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Hey Diggers, One lucky person who comments on this thread will win a genuine Medieval Silver coin from the 1300's that I dug! It's simple, leave a comment. One person will be chosen at random (I swear). The winner will receive one coin just like these 4 in the picture (I have several so I can...

I thought this might be a fun thread to start! For me, my white whale is a 1955 Rosie. I have found hundreds of silver Rosies but never a 1955!!! I filled two dime books but both are missing the "whale!" I actually Googled it just to see if any were minted that year! LOL

Hi Diggers, Thought I would share this with you. One of my German detecting buddies found this recently and gave it to me (I did the electrolysis and cleaning though). It's a crossbow bolt meant to pierce armor and dates to between the 10th and 13th centuries. This is the kind of gift that...

Hi Diggers, Here is the socketed iron arrowhead I found at the 11th century fortress site we received special permission to detect at. The guys found several and in much nicer shape. This was the only one I found and it was my last target of the day. The guys were already at the cars waiting...

The Bavarian woods is full of beauty!

Just spent 5 days detecting in Bavaria and have MANY amazing finds to share with you. We were detecting a section of woods full of medieval relics and these 2 buckles popped up! Our German guide says they are 1500's for sure. My guess is horse tack buckles because they seem to be a bit beefy...

Hey Diggers, The guys and I returned to the Roman site we found a few weeks ago. Today was the first time all 3 of us was available to make a return trip. We found a few more rotted Roman coins but nothing special. I was digging all the iron signals and had one signal that was very large...

Hi Diggers, Post your Buckle Pics here! I was sorting my finds for 2018 and decided to lump all my buckles together. I never really found old buckles before I moved to Germany so I didn't realize just how much I liked them! To me, they are little works of art! These are all 1600's and 1700's...

Hi Diggers, I got out for a couple hours this morning. Tom and I detected a corn field he got us permission for and then we hit some woods up above the old village. I didn't have a banner day by any stretch of the imagination but I did get a great little buckle that dates to the 1600's! I...

Hey Diggers, I tried a new spot about 1 mile from my house. It's a section of woods that looked promising. A lot of dense underbrush made swinging the coil difficult but I was able to spend about 45 minutes before I had to get back to the house. First signal was scratchy but only 3 inches...

Hey Diggers, Sunday I went out with Russ and Tom to detect a new stretch of woods. After about 2 hours we each had a couple buckles and other bits and bobs. We were working our way back to the cars and I found a Roman coin. It was rotted and had no details left on it. Then I dug another...

I am excited to tell you I am heading to England in February for 7 days of detecting. I'll be going with one of those groups (Colchester County) and living in a barn just like IllDigger did! I'm looking forward to finding some English hammered coins for my collection!

Today I got out for about 4 hours. I met the guys at a plowed field that lies adjacent to a major road. Although the road is a modern asphalt highway it lies pretty much in the exact same place as the old Roman road that went from Lopodunum (now Mannheim, Germany) to Parisius (Paris, France)...

Hi Diggers, I went out in the woods for about 6 hours today. Signals were sparse but I really enjoyed being out in nature! I found 4 tombac buttons which I think is a record for me. The pewter dandy button is something I haven't seen before. I initially thought it was a tombac but it started...

Awesome finds Noah! I like that Skilling coin. I see you found model T key # 64. They only number 51 through 74. All those millions of Models T cars and only 23 different keys! Here's mine! (I found 3 and 2 were given to me)

Here is a couple medieval horse shoes I found!

Hey Diggers, One of my best finds on my recent road trip was a medieval hippe (rhymes with pippa). At 16 inches long with 3-inch wide blade this is a serious weapon of war and was used to disable charging horses. It would have been mounted on a long pole and as the charging horses passed by it...

Hey gang, Here's my best buttons and buckles from my recent 6 days in detecting heaven.

Wow, I just spent 6 glorious days detecting in Bavaria. I went with a couple other guys and we met up with a local detectorist/guide. He took us to some amazing locations with tons of history. Our group found lots of nice keepers. These are just the silver coins I found. They range in date...

Hey diggers, I was detecting along an old medieval trail and got a screaming 83 signal (double-tapping). I kicked the leaves aside and re-scanned only to discover the signal had gone with the leaves. Normally this would probably be a bottle cap or some other modern trash but I decided to check...