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I got out today for a couple hours trying a few new park sites with nothing found. So for the last 90 minutes or do I decided to hit a little plot about 2 blocks ftom home that has been pounded over the years as there's little to be found. It's an old 1 room 1857 church next to a cemetery with...

I've been away from detecting and the group for a while due to personal reasons and working crazy hours. I finally got some detecting time while suddenly finding myself unemployed between job hunting and waiting for call backs, interviews, etc. When I was last here we had a thriving core...

Hey all, Got out today about an hour away from home and found a park that abutted up to the local historical settlement. The park was also part of the old farm, so I had hopes. Just past the area they filled to level a sports field I dropped my coil and on one of my first swings I hit a 12-34...

Hi all, I know it's been a long while since I've had anything to post. Working crazy hours and such means little time to hunt. But sudden unemployment recently gave me an opportunity to get out for a bit. I found an old cemetery with stones dating back to the early 1800s-rare in my region...

Hello all, I hope this day finds you well. I'm posting because I've been researching St. George Utah where I am currently interviewing for a new job promotion. This is in the SW corner of the state near the junction of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. I know the area has a bit of history, mostly...

Hello everyone! I know it's early in the year yet but with our recent thaw I'm starting to think about spring hunts already. But what I was also thinking about was what I would hope to find this year that would set this year apart from the rest. Last year I didn't get out nearly as much as I...

Hello everyone! Just thought I would add a post since there has really hasn't been much activity to note recently. So I was wondering what everyone has been up to this summer. Are we getting out detecting and just not finding anything? Or are we not getting out due to weather? Or is life just...

Hi all, This week marks the start of the tear-out of the private street between buildings at the brewery. It used to be a public street dating back to the early 1800s, but sometime in the 70's it was cut off for freeway building, then made private when the brewery took over the area some years...

Hi all, They started the tearout around the brewery this week and so far they only took out the concrete curbs on one side of the street leaving about a 24" wide trench. I tried detecting it last night after work since I saw some 100 year old bricks laying around the bottom. But I was only...

Hi all, Had a bit of time so hit a well pounded park nearby. Lots of trash and clad, but got a sketchy iron and mid tone mix. Dug it and scored my first Chinese coin. Can anyone translate and ID it? Love to know the age! Thanks in advance.

Re: 1785 coin discussion, cellar hole continuation Instead of clogging up a post of a great coin find, I thought I would start a new thread discussing my cellar hole dilemma. The last reply was by Dell: "take pictures next time your there or anywhere really you think some very old areas are...

Hi all, Working my second job as a bartender this past weekend someone made a really nice contribution to the tip jar-a 1953 red seal $2 note!

Hello everyone, Sad to say I just saw a local landmark and business close down. In the past week the signs came down and dumpsters were filled. Today, construction crews were on site disconnecting the utilities. This old tavern in only a block from where I live, and is directly next to the old...

Hello all, I went back today in the snow for about an hour to see if I could find anything more among the iron. No coins today, but I did locate a pretty rare pre CW era Sellier & Bellot 16Ga pinfire cartridge head. This could date to the CW era, but what little info I can find it looks like...

Hey all, hope you've all been hunting well! I finally got out for about 90 minutes this morning enjoying our first warm weather finally. I decided to hit a spot that's only about 2 blocks from home, which is the location of a CW muster ground, CW cemetery, and a tiny 1 room chapel/church. The...

Whelp, I was able to get out for nearly an hour today for a quick exploratory hunt around the brewery I work at. Mostly did the small grassy area at the farthest end of our parking lot where the Sanborn showed a carriage shop in 1890. Unfortunately I found it's a lot of fill dirt under gravel...

Hey all! I wrote a while back about detecting a permission at a brewery site that dates back to the early 1800s which pretty much turned out to be a big bust. But I never thought about detecting the brewery site that I currently work. Granted there isn't a lot of open ground, but one open...

Hello everyone! Finally got out for a couple hours Saturday morning to my local Lake Michigan beach. First thing that appended was seeing a whole bunch of people detecting even though it was just past sunrise. There was a woman who passed me up as I was headed out and she told me not to bother...

Hello all, I got out as promised to hunt the old brewery grounds. Unfortunately it didn't go anywhere near as good as hoped. Pretty much skunked actually, and yeah, I did find quite a few pull tabs and a couple old beer cans. I did hunt a few areas that gave a few iffy signals but it turned...

Hello all, Hope that everyone has started to finally see some warmer weather and softer ground. I'm sitting here looking at the last remnants of snow on the grass in the shady areas wondering how hard the frost is underneath and chomping on the bit to get out for my first hunt for this year...