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Lots of digging this weekend! Friday evening I got out after work and hit a local spot for the third evening in a row. I figured I was pushing my luck but the two previous hunts had given up many wheats so it seemed worth a shot. It was a slow hunt and the wheats seemed to have dried up as I...

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I've been tinkering with my spreadsheet where I log all my finds... I've long wanted to come up with a system that would rank sites based on my total finds there compared to the number of hunts. This has meant quite a bit of fooling around with numbers to accurately capture the value I would...

Finally some Spring weather arrived today... beautiful sun and temps up into the low 50's. I was tickled pink to be able to get out and enjoy it after work. I debated where to go but then headed back the same same spot I hunted yesterday. 11 wheats & old nickels during that hunt seem to say...

I've never really understood what ox knobs are although I've seen them mentioned on the forums often. It was suggested in a post yesterday that an item I dug might be one... so this got me looking into them today. The pictures I saw on the the net reminded me of another item I had dug some time...

I got out for another hunt in the cold this evening; although at least today it was not snowing. I hit another wooded spot and did alright, landing 8 wheats, a '46 nickel, and two Canadian pennies from the 50's. Nothing shiny though... all those wheats feel like dues for the next silver coin (I...

It was only in the low 30's today with strong winds and on and off snow. However both the Mrs and the boy were out this evening so I had no obligations and thus decided to tough it out. I headed to a wooded spot where I hoped the wind wouldn't be too bad. I fought the cold and brambles and mud...

We headed back to New England this past weekend for Easter with extended family. This of course meant getting in some metal detecting with my dad. We only got out for two hunts, but I was lucky both times. The first hunt was at an old neighborhood park where I was hopeful for silver but none...

The weather has not been nice lately... the past week has been 20's at night, 30's during the day, and on and off flurries. So I was not hopeful for the digging this weekend. I got out Saturday and headed to a large old park in the city with a particular wooded spot in mind. It was mostly a...

I got in some good hunting this past weekend in spite of the cold temps, re freezing ground, and occasional snow squalls. I stuck entirely to odd wooded areas as they seem to be my new thing. I hunted the first one on Friday evening. My first target was a 1947 nickel, followed by a wheat. A...

A few interesting digs from hunts yesterday and today... an old Yale & Towne lock with a nice patina, a cool keyhole plate, and a buckle. The buckle is a head scratcher for me; I've never really been able to place this style in terms of age. Based on its weight and feel I'd guess it's old but...

I got out this tonight for the first after work evening hunt of the season. I wasn't sure where to go so I headed back to the wooded spot I hunted the day before. I always used to avoid hunting the same spot twice in a row though I can't say why. I was glad I opted to this evening. My second...

I managed to get out today for the first time this season. I was probably rushing it a bit as there is patchy snow on the ground in many places and as I found out the ground is still mostly frozen. I headed for an odd wooded spot that gave up a Merc during a January thaw. It's always interesting...

Finally got around to getting everything sorted and taking pics of everything... Due to a very busy year at work and moving into a new home I metal detected less in 2012 than in any other year since I got into the hobby. That being said, I had some very good luck regardless. My hunting style...

From around Christmas to New Years we got about 20 inches of snow, and it seemed like that was it for detecting until Spring. I had just gotten all my equipment cleaned and put away for the winter. And then things warmed up this past week and kept going right up into the high 50's on Saturday...

As I was cleaning up my Etrac for the winter, the foam piece on the handle finally gave out and fell off completely. It had started to tear some time ago and with every use it got a little worse. The foam on the handle of my Sov GT had similar issues. In my opinion these foam handles are the...

One of the upgrades in the house we moved into this summer is a nice, enclose room in the basement that became my workroom. My tools and workbench are in there, along with all of my wine and wine making stuff (bottles, carboys, etc). An recently I built myself a small bench dedicated solely to...

We had a fantastic December weekend weather wise in Upstate NY. I got out on Saturday and Sunday for some nice hunts. Saturday I hit a spot that had yielded a V nickel, several buffs, and a mess of wheats in a hunt a few weeks earlier with my dad. I was certain there was still some silver there...

:shocked03: :shocked03: :shocked03: Just got back, too numb and muddy still to post details, will update in a bit... I think it's been holed and something iron was through it, I need to figure out how to get the rust off / out. Wow!

I got out for a few hours on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. I spent both hunts at a schoolyard where I first spent any time hunting in the dirt years ago with the BH Tracker. I've hunted this spot more than 60 times now, and it just keeps on giving. It's great for clad but that's about...