at noon and headed over to the picnic grove to hunt till dark. It was pretty...

Hey everyone! :groovy: Well we did it again. :rolleyes: We managed to pick the worst possible day of the week ,weather wise >:\ :frozen: , to meet up for another hunt in Wisconsin. lol How ever this trip we went to the private camp my family operates. Jeff had actually found out some history on...

Well the crops are all just about out of the fields around here. So that means some of my oldest sites just opened back up. thumbsup01 I've hunted this 1870's school site around 6 or 7 times since last years crops were out and the field was tilled. My first time there I found my first shield...

After some quick planning Tony and I were able to agree on a place to meet Saturday. We met up at a 1800's fair grounds. Me arriving a little late didn't deter Tony! \:hammer: lol When I arrived Tony was already out swinging. thumbsup01 lol Tony started it all off. First getting into some...

We got permission to hunt a new piece of property earlier in the year. But the dang skeeters >:# were so bad we decided to wait till.....well....wait till now lol When the bugs are gone and the undergrowth is dying off. From what we were told this place use to be a large gathering place from the...

Hey all! :groovy: I met up with Silver Star and Tech125 again yesterday for another hunt in the woods were I found my 3 Barber dimes the other day. It was pretty obvious we aren't the only ones roaming these woods :shocked04: I spotted this HUGE buck rub on a tree as I was walkin' into the...

Hey all! :groovy: I'm a little behind posting this. This is from Wednesday. :blush: After finding that seated dime last week up in Wisconsin with Jeff. I was curious when he would be going back to his famed Picnic Grove. :drool: lol He said he was going back there the next day and said I was...

Mike invited Theola and I out to hunt a set of woods Tuesday. ( I'm a little late lol ) This place was suppose to have some long history of big events from the mid 1800's. My first good find was a 1899 Barber dime! :shocked04: :happydance01: A while later I got a weird zinc /screw cap reading...

Sorry I'm a little late getting this posted :embarrassed: Joe (Jkress) has been getting on me about posting this. I'm just not sure what to do next :confused: :dontknow: Maybe you guys can help? |:confused:) Last weekend Ted,earl, and I went out and I found that big 14K ring and was so taken by...

Making the 2 hour drive up to the north side of Milwaukee yesterday. I met up with Jeff about 8am. Despite the, let's just say :thinkingabout: , less desirable weather conditions. Being it was overcast with, sustained 12-18 mph winds, gusting up to 20+ mph, 48°, and raining on and off >:\ for...

Hey everybody! :groovy: Had a chance to get out for about 5 hours today. A couple buddies and I headed out to a place that ended up falling through :rolleyes: >{ So as we were leaving that place we drove past a nice old looking house that looked like a great place to detect! :drool: Noticing...

Check this out! lol We hit this little town.....square/ sliver of.... a triangle.... lot thingy :rolleyes: today. Tiny little place right. lol Anyway we get there 15 minutes into it. I hear Earl say Silver. A barber dime! 1903 I was like :shocked04: Next it's Theola. 15 mins. later Silver...

....to the place I found my silver spill at last week. :drool: I found another Wheatie where the big spill was found....that I missed. It was about 3 or 4 inches away. I was also able to pick up another IH. <: A 1907. Hunting along the sidewalk I picked up a nice 1935 Merc about 4 inches deep...

We got up and out early this morning. Theola got us permission to hunt a new place. It's a old farm house that's on our old maps ;) We were there less than a half hour and Theola found a1937 Walking Liberty half :shocked04: Slightly worn...but a great start! He put the pressure on early 8/ lol...