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Saturday was a nice day here in SW Ohio so we took advantage of it. First stop was the old park which has given up extraordinary finds in the past and today did give a couple more good finds. My first find was a 1943-P War Nickel and I followed that up with an 1881 Indian. I gave the War Nickel...

I have been curious about the XP Deus for awhile so I borrowed one from a friend to try out. I had gotten a lot of information from my friend Todd Yerks and while not knowing a lot about it I thought it was worth a chance. I wanted to try it in a couple of fields where signals for my CTX...

As the field season winds down here in Ohio you feel a bit of anxiety to get out and make that one more good find before the fields are closed out. Friday Diane and I went out to hit a couple of sites that we just got access to and perhaps try again at a site that has been good to us before. As...

Got out for a couple of field hunts this weekend, the first turned up a few things a Shield Nickel, nice flat button and a new permission. I went out to check on a site for us to hunt on Sunday and I thought I figured out generally where this would be I then returned to find another spot that...

I was able to get out a couple of times this week, once with my friend Roger and then with Diane. Took Roger out to a field I have not hunted this year, he got a nice little cuff flat button and I got a 1918 Wheat cent. We then moved on to another field which was the first time we have hunted...

Field hunting can be an adventure…and a work out too! Tuesday we checked out a site that a farmer told me about, this farmer owns many thousands of acres spread out over three counties, we have been detecting in his fields for years and he is super nice. He mentioned this spot because he saw...

Three days of unseasonably warm weather promised to give us opportunity to get out to the fields to dig in unfrozen ground! Sunday March 6th. Doug and I went out to a couple of different fields, the first is where I had found a bunch of neat relics in the past, today not so much! We found a...

Sunday was a bit warmer though quite windy and looks like the last chance for the next week or so to get out to the fields. Our first stop was back to the “Mystery” field where we have done very well at. And today was no exception as we both pulled an early Indian Head. Diane’s was a semi-key...

Diane and I went back to the “Mystery Field” as I call it since none of the maps show a structure being on this site. Last Saturday we found eight coins and the newest was 1880! Doug had said he wondered why we had not found any Large Cents…well we took care of that on this hunt. The first coin...

Saturday in Ohio had a bit of warm up in temperature, climbing to near 60 degrees! Doug was able to get out this day and it was nice to have the full crew together again. We had three new spots to detect so we were anxious even though we knew it would be a bit muddy on top of the ground and...

Monday gave us a break in the weather with the temperature reaching 45 degrees and even though I knew it would be muddy I just had to get out and give it a go. I went back to the last field I hunted which gave up some good relics and this time it was more of the same, with only one lonely wheat...

Detecting is such a fascinating hobby because every time we go out we discover a new world! Like the explorers of old we have anticipation and sometimes expectations but what we will encounter we cannot fully imagine. Last December 2014 I had an opportunity to get out due to a break in the...

We got a bit of warm up so we decided to get out for a hunt at a few of our sites. We found that the ground was still frozen but did not let that deter us. The first site was one we have hunted before and I made the only good find a post CW Eagle button. We then moved on to another that only...

The weather forecast said it would get into the high forties and sunny and be a bit breezy…..well it was 41 degrees when we started hunting, and it was sunny and my oh my it was breezy! So it felt much cooler than the temperature was but Diane was a trooper…she hates cold…she kept detecting all...

Last Saturday Doug, Diane and I went out to the fields to find a new site, it was out in a cornfield….and when I say out I mean out at least three quarters of a mile from the road edge. We were successful in finding the spot and I quickly found a very nice suspender buckle, complete and the...

Black Friday is a tradition event that a lot of people participate in, getting rushed, crushed and pushed at the mall! Well I have a tradition on the day after Thanksgiving is Track Friday, I go to the fields to track out some old finds! Typical for Ohio fields are such finds, Diane calls them...

We got back out to a few of our fields Monday but the going was a bit slow. Found a new site just did a quick scan to see what may be found. Seems like a newer site since we found some early 20th century items including Diane’s finding a model T valve stem cover. We then went to the site where...

We went out last Monday for a quick hunt and to check out a new site. I got a three Wheat Cents with 1913 the oldest, always enjoy find “century coins” and a button Diane did very well with an Eagle button She also found a nice token “Hooker” and on reverse “Good For 5 Cents In...

Veterans Day started out a very foggy day in South West Ohio. But the promise of a warm up and blue skies got us eager to get out we hit the road by 7:00 AM to go out to the fields I recently got permission on. It was nice that Doug could join us it had been awhile since he has been so busy with...

We went out and secured permissions for some new sites and on the way back home decided to hit our stand by Large Cent field and again it did not disappoint as right along the edge of cornstalks Diane got a decent signal and Large Cent number seventeen emerged from this site! It was a super...