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I'm in San Antonio this week and was pleasantly surprised with the view from my hotel room. You can only imagine what cool finds might be in the ground there. Of course The Alamo is a shrine and I wouldn't dream of detecting there but you can't help but wonder about the story some of those...

I found one of those "T" shaped things yesterday and one about a month ago at different sites. Both sites late colonial to late 1800's. Certainly more modern trash can be found at both sites. They almost look like electrical connections of some sort. I'm guessing the ornate flattened brass...

Got out early to beat the heat for a few hours of detecting at a stock pen area I've hit many times before. All the easy targets are long gone but you can always squeak out something if you work at it. Ferns were thick in some spots. But there were enough good targets to keep me busy. managed...

Many of us have found holed coins at colonial era and pre civil war sites. I’m sure some of these holed coins were worn as jewelry around the neck or wrist. But many of the coins have holes in them would lead you to think they might have another purpose besides jewelry. Why drill a hole in a...

I thought I hated deer ticks with a passion but after last week I think I hate chiggers even more. :badday:I was in central Texas last week for work and got my legs chewed up bad by chiggers. I guess they don’t really bite, but latch onto you with their mouths and inject fluids that dissolve...

I was going to say "Surprise Spanish Silver" but I shouldn't be surprised anymore with my new Deus. It continues to impress me as a good all around detector. I only had a couple of hours this morning so I made the two minute drive and hit the pounded cellar hole again just 5 minutes from my...

Decided to hit a late 1800s site that I had poked around at before. I would pass this site on my hike in to a colonial site. Found a few things there in the past but never really spent too much time at it. I had a fun few hours digging a bunch of non-ferrous targets. Horse tack buckles were...

Squeezed in a hunt Sunday morning at a nearby barn hole. This site is mid to late 1800's and loaded with iron. But I was able to sniff out a few relics. The salt shaker cap was right next to that big iron thingy. Pulled a couple of small tack buckles from inside the foundation. Managed a oil...

I only had a few hours this morning so I hit the pounded cellar hole 5 minutes from my house to see if I could sniff something out of the iron. The cellar hole is mid 1800s and has lots of iron trash. I was pretty surprised I was able to find 5 coins and other nonferrous targets. The Large...

Hit a nearby cellar hole today and managed to rescue an 1847 Braided Hair from the iron belt surrounding the hole. The LC was very shallow... 2 to 3 inches tops. I didn't get much of a signal but it was definitely a diggable tone. It sounded small and deep...certainly not what you would expect...

For the past 6 years or so I’ve used one of those short $10 pony shovels and one of those $8 Ames True Temper diggers. I liked the shovel because it would fit in my back pack along with my detector and gear. I would hang a pair of binoculars around my neck and hike to my detecting spots. If I...

This might be no big deal to you park hunters but I just don't find Liberty nickels. I bet it's been 5 years since I last dug one and this is by far the nicest. I found a sunny hillside near a not to old cellar hole that had some bare patches of ground. I managed the V nickel a couple of buttons...

We finally had a good snow melt this week. Still a lot on the ground in the open areas but I thought I could find some areas to swing the coil at a cellar hole site that is sheltered by some pines less than a mile from my house. This site has been pounded to death but I didn't care. It had been...

I had a Sun Ray In-Line probe on my DFX. No danger of ever leaving it behind in the woods! When I got my new machine I had to buy a hand held probe. I figured there was a good chance I would leave it behind at a site some day. Here's my version of a probe tether. I picked up one of those...

I needed a pinpointer. The Makro had good reviews so I gave it a shot. So far so good. I liked the fact that it is waterproof, 4 sensitivity settings and 3 modes (audio, vibrate and audio/vibrate combo.) Buttons are easy enough to get at, even with gloves. After using only a Sunray inline...

Got in a full morning of swing time with the Deus today. Hit a site that I wouldn’t call “pounded” but I have hit it pretty hard in the past. But I knew there was a decent chance it could produce some coppers if I worked at it hard enough. I really wanted to focus on learning the audio of the...

Got out for a couple hours this morning. Hit a cellar hole not more than 10 minutes from my house. I learned to metal detect at this site and squeezed about all I could from it over the years. The detecting hordes found it too so it has been hit pretty hard. Someone had been there within the...

Slept in a bit this morning but decided the cold air and some time out in the woods with the Deus would do me good. I headed back to the same hammered cellar hole for my second outing with the Deus. I will say that so far it has shown to be deadly on buttons and ox shoes :lol: All the buttons...

Mrs. Lodge Scent surprised the heck out of me on Christmas with a new Deus! Around Thanksgiving she stated that we wouldn’t buy each other any gifts for Christmas this year. She set me up pretty good! Anyway, I had a few hours this morning to go out and play with the new toy. Yesterday I spent a...

Hunts have been few and far between last 6 months. But I had Sunday morning to myself and was determined to get out in the woods. The plan was to hit an old mill site. It's been pounded over the years but it is very trashy. I figured with some hard work and patience I could sniff out a goodie or...