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    Colonial hunt after the rain

    So today was a complete washout, but the weather broke in the late afternoon...so i decided to hit up an old cellar hole close by. I've pulled some nice coppers here before, but this is the youngest coin so far. All of the coppers here have been Colonial. Also got this nicely gilted button with...
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    Couple More Coppers

    So I went back to my honey hole and scored 2 more colonial coppers. The orangish one is either a CT copper or KG II can't really tell....and the other mangled bent one is a George of some sort. I swear, I should get the trophy for shot coppers. The last 4-5 have been mutilated. oh well they are...
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    Couple Coppers

    I haven't been posting alot lately, but I have been pluggin away. Found several coppers I haven't posted, some silvers, and some cool buttons......Today...I had an unexpected guest arrive at a site I've been hitting for awhile...Gotta love meeting forum members out of the blue. I don't know his...
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    FINNALY BROKE INTO THE 1600'S!

    FINNALY BROKE INTO THE 1600'S! Here is a group shot of my last two hunts. Last weekend I picked up the nice 1893 Barber Half, 4 Indian heads, 2 Colonial buttons, and a sash buckle of some sort hunting with Heavymetalnut and Forino. This weekend (yesterday) I was out on a group hunt with some...
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    CIVIL WAR DOG TAGS!

    So today I got out of work a little early so I decided to swing by a cellar hole close to home. The only nice thing that came from this site was a pretty Civil War CT seal button. Somethin told me today I better get up there and see what kind of signals I can get with my new machine. And check...
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    Another Silver in the Colonial Field.

    Today I headed back up to the new field site I had success in last weekend. I crossed my fingers the whole way that the landowners would be home....And to my delight they were....they agreed to let me hunt the old field as long as someone was on the property. Now, I have a telephone number...
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    4 Coppers and a CoLoNiAl sIlVeR!!

    So today I had a late start...I was trying to decide where I wanted to unleash the T2. I've been wanting to locate a site that has apparantly been hiding right under my nose for a couple years now. So I drive out to my normal parking spot and realize that there is a half a foot of snow on all my...
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    CONNECTICUT COPPER streak continues.....

    So today I had an early day...boss man decided to let us out early to get all rested up for the snow storm on it's way. So I decided to hit up two side by side center hearth cellar holes.....HUUUUUGE area to detect....I only found 1 blank copper here 2 years back...haven't been back since. Today...
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    Liberty Cap!!! Cleaned PICS

    So today I made a nice big breakfast for the family and then ran some errands. After all my chores and obligations were taken care of I had a few hours of Jesse time to burn. I decided to go metal detect....who woulda thought... I decided to go to an old colonial cellar hole that Ive pulled a...
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    3 copper day.....

    So today I got out with HEAVYMETALNUT on a WINDY colonial hunt. We decided to try one of his sites that he hasn't spent a large amount of time ....A nice center hearth colonial cellar hole. It was pretty tough today with the snow but I managed to pull a nice handful of keepers. The mercury dime...
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    Complete Shoe buckle and ANOTHER CT COPPER!!!

    First off...again...I can't say enough about this T2 SE. Today I had a few hours to burn so I decided to go back to my capped bust site. I have hunted this place persistantly for 2 years now. The 3 cellar holes are PRETTY quiet now...that is until i ran my T2 over them again. I swear I cannot...
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    The T2's maiden voyage rakes in 4 COPPERS!!!!

    So today was the first hunt with my new T2 SE! and let me tell you, I absolutely LOOOOVE this machine. I ran 0 discrimination 99 sensitivity (varied) and 2+ tones all day in iron laden sites with HEAVYMETALNUTS and Foundation Hunter. My first nice keeper was the braided hair large cent....I...
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    Colonial Field Hunt

    Today I got together with heavymetalnut for a little colonial hunt. We have hunted this field a few times in the past and have done very well. Alot of buttons and now 8 coppers from this field, and a little half reale. Today was brutal, the wind was enough to make a grown man cry and the ground...
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    The OLE Cellar Hole Still Produces!

    Today I had a 5 hours to burn so I decided to do a little detecting. I headed out to a place I dubbed the CAPPED BUST SITE Due to the fact that I found 2 capped bust dimes here. Several coppers and nice buttons have came from this site, HEAVYMETALNUT pulled a nice New Jersey here and a King...
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    Half Hour Hunt Produces a COLONIAL COPPER!

    I've had permission to hunt a 1760 home just around the corner from my workshop.....It has been a couple months now and I haven't had any time to hunt it. Today I recieved a phone call from the owners that if I still wanted to hunt their yard, today would be the last day to do it....the house...
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    A FIRST FOR ME!!! WOO HOO! SEATED QUARTER!

    So I haven't posted or even so much as looked at any forums for a month or so now...due to the freakish October snowfall that destroyed the trees here in Connecticut. I operate a log truck so my job has been full bore lately...not a lick of time to detect. However, Thanksgiving has gifted me...
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    CT Copper and some other goodies

    These are my finds from yesterdays hunt with Heavymetalnut. We hunted up my neck of the woods, found some very VERY nice lookin colonial sites.....but unfortunately someone else found them first. Oddly, most of the cellar holes in these woods have been VERY good to me. The ones we set out for...
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    1798 Draped Bust Large Cent

    Went down to HeavyMetalNuts neck of the woods today. The first sites we attempted to locate was in an area that appeared to be an old junkyard from the 50's that was cleaned up. Trash EVERYWHERE! nOT A real inviting place for a colonial detectorist. However, Just around the corner was a nice...
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    Beautiful CT Seal Button

    Did the family thing this weekend so I didn't get to spend hours upon hours in the mosquito infested Connecticut woods. However, I did slip out this evening for a couple hours to a site I haven't been to in a year or so. This place is completely briar infested and very hard to hunt. I took some...
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    King George the 3rd

    Spent a few hours deep in the CT wilderness swingng the ole coil. I decided to head back to some sites that I haven't completely pounded to smithereens.....one the way I decided to stop at one paticular cellar hole that has produced some nice coins and such....this site sits pretty low at the...

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