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Nothing too exciting today other than I actually got out for a hunt. When I have had an opportunity over the last couple of months it has just been to dang hot for me. Hiked into one of my old sites. Really just a hollow in the ground where the small cabin once stood. No foundation to speak of...

Was back home this morning by 08:30 but was fortunate enough to sniff out a 1723 Hibernia halfpence in a short hunt. I've hit this site a few times in the past and never found any coinage. I initially thought it was a Rosa penny when I dug it but was happily surprised to see it was a Hibernia...

I hadn't gotten out in a couple of weeks but I was up at dawn Saturday and decided to hit a couple of remote sites that I hadn't been to in a few years to see if I could sniff anything out of the iron patches. Was rewarded for my efforts with a copper and buttons from each site. First site...

Good for a chuckle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09NPPJ_PBs&feature=youtu.be

I've been "turned around" a few times but never really lost. But I got turned around this last hunt on the way back from a remote cellar hole site and it kind of surprised me. If the sun is out, I don't even need a compass. I can just dead reckon with really good accuracy. But the sun was behind...

Decided I needed a day off. Hit a couple of remote cellar holes that I had pounded to death years back. There was signs of some very recent detecting but I managed to pull some goodies from the iron patches. Dug a Russian 1812 - 2 Kopek copper right near the tree growing out of the cellar hole...

Managed to get out for a bit on Sunday. Hit a spot that I hadn't been to in years. Managed to pull a V nickel and a sterling religious medal from the iron trash around the late 1800's cellar hole site. Gave them to the landowner who had stopped by when he saw my car. He thought it was cool that...

Had a great hunt today with Dan and the boys. It was a pleasure to meet and hang with Trooper Bri, Mango and Aloldstuff. It was really misty in the morning. There were times when you couldn't see anyone else. I had a blast digging buttons and buckles all day. Also found a nice rein guide...

Visited a couple of my old sites to get in a good hike. Had to stop the car to let some turkeys pass. A half mile down the trail I rounded a bend in the trail and saw a nice fisher coming my way. He saw me, turned around and loped off. Good size male. Beautiful animal. I tried a lip squeak...

Found this link on another forum. Check it out. Lot's of cool info. http://www.newmanportal.org/

I found a USA button about 3 years ago and frankly I was just too afraid to try and clean it. The last thing I wanted to do was destroy probably one of the coolest relics that I would ever find. But I practiced on some other buttons and decided to give it a go. First two pics are the original...

Hit a local late 1800s early 1900s spot this morning for a few hours. Dug a nice looking brooch. Not sure what the style is but the wife liked it and said she would wear it if she was born a 100 years earlier :) Also managed a Barber dime, a corroded Indian Head Penny that is the same size as...

I was poking around the edges one of my well pounded colonial sites and dug a button. Couldn't tell what it was out in the field but when I got home and started to clean it I started to get excited as a couple of numbers emerged. Best as I can tell it is a button from the French 74th Regiment...

Saw this on a UK forum.

This morning I was going to hit the field where I found that nice pistareen a couple of weeks ago but decided I really needed to get in a good hike. Just too much holiday cheer this year. So I decided to hike out to a remote site that I've pounded in the past. The hike was the goal, anything I...

I found this a few years back at a site that has given up some colonial coins including English, German and Portuguese coins. Its the size of an English halfpenny but very thin. I don't see any evidence of a shank, so I don't think it is a button. I see what appears to be a "O" and an ""N"...

I've been driving by an overgrown field every time I go check on my parents. Noticed it had been cut last week and thought I would give it a try this morning. Spent the first hour just digging a few bits of miscellaneous junk before I put my coil over this nice 1721 two Reales. Not...

Another insane weekend but managed to go to the cellar hole down the street from me for a couple hours Sunday morning just to get out for a while. My plan was to experiment with some settings to see if I could sniff any more deep goodies from the iron belt right around the cellar hole. Dug a lot...

I hadn't been able to get out in a while so I was happy to join Drew for a quick morning hunt. Last time we had been out we passed a hunk of woods that had potential. Drew did some tenacious research and found evidence that there was indeed an old home site back in there. He had us on the...