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Hit a site I hadn't been to in a while. When I got home I remembered why I hadn't been there in a while. My feet were killing me! Probably the remotest site I go to. Not much of a yard at this cellar hole. This was the good part of the yard! I was happy to find a decent looking 200 year old...

Rescued a couple more coppers this morning. The 11" coil I picked up for the Deus is earning its keep. The first target of the day was the KG II halfpenny. Classic "on-edge" coin. Wish I would have taken a picture of it in the hole. It wasn't particularly deep at 6 inches but because it was on...

I'm still working a few old sites that will soon be lost to developers. They are only about 100 feet away to this site. I managed a CT copper right near the entry to the site. Maybe I was too lazy to dig this signal in the past 10 times I've been there but two pieces of iron came out of the hole...

Not too stressed out about it though because it only cost me $8.99 at Harbor Freight to replace it. I bought the first one about 3 years ago. I figured I would snap the blade soon but it took a lot more abuse than I thought it could handle. The blade is still fine, but I left it somewhere in the...

Hit another one of my old sites destined to be developed. It used to be a 10 minute hike, now it's an hour hike because I have to come in from a long way off due to new houses being built where I used to park. I knew what this coin was as soon as I saw the Tudor rose on the reverse. 1722 Rosa...

Picked up a hardly used 11” coil for my Deus for a great price. Decided to give it a shot at one of my cellar hole sites that will soon be developed with houses. I was focusing on deep targets and dug a good bit of deep iron. But I did manage a couple of unusual finds. The first was this small...

Hit another of my “endangered” sites Sunday morning. Managed to salvage the brass spike, CT copper, matching cuff buttons, parasol piece and those round brass things from a 2’ by 3’ foot area just on the inside of the threshold of the cellar hole. I’ve detected that spot a couple of dozen times...

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 ;)