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Trade Era relics...flat buttons, British military button from the 1790's, Trade rings, Silver Trade Brooch I found a virgin indian camp site this spring and hit it pretty hard last week. It is a special place....lots of pottery and copper chuncks everywhere. And some nice coppers...

I was up at my cottage last week and found some great things. Included was a cuff button that has an eagle on it. When I first found it I was excited thinking it was a military button but after looking through Albert's US Military Button book I could not find it. So I thought I would post...

I went up to my cottage this past weekend and did some exploring some new areas and I came across a nice indian camp site. I found a lot of copper chunks and bits at first and in many of the holes I also would find a pc or two of pottery. Some of the copper bits have been worked on or perhaps...

I found 2 more seated coins the last couple weekends. The first came at a park that I have detected many many times and dates to the 1870's. I was detecting around a cement structure and came across a shallow penny signal. The coin was caked with a thick black sulfide but I did see a bit of...

The other day I was looking for Morels at a park and I noticed an old foundation and even what appeared to be a well in the woods. So yesterday I checked an old map to see if I could date the place. It appears to be around in the 1800's. So yesterday I thought I would detect it. I think it...

Here are some of my finds from up by my cottage at the end of last year. There are some trade era items from the 1700's and then some copper culture items in there too. It is awesome to post again! I will be heading back up to the cottage next week and I am really looking forward to...

I went back to the park where I found the 1870 Shield Nickel last Monday and had a great 4 hour hunt! Found a very nice 1909 Barber dime and two more Shield nickels! Both are 1868. I have only found 4 of these prior to last week and now they are popping up. I think when I go back I will...

I went up to my cottrage the other weekend and found more relics and trade silver. One of the highlights was an old hatchet...probably mid 1800's. I went for a "wonder" deep into the woods and found a plain button and then found my oldest military button nearby. It is a US 16th Infantry...

Here are my best finds from the last few months from near by parks mostly... The 1870 Shield nik I found today at a new park that I have never been to before. I only found a merc and that Shield nik...the place should have been loaded but it has been hit hard over the years by others...

The other day I drove into one of the parks near me to do some morel hunting and as went by one of the beaches I realized that the water line was way down! So I went home and got my equipment so that I could detect it. I am not sure how long the water has been down but I have not seen any...

Yesterday I visited a fairgrounds that dates back to the 1880's. I was just glad to get out detecting in the nice weather. I came across a nickel signal that turned out to be a Jefferson at about 5 inches deep. I then reswept the hole and got a high tone in the corner of the hole and a bit...

My eldest son and I went back up to the cottage to close it up for the winter this past weekend and we did some detecting too. We visited the Indian camp site and it looks like we have found most of the copper that was there...very quiet there this time. We only found a handful of copper...

Here are some recent beach detecting finds. I found my 9th gold item of 2023 on Saturday! Just a small 14K gold ring but the rush is always fun. Also I found a small 925 heart ring. All the other rings are junk. The silver rosie came at a park a few weeks ago. Thanks for looking! Jared

Yesterday my Mom sent me a picture of this interesting iron tool she found at the "Saw Pit" site where I found so much stuff at recently. So I was wondering what you guys think it is. Is it a chisel? or some other wood working tool? Also the markers mark is kinda fancy which tells me it was...

I took this last Friday off and headed up to my cottage Thursday evening and planned to detect all of Friday and most of Saturday and I am SO glad I did! Thursday evening I just detected my family's cottages and found a few pcs of trade silver and a couple of indian tinkling cones. Then on...

First all the bling... The ring with F on it is a Fendi ring and is gold plated brass BUT it sells online for $350! Seems ridiculous that a brass ring would go for that. Here is a pic of the good finds. Most came from Buffalo Beach. Lots of Rosies and some other nice older coins. The...

I am in disbelief at some of the things that I find sometimes. 2023 has been amazing with the trade silver earlier this spring and the gold rings I have found this summer. Now I think I have something perhaps even more fun. Last week I was at my cottage and on the last day (of course the LAST...

I found more gold at Buffalo Beach last night. It was a perfect evening...not many people and the water got glass smooth. It is a woman's 18K wedding band. There is a portion of an initial inside but I can't make it out. One of the War Niks and one of the Buffs I found at a near park...

I had a fantastic week of detecting local beaches! There are 3 beaches that I detected each day this week and it was a lot of fun. Below is a pic of all the junk jewelry I found this week. What is not seen is the amount of trash I also dug. There is a tungsten ring in there that I’m...

Below is a pic of my recent finds from some parks and a few area beaches. A little bit of everything. Yesterday evening I went to Buffalo Beach and I was very excited to see that the sand bars had moved drastically from last year. I now have (for the time being anyway) another 100 yards or...