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I had a couple hours free time today and have been wanting to get back to the site that I pulled the 1809 Capped Bust dime from. It is only a couple miles from my house, so today I wanted to try and learn the machine a bit better around a cellar hole. I was primarily trying to see if there was...

Got out again yesterday to see if the musket ball streak would continue. The machine did not disappoint me. Matter of fact, it surprised me in how well it could find targets right next to or even partially beneath the mineralize field stone that litters the area. I started out be hitting an area...

It was definitely hot and muggy at today's Pequot hunt. I beefed up the settings on the GPX a bit and it showed. Found some really tiny brass scraps in the area that a point was found previously, along with other brass pieces. This may have been a spot where some production of points took place...

Thanks everyone. I'm not sure if they used them as a wax seal also. These were given to the natives in trade or as gifts. The two rings I found there may have been with the Narragansett tribe, or anyone that had trade with the French. The Dutch and English would have been Protestant and would...

Had a couple of days doing the Pequot hunts and did pretty well. That GPX 5000 is a vacuum cleaner for targets :lol: I'm using an elliptical mono coil, so no accurate discrimination. Ended up with a large amount of hits (close to 100) but only took pictures of these. Meant to get a picture of...

Had some good days at The Pequot hunts this week Doing a Village site (hamlet). Found a lot of things I did not take pictures of but did get some shots of some of the finds. My pictures lately have been of the "Rob quality" so bear with me :lol: Got a nice .63 cal ball, a 36ish cal, and a 45is...

Well it poured in Mystic today, just like it does every Thursday that I go down there.:dontknow: Started at 8AM and by the time 2PM rolled around I was completely soaked, even the insides of my boots :lol: Tried my video set up but almost every target was a 22 slug. Did manage 3 keepers today-...

I only had a little while to hunt this weekend, so I stayed close to home to make the most of it. I just bought the 17" coil for the CTX and it has been good to me when I used it on the Pequot hunts. This is my first try with it at a couple of cellar holes close to home that have been pretty...

It's very hard to ID coppers that are corroded or worn out, but this is how I would start. I believe I see a head facing left. All I think I can make out is the face area around the nose. Also possible is one of the I's from GEO II. But remember corrosion can play tricks on you, so you have to...

I found a couple of these odd shells when Del, kray and OxShoeDrew had our hunt. Never seen this kind of shell before. Used some calipers on the inside of the shell and it mics out to 40 caliber. The base of the shell is what is interesting on how it is made, with a bulged out center and what...

We decided to change things up a bit this time around. Metal detecting is what brings all of us together here, but we all know life is the real journey. So with that in mind.....Tell us about something wonderful that has happened in your life. It could be your best metal detecting find, or the...

Had the pleasure of spending Thursday hunting with Ray, Drew and Dan at a place we were hoping had a cellar hole. It had some great fields but no cellar hole in sight :dontknow: We're pretty confident there was one there, but the railroad took it out (along with our coins and relics:girlcry:) We...

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Hey some nice relics but we worked for them :lol: I got 3 round ball, 5 buttons, a pretty cool key, and that hammer / adz thing and a whole lot of other scrap. Lots of melted glass and metal, so I'm pretty sure that place burned at one time. We'll write that one off our list for a while.

Nice score at that site Todd. many more finds to come from there! Gorgeous CT, must have been a sweet looking coin when dropped. That Robert guy must have been a busy little guy stamping all them worn out silvers :lol: Mine is a 1 reale.

Well, here is my haul from the short hunt. Did get a crusty copper, a flat button, a suspender buckle and the dreaded "D" buckle. Not bad, but not Earth shattering :lol:

With a very heavy heart, I have to announce the passing of one of our members and a personal friend Ernest Koumpis (trout-hunter).Ernie passed away Saturday March 15, 2014 at home. Ernie's information can be viewed here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obituary.aspx?pid=170218693 I...

Now I'm wondering if it is even a rosette? It may well be a clock pendulum or even some other decorative piece. It would be really shallow for a rosette, but given the dates of these sites, I'm not sure how deep the rosettes would have been back then. :dontknow: It is a mix of lead, but hard to...

Steve (1147SILVER), asked Dan and me to join him on some old cellar hole hunting.:thinkingabout::thinkingabout::thinkingabout:Of course we will :lol: But little did any of us know the snow in this area was not gone. It has anywhere from 3" to 7" depending on where you went:girlcry: Plus at the...

We took a long ride to a site that has been good to Dan and me. All day hunt and let me tell you, an Etrac with the 18x15 SEF coil is brutal on the arm :lol: Man that thing is heavy, especially if you put some snow on top of the coil! Day started off slow, but finished strong for me. Only one...