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Isn't it beautiful? The finest known surviving example of the first coins made for circulation by the young United States Mint in 1792 will return to Philadelphia for a homecoming display, August 14-18, at the 2018 World’s Fair of Money. The small silver coin with huge significance was...

I had surgery on May 21 to repair a herniated disc in my back. When Digger Don texted me this past Friday to go detecting I decided that I had convalesced enough. :-) I met Digger Don and Noah at an old courthouse at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday. Finds were few at the courthouse so we started door...

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Regarding the glass object, I guess all I had to do was Google the patent number. Light Reflecting Device. Patent applied for by Nat Colortype Company on May 17, 1930. Patent published on August 16, 1932. Invented by Evan P. Bone.

I am perplexed by it.

On Saturday (yesterday) I met up with Digger Don and Digger Al for some metal detecting. When we started out at an old 1891 court house the temperature was only 26 degrees. Brrrrr! But the signals were frequent in this court house lawn and the finds made us forget about the cold. At this...

It came out of the ground with that dark color. I kind of like it that way. Here's the unsuspecting 1864 house where I found it. The owner was super nice.

I cleaned up the 1825 Large Cent as best as I could with a toothpick and gave it a coating of Ren Wax. It has some corrosion on the obverse and the unfortunate hole, but I am still thrilled with it!

Yesterday, March 3, I met up with Digger Don at an old town that isn't too far from me. All of these finds were from door knocking permissions. Me and Don had a really fun day of detecting! The weather was gorgeous and we made a few interesting finds. At a house built in 1864 I found my...

I hate to be the one to tell you this, Drew, but you will never get used to those Minelab tones. They render any metal detector useless. You may as well pack that Equinox up and ship it to me and I will dispose of it properly for you. :cheesysmile: (Is he falling for it?)

Exactly! They have been found and posted here on the forum previously. Cool find!

Welcome to the forum, ScottyB! :waving: We're glad you joined us! It is a frozen winter wonderland here in southeast Illinois as well. I guess it's a good time to do research and watch metal detecting videos on YouTube. Spring will get here eventually!

I would guess that it's a 1783 blunt rays Nova Constellatio. I'm not sure of the exact variety.

I know most of you probably don't know John "Marty" Tracy, but he used to be one of the sponsors of this forum. He has helped me out many times over the years. I bought my RNB Lithium Ion battery off of him, plus a new coil for my E-Trac. He graciously donated a brand new Tesoro Silver Umax...

Here's the illustration from Minelab's website: This is regarding the X-Terra but it should be the same for all Minelab Double-D coils. https://www.minelab.com/treasure-talk/x-terra-controlling-the-search-coil

Kinda makes you drool, doesn't it? Yeah, it must have had the same affect on the previous 50 people who detected it. :crying02: I got permission to detect this wonderful property, and the owners told me it had been detected several times. Not to be deterred, I knew I had to give it a try...

Incredible token! I am finding sources that date it to 1841. Yours still has wonderful gilding left on it. How does the other side look? Here are some pictures I found on the internet:

As did the Freemasons, apparently.

It might be an Odd Fellows pin of some sort. The skull and crossbones is a common image on their pins, badges and insignias.

p.s. Seeing your Modern Health Crusaders tokens reminded me of this pin I found back in the 1980s. I was just reading up on this program and apparently the K.B. stands for "Knight Banneret" which the child would receive of they sold 500 Christmas Seals. Here is a very good website about the...