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In honor of Memorial Day here are some past military finds. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Went out for a few hours yesterday in search of a few spots.I did more searching than hunting and by the time I started to detect I was already pretty much soaked.Walked all the way back to a large center chimney cellar hole I passed earlier.Big hole,big barn and a nice stretch of the old road...

Got a chance to tag along with Dan and George as they headed on down to my neck of the woods today.Had a nice sunny day as we headed on into the woods to find a few sites that was on the other side of a stream.After a few minutes of thought as to if we were going to cross the stream we ventured...

Cellar hole scraps I went to a site for a few hours that has been well worked to see if I could scratch anything up.The weather was just too good to let pass by.Any way I didn't find anything fantastic but I knew that before I started.Best finds were part of an old buckle and a very old...

Here are some of my links I have accumulated through the years of relic hunting. I hope that they may be useful. Some may have already been posted. Buttons & Buckles Common Button Back Marks Button and Badge Makers Button Makers and Their Backmarks Military Artifacts of The Spanish Mission...

Here is an informative read on buttons.It is in pdf form so you may need something like adobe acrobat reader to open it (free download).It is from the DAACS organization on the classification and makes of buttons,also helps in dating styles of buttons.Very useful document...

I have seen that Dan has added a post for some relic references,which brings me to this question. I was wondering for some time but didn't want to ask if it would be possible to add a new reference section where members could post useful links.I am one that tries to find out history and...

Got out today for a nice relic hunt with the dynamic duo of Dan & George. First things first.......Thanks guys I had a blast. They were kind enough to let me tag along to a new site they had just found last week.After a short 20-30 minute walk in we came upon this huge cellar hole site,this...

Detected my favorite farm field a few weeks back.Came away with some odds and ends,buttons and a few coins.One of the coins was a copper in rough shape but I could see some details on it.So for the past couple of weeks I have been cleaning it up.Many vaseline baths,q-tips,000 steel wool,more...

Let me introduce myself. My name is John and I live in South Eastern Connecticut.Del gave me the link to this forum,so far I like what I see and hope to be welcomed here. I started detecting in 2002 when I purchased my XLT.But it all changed in 2006 when I got bit by the relic bug.Now that is...