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had the chance to detect a house built in 1669 today but only found 9 wheat pennys and a lead horse but i did find this....i think its a lock or somthing but whats doing my head in is it has a patent on the back and it reads.....PAT may 1671 :huh: can this be right ?. anyway here is some pics...

detected a new area yesterday and realy only expected clad and possibly a silver and sure enough it was lots of clad and then a really cool pendent with no silver mark on it but its obviously silver as the day is long, very odd though , in the middle there is what looks like chalk ??. then out...

think ive just found a liberty cap large cent in rather good condition.....aint cleaned it yet coz im waiting for del to advise me on cleaning it cos i see on coin book these things are worth money and this one looks early anyway ill post pics in a bit.....

yesterday i hit a woods near where i live , after finding an old civil war bullet i hit a nasty signal , the sort i disregard normaly but on this one somthing told me to dig ?. the signal i got on the coin master was the trash sound mixed in with the cent signal , when ive dug these in the past...

ya wait a year for one , then two come along together....sigh... found half a crotal bell the other night and about 10 mins ago found a whole one and it still rings. also found a pocket watch case a stunning buckle which i hope del might be able to shed some light on were dates are concerned and...

so yesterday night i did a bit of covert detecting and found this thingie behind where george washington was ment to of had a chat with that french bloke ? roughchan somthing or other ?.....anyway its brass or bronze and has the number 5 on the bottom and it looks like half of it got blown off...

first off did thay make arrow heads out of lead ? coz if so i think i found one with the leather binding still atached and its bloody loverly !!!. also found 11 wheat pennies dating from 1909 to 1953 , a silver pendent , what looks like a ladys compact , another neat little box thingy with an N...

hi folks, is there a site that shows old buttons ? coz i just found a nice one in me back garden. i can see a shield in the middle with a crown above and two lions rampant on each side with some latin inscription under the shield but its to small for me to take a good picture of. any idears ?

i got permission today to detect the back yard of a house two doors down from mine today. the house was built in 1844 and here is what i found. along with a lead soldier from i think ww1 i got this button and a really odd thing with rubys for eyes and this neat box thingy....its got hinges and...

on the same field ive been finding all the coppers and capped half dime ive been finding bits of this item all over the place.on the field,behind trees and other places,all the pieces are sometimes 30 or 40 yards apart. theres a lock and on the front of the cup shaped bit i can pick out a bit of...

ive got no idear what size a half real is but i think i found one. been back over to the little plot of land that me and larry have been hitting and found another copper (12 now from the same piece of land ) a buffalo nickle with the date of 1936 and this little silver coin ?. tiny bit bigger...

just like to thank snap and all at new england detectors for my new whites spider coil , what a fantastic service they provided to me and a really quick delivery.....outstanding chaps !!!!. i recommend them to everybody . and now i hear we are gona have snow all day tomorow .....is it gona stop...

found on the same tiny piece of field where i have now found 9 ct coppers....... piece of an old key ? but i just dont know......looks like a number 2 or 7 in the middle.....any idears folks ?

so,since my last post with the 1832 half dime, I've been back to the same tiny piece of field twice and detected for about two hours total. yesterday another CT copper which looks like it was turned into a button if that makes sense ? i can pick out king george the 3rd's head on it but very...

wow...what a difference a good camera makes. anyway here is the pics including qne of the three coppers i found, im now thinking there connecticut coppers.

ok if i start to ramble here someone slap me. 2 days ago while driving i noticed a bit of freshly tilled land close to where i live, knowing i had the trusty cheep whites coinmaster in the car i decided to give it a quick go. the dirt was so soft it was unreal and i sank 2 inches into it with my...

me and larry are going out for a few hours to detect a park in newington tomorow morning so if anyones interested in joining us it would be a plesure to have you along.....pm me if ya fancy it and ill give you directions

i went out to another place my wife thought might be good to swing a coil or two on friday morning, and yet again she was right. a pocket full of clad,a few wheats and two silver mercs......what is it with me and silver at the moment :huh: ive got the cheapest detector on the planet and it just...

so i get home from work today still feeling like ive been run over by a truck (man cold) but looking at the stunning day i decided to suck it up and be a man. i call larry and ask him if he wants to hit a site my wife thought might be good, he says yes, and before long we are swinging happily ...

ok so this is how it is. i made a post a few weeks ago about my friend larry being pulled up by the superintendent for parks and rec in wethersfield and told he cant metal detect on town property and after asking you lot and looking at town and state rules we could find nothing to stop us...