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Well, the epoxy is set and went out for a test, there is still a little interference, but not nearly as bad as before and it is picking up targets properly so, it'll have to do until I place an order for a new coil.

We've had some mild weather this past week, melting most of the snow and the ground was soft so I went out detecting this morning.. Things were going along ok then all of the sudden my detector went haywire. Went over the entire detector to see what it could be an then I noticed a big chunk...

So, went back to that colonial field and found a massive button, 15mm wide (1 1/2 inch), and 1mm thick. As I cleaned it I seen a wreath in the middle and got very excited thinking I had found a George Washington button. It does have a divit on the back where the shank use to be. But, regardless...

I totally had forgotten about this, went out to Nebraska to visit my folks at the end of Sept., brought my MD along with plans of Detecting some parks. I called Parks rec. dept. to make sure it was okay. Answer was Yes, but you can dig the target.. I then said, well, you might just want to say...

Went back to the park both Saturday & Sunday where I found my latest colonial finds. Everything in the photo beside the Dandy button & the knee or hat buckle was found about 50 yards from the home on a slope leading to the brook. At first I thought I found a colonial dump site , but then I found...

Been out a few times this year but none of my hunts really yielded anything worthy of posting. yesterday I went back to a park that I've detected before but this time decided to go into the woods near the entrance of the park where a home use to sit. I suspected that the wooded areas around the...

Managed to get out today, I really need to start door knocking for new property to hunt. But, today went to a piece of property that was settled in the 1830s and that I've detected over 10 years ago and now I remember why I didn't go back. The property is loaded with iron signals, which made for...

been detecting a place is nothing wooded trails but use to be a field, I have not idea what this is, 3/4 inch tall and 3/4 inch wide any ideas?

Like most of us, I have several containers of wheat and indian pennies that you can barely or not at all identifiable, what to do with them all? Melt them down? Any ideas.

Tony, it may be some variation of the Abraham Lincoln Essay contest medal that started in the 1920s by the Illinois watch company.

Found a local park that I never knew about, and when looking on google it's not marked with the Green patch or name of the park. After looking at Historic Aerials, I found out the park is only 30 years old and it use to be a field. So I spent 3 hours in an area closest to the fields and found a...

Between the high humidity and rain, it sure has not given much opportunity to go hunting. However, this morning was cool, but storms rolling in. I figured I had at least a couple hours to hunt. I went to the wood where I usually go, but only found a couple small spots that weren't overgrown...

That rabbit pin is from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, its the same image from the book cover , I'm guessing it could be from the early 1900s.Congrats all around!

Went back to my wife's Aunt's home, back into the woods where are 4 terraced fields surrounded by Stone walls..each is about 100 yards long.. lots shell casings, hard to believe I haven't found 1 single button. But I did find a couple relics, the Bulldog pin was a surprise. I have one more field...

Its been some weeks since I last went MDing, so I went to my wife's Aunt's house, which was built mid 1600s. I've detected the yard years ago and found many flat buttons in the garden. Today, I went back into the woods which were farm fields long ago. No buttons surprisingly, but found a part of...

Got out to a new cornfield this past weekend. Just for 4 or 5 hours on Sunday. This is the first cornfield that I've hunted that was loaded with can slaw, drove me nuts, but managed to find a few keepers. Fancy button with some gold gilt on the back, flat button, 1959 New York State dog tag, and...

Great find! I found a website that's calling it a Political button. 1796 http://politicalmemorabilia.com/political-item/john-adams-political-button/

I finished up the cornfield I was working on, and since the farmer hasn't harvested the other fields yet, I thought it would be a good opportunity to knock on the door of the farm next to this one. This place was built in the early 1800s and the folks living there were very nice to talk to and...

Hey Del, Great guess, after reading your thoughts I did some research and found one similar to mine. Brass patriotic shield, drum head tensioning device. they mentioned Howard Crouch's "Civil War Artifacts, A Guide for the Historian". If I can find that book I can see if I get mine dated...

Found these two things pretty close together in the cornfield. Any ideas what they may be? I do like the shield look, with stars and stripes on the back.