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It has taken me a while to try and come up with one find that is most memorable. I've been lucky over the years to have an opportunity to get out and detect some nice places. Although those places were fun, they were not as memorable as hunting for Native American points. As soon as Del and I...

Year here is what I found that was similar too.

Del and I headed out to the same spot we have been hitting as of late. We each had found some nice coppers and other goods there, so as Dan said...lets keep at it as long as it is giving us finds. But detecting most of the day in the pouring rain was not too much fun:badday:It started out slow...

Well it was time to clean that point. I waited until I could get some advice on it and combine it with my methods of cleaning copper and brass. I already knew not to hydrogen peroxide it, steel wool it, electrolysis it, put it inside a potato :lol:, etc. I have seen some of the other points...

R.I.P. little buddy :crying01:

Well, this may be our last hunt of the year, so we decided to see if we could find any more Native American points like last Friday's hunt. We went back to the same cellar hole and swamp area. There was about 1 or 2 inches of snow already down and it was pretty cold out. We lasted most of the...

Here is a picture of a Barber dime that has been exposed to fire. It is very close to the same weight as another non-fired barber dime. So if yours weighs a lot less, then it is counterfeit. But a jeweler and a simple scratch test can lay it to rest. If yours is lighter it is probably...

Even though winter is not really here in New England, as we still can detect, I'm starting one of my main winter projects early. Over the years I have collected boxes of scrap as well as good items that I was going to get to sooner or later :rolleyes: Well that time has come:clapping:Part 1 of...

Dan and I got out for a hunt today expecting to get rained on, but it was fairly warm with just a hint of rain. Dan picked out the site and he did OK:lol: He can pick out the site anytime he wants to :thumbsup01: I didn't get much as far as quantity... 3 buttons, a .66 cal musket ball and an old...

Saw this video on YouTube and had to post it for everyone to see. Special congrats to Lee for giving it his best shot. I would not want to be up against any of those people...they have knives :lol: It is an honor just to get into the finals. Well done Lee:perfect10...

Let's see, I can go shopping and get arrested or knifed, or go detecting:thinkingabout: OK detecting wins :lol: I wasn't feeling great, so I didn't want to take a chance at being too far from home and go hunting with Dan and the gang. Dan has always said that the weak link gets sacrificed in the...

Some more info on it. I think it is listed in Albert's Button Book under the heading of "Other Veteran Organizations" It is button VN20A, and it states - The SV monogram with 13 stars encircling; staff Fox patent back. It did not tell me if the back was brass or iron like yours is. Here is...

The rock is normal weight, but that may be due to the iron content? I'm assuming the rust embedded is a form of iron ore. The shield may have the design you are thinking of. I'm cleaning it now :rolleyes:

Man it gets cold when you are soaked.:badday:Dan and I figured it may be our last hunt because the weather is starting to turn cold now. We went back to the site that gave Dan his rare CT copper. We split up and I decided to start far away from the hole and work through the mountain laurel. Bad...

Just posting the sad hunt Dan and I had last Friday lol It isn't that we didn't try, as we had a friend Mike with us, and we wanted to put him through the ringer ;) Hunted all day long at some sites that were good to us before, but are now banished from our lists :thumbsdown: Weather was...

Dan and I decided to revisit last Fridays cellar hole. It was good to both of us, so we wanted to see what another trip would bring us. I knew it wasn't going to be as good as last week, as I got 4 coppers from this spot. I again found 4 coins but not what I expected. What a difference a week...

Went hunting with Del today. It seems like we never get out much this year. Went to a cellar hole we did earlier and had some good success at. We worked that site hard today lol But my hopes for a grand slam in coppers was not to be. I can't believe I missed it because I got TWO classic head...

Dan and I finally got some time to hunt for ourselves :rolleyes: We were out the door at 5:30 AM and straggled home around 6PM lol We didn't want to leave, but since the targets were hard to come by, it was time to leave. I had a pretty good day. I found a decent amount of buttons, a nice small...

I had a rare opportunity the other day, to try something besides metal detecting, but just as exciting. So I dragged my wife along to try it too. lol Actually she was all for it. There was a need for volunteers to do some traditional Archaeology work digging a very early lithics site. It spanned...

We headed out bright and early today for a hunt at a new location. Dan had envisioned a cellar hole while in a trance lol He was right thumbsup01 I think we got there around 6 AM and left around 2PM. Bugs, heat and not enough fluids made us end a bit early. I started off slow but finally scored...