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Went back again to one of my old sites that is going to get developed soon. It's kind of a sprawling site so I poked around in some of the remoter corners that I had pounded so much over the years. Dug a couple of deep brass thingies. I think the one with the "claws" is a harness decoration. I...

Well maybe not quite the Arkenstone, but I did feel like Bilbo Baggins for a second when I saw this in my sifter screen. I'm guessing it is cut glass or crystal and I am guessing it was a necklace jewel ?? Also sifted the thimble. Found the rest with the detector. Found the bone-handled...

Decided to give it a try. Wasn't that hard to build a shaker box. I had the scrap lumber, just needed to buy the 1/2 inch mesh hardware cloth. The arms and legs fit in my pack but I built the box just a tad too wide :blush: so I had to lug that by hand about a mile or so through the woods to the...

Hiked out to one of my favorite sites early Sunday morning. Weather was great. Pickings are slim at this site but I managed to sniff out a few goodies from the iron. I think a colonial atomic scientist wore this button ;) Also sniffed out what I think is a 1805 Draped Bust largie. But I...

Like many of us I was at a cookout on the 4th. In the woods behind my buddy's house is a very small hill with a very small grave yard. One of the headstones belonged to a Thomas Lyon, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. I share a cold beer with him every 4th of July.

There are different techniques for preserving iron once it comes out of electrolysis bucket. If you don't deal with it right away, the iron relics will often start to rust right before your eyes as soon as they dry off. Some of my iron relics will get scrubbed with a baking powder paste as...

Found this a couple of weeks ago and threw it in my pack. I didn't know what it was at the time but I thought it might be worth cleaning. After I wire brushed it (top photo), I realized what I had and put it in my electrolysis bucket for a week or so. I worked at it with a dental pick every...

I hit a cellar hole site this morning that I swore I wouldn't go back to. I think I first hit this site 7 years ago. But its close by my house and I've wore it out. I only had a few hours this morning so once again broke my promise to my self and hit this site yet again. I've been skunked many...

Can you see it ? How about now? Rest of today's finds: It was good to get out. Jeff

Have any of you guys found a armband phone case that is suitable for the Deus controller ? I know I can get a new Deus armband for $22 bucks so I am not going to panic, but if I can get a suitable phone case for half the dough, why not. I've looked online at armbands and everything I've seen...

Hiked out to one of my favorite remote sites for some R&R and peace and quite. Good signals from my detector interrupted my peace and quiet a few times. Managed an 1818 Matron. That is my most common LC vintage with 6. Dug this nicely shaped chape. I am guessing it's likely from a knee...

Continued my "farewell tour" of a series of cellar holes that me a and few buddies hit hard about 5 years ago. It appears that the wooded area is going to be developed soon so I've been revisiting these sites while I still can. It will be a shame when it finally goes under the developer's bull...

Actually I thought it was a brilliant answer ;)

I usually like to hit the trail early but it was just TOO COLD this morning. So I waited to about 09:00 before I ventured out. By then it had warmed to a toasty 20 degrees but the wind was still howling. It really wasn't bad though once I got in the woods. 5 layers helped. 6 counting the...

Didn't get out of the house until about 08:00 but it was still a bit chilly at 19 F and a good breeze making it feel colder. But a good mile hike to the site and some hand warmers in my mittens were enough to make comfortable. Once again I revisited an old site that me and my buddies and then...

I sometimes keep semi good records of what I find. Looking through them today I noticed an interesting coincidence. Interesting to me anyway. :) I don't find much silver at all because I am usually at some old cellar hole in the woods. But when I started detecting, I apparently found 6 different...

I needed a good hike after sitting on my butt all week. Hiked out to one of my old sites. Didn't expect much if any action but in about 30 minutes I managed a big dandy, a big pewter spoon and a fancy little cuff button. At the edge of the site was an exposed shell midden. I had pulled a...

Scouted a new area this morning hoping to locate a cellar hole. Never did find one but I hit an old stock pen that gave up a few goodies. Managed a snag an 1816 Matron head along one of the walls. Pulled a few buttons and a chape along with a handful of shot shells and some deep iron...

Too much of the white stuff on the ground to go detecting so I decided to build a 5 gallon electrolysis unit to start cleaning up some iron relics. I was happy with the results on my first attempt on a little hatchet I found last time out. Before: After: Here's my set up. I had...

Got out this afternoon for a couple of hours to see what I could wrangle from the iron belt around one of my old cellar hole sites. The swinging wasn't easy but I did manage to get a toasty CT copper. Reverse is toast but I can make out the AUCTORI CONNEC: on the obverse. Also dug the...