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    Civil war era bullet and possibly a coin ?

    I found these today at a park where the land was given to the city in 1894 for the sole purpose of being a park. What it was prior to that I don't know. I found the bullet at 8 It is flat on the bottom with the exception of a small dimple where the gate was cut off. Could this be a civil war...
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    Great three hours this morning

    Went to a local area that has a building dating to 1830. I get first good signal one minute in and ten feet from my truck it was at four inches a 1865 two center. What an awesome way to start a hunt. After filling the two center hole I stand up and grab my detector and put it right down on a...
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    Door knocking is for the birds.

    I'm running out of ideas on places to hunt near me so I went door knocking today. I hit six farms and one house I got a I cant because I let hunters use it and wouldn't want the two mixed. One I need to ask my husband. One I need to ask my brothers and sisters. One come back on Monday and...
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    Back to the park today & strange happenings with my Garrett pin pointer

    Yesterday I left my gloves at the park Lee took me to where I found my two cent piece. So this morning I called Lee seeking permission to go hunt his park while I go about finding my gloves. Lee was more than happy for me to give it a go and even said he would come out for a bit before he had...
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    Those nice sounding one direction tones

    Just wondering does anyone dig those nice sounding tones that aren't repeatable and only sound off in one direction. Are they ever coins?
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    A first for me today

    My detecting buddy Lee called me this morning to see if I was up for a hunt. Stupid question in itself I'm always ready for a go at it. We meet up at a park that he has hit before and has found some old coins. After about my first half hour and not locating a single coin I'm thinking this park...
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    My sun visor

    Bought a raptor cap made for fish finders. I couldn't find one that would fit without cutting so I bought one 2 bigger measured my screen then cut out a strip in the middle joined the two halves then used the cut out strip with crazy glue to hold the two together. Its held onto the unit by the...
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    Should I clean this?

    I found this Cival war era officers E Plurbis Unum sword plate last month at a 1800's house. Just goes to show no matter how many times a place has been detected they never get it all. This buckle was three inches down right in the middle of a small grassy area twenty feet from the house all...
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    Some finds this week

    I hooked up with fellow member Lee to do a little detecting. He took me to a 1700's farm house where we hit a small field along the side. While no coins were found I did find some old buttons which are always a treat. One of the flat buttons staped on the back has the federal eagle with the...
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    I guess I just needed my silver cherry broken.

    Two days ago I found my very first seated dimes and my first V nickel. Not to mention it was my first silver for 2012 after many many many hours detecting. See other posting Today I found my first Barber dime 1801 from a park in Hartford.. I guess I just needed to break my silver cherry for...
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    Found my first 1800's silver and first silver for 2012

    Got out for a few hours yesterday. Hunting an old boys school. Didn't find much but did find an 1800,s coin spill found two seated liberty dimes 1845 & 1889 and a 1888 V nickel in the same hole. Also found a 1921 wheatie and a handful of assorted clad. First dime was at 4 and second dime and...
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    No more sweaty ears using the whites wireless headset

    Just wanted to offer a tip of my own so I can contribute to the forum rather than just taking. If your like me you find the Whites headset very hot to wear causing you to sweat If you take a pair of your wife's cotton ankle socks and slip the over the ear phones it will cool things down quite...
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    New member

    Hello everyone, my name is Chris I live in CT if that wasn't obvious. I just found this site and really liked what I saw. I own a Spectra V3i which is my first detector. I have had it for three years, but didn't use it my second year because I discovered golf and became a golf addict...

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