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I got out for a short hunt this past Sunday in a small front yard on Main Street here in Robinson. The house is probably from the 1940s so I wasn't expecting anything too spectacular. The 1914 Barber Dime was a nice surprise and it saved me from the dreaded Silverless Drive Home of Shame. I...

I found both of these in a farm field about 20 feet apart. They are approximately 3" x 3" x 6 1/2" and weight about 10 pounds each. Fairly heavy! They have a shallow hole in one end. For the life of me I can't figure out what they might have been used for. Any ideas? And don't tell me...

I got out for some local door knocking yesterday in the 87 degree heat. I knew it would be a challenge to find someone at home on a weekday but I eventually got a friendly yes at a 1920s house. I ended up getting four pieces of silver from this yard, one Merc, one Rosie, and two silver rings...

Here are some finds from yesterday that I made in a farm field where an old house used to stand. I was particularly happy to find the Civil War-era buckle shield, a first for me. I also found a trigger guard. Any ideas as to what type of gun it may have been from? Thanks for looking and...

Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the founding of this forum. We are still limping along! This forum was founded on October 21, 2009 by angellionel and Epi-hunter.I just thought it needed to be mentioned. Hopefully we are still here for the 16th anniversary!

I apologize for the ongoing issues with the forum. I realize that people are going to lose interest if they can't access the forum, or if they can't post photos. I have also noticed that the quote function isn't working. I have emailed the forum owner twice in the past month with no reply...

Is anyone else having trouble adding photos to posts here? When I try to post a new thread from my PC the button isn't even there to add photos. When I try from my phone it says "upload failed".

It was great to get together with the guys again yesterday! It had been a long while since we had detected with Dave, he's always jet-setting off to Germany or England! But Digger Don, Noah and I finally cornered him and detected three small towns in central Illinois. It was a fun day...

Yesterday I obtained permission to detect around a house that the owner told me was built in 1845. The soil was rich and black and we have had a lot of rain recently so my hopes were high. Alas, I only found one coin, an 1819 One Skilling from Norway. It was very deep and when it came out...

This past Saturday, May 18 I got out for a day of door knocking in a small town in central Illinois with Digger Don and Noah. Almost everyone said yes but we could tell several of the yards had been detected before. Nevertheless, we all got some decent keepers. My first good find of the day...

It is a beautiful spring-like day here today so I took my E-Trac to a nearby beanfield that I have detected several times before. This time I tried a different area of the field where I noticed there were a lot of rocks and bricks. After a couple of hours I had only found a 1940 Wheat Cent...

I went to visit my dad yesterday and he said, "Be sure to bring your metal detector" so I did. He didn't have a specific site in mind so we ended up trying our luck at a grassy strip between the main street and railroad tracks in his small hometown. There weren't many finds but I did find a...

I got back out again yesterday, this time to a site that is next door to the one I hunted last week. It is a lot with a vacant house on it and the yard is nicely mowed. Small front yard but a large back yard. The Merc came from the front yard, everything else came from the back yard. It is...

On a whim I stopped at a house about a half mile from my home and knocked on the door. I was greeted by a very friendly 88-year-old woman who liked to talk. :-) She told me the history of her property. There had been an old house on the corner that had been burned down then bulldozed. She...

Sometimes the internet is wonderful. I obtained this information from a Radio Premiums Facebook group that I belong to. I found this ring with my metal detector about 40 years ago. I even remember where I found it, it was in the back yard of my girlfriend's grandparent's yard. I had no idea...

We have survived another year! :happy: This forum was founded on October 21, 2009 by angellionel and Epi-hunter. In an age where forums are regularly disappearing due to Facebook and other social media, we have managed to stay relevant thanks to loyal members like you! We would like to...

This coin and token were found at the vacant farm house on August 5. 1920 coin from Iceland. Great patina, too bad about the damage. Token celebrating the centennial of Marshall, Illinois. These finds were from door knocking on August 26:

I recently got a new permission at a vacant farm house. The yard is nicely mowed so the detecting is easy. I'm not sure how old the house is but it is in the 1939 aerial photos. I'd guess that the house might be from the 1920s. The highlight of my hunt was two different tokens from the...

I have open permissions at several area farm fields where houses used to stand and I had been detecting those for the past few weeks before the crops got too tall. Most of the finds are from the 20th century though. The search continues for that early/mid 1800s farm house site!

This is something I should have done a long time ago but I just never have taken the time. I made a test garden this morning. It's just four coins so far, I will probably add more later. I was somewhat astonished and disappointed with the results. I have always felt like my E-Trac wasn't...