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Not sure which forum to post this in, but here it is. About a month ago I received an email from someone who lost their wedding ring. He was pretty sure he knew where he lost it and asked if I might be able to help. I told him sure and I might be able to meet him early Saturday to look around...

I'm heading up to Quebec next weekend and was wondering if anyone knew the laws up there. Any help would be appreciated.

Went to a favorite old park today and got a big surprise. After detecting for 35 years I finally found my first gold coin. It's a 1871 half sovereign. Also found a couple of V nickels, a war nickel, buffalo, Merc and Indian, but who cares? I found a gold coin. Talk about a feeling of excitement...

Haven't posted for a couple of weeks so I rolled it into one post. Got a couple of nice permissions that resulted in my first Vermont landscape copper as well as some LC's, Indians and silver. Also hit a couple of old standby woods and a park and picked up 2 V Nickels and 2 shield nickels in the...

Here's a couple of close ups of my state coppers. 1786 NJ M.14-J and CT 1787 M.11.2-K.

We had a club outing today and it was colonial heaven. I should mention that our club exists for 2 reasons, club hunts and the friendship we have. At least 35 colonial coppers came up (probably more) and one William III c.1695-1697 silver shilling. A lot of our members came up with multiple...

Very nice CT! It's an obverse M.33 known as the draped bust facing left. M.33 is probably the most common reverse type in CT's. It's main characteristic is having 4 cinquefoils in the obverse legend with a colon after AUCTORI and CONNEC. Can't quite tell if there is one before AUCTORI, but my...

We had a club hunt today and I came away with big gold. Marked 14K Italy. Probably the heaviest piece I ever found at 29 grams. Got a touch of silver too with a warn SLQ. I saw several other large cents come up, one I had to take a picture of. It was Andy's first large cent and a nice one at...

I got out Wednesday for an hour to a 2 acre woods I've been pounding for close to 2 years. Low and behold, I pull out an 1864 2 cent piece. Only coin I found. Next day I go to check out a site for a club hunt 80 miles away. What to thing pops out of the ground first thing? Yes, another 1864 2...

Now that I can finally get out again I hit an old favorite on Sunday. Didn't find much silver, but it happened to be a decent 1857 seated dime. I'll take that any day. Although it was worn, it was basically problem free and a nice coin. I also found 7 Indians, but I cheated, 3 were in one hole...

Although I got out a couple of times this week, still suffering from cabin fever. Even though we had a forcast for snow, I couldn't resist getting out for a bit. 5 minutes after I got to a local school yard it started snowing. More than half the place was still covered by winter snow, but there...

Got out for the first time of the season. Headed south towards a NYC park as it's still frozen up here. Spent about 5 1/2 hours detecting. Oh the pain. My legs are killing me today. Didn't find much of anything good, but I did pull a couple of silvers and a lot of coins. Just felt good to be out...

I'm with you Bri. I think it helps if you have a hobby card. I used the back to tell a little about myself hoping it makes me seem more "legit" and figuring maybe they can identify with something.

I can't wait. Got up yesterday morning and it was just a bit cold for detecting.

Had a couple of hours to hunt the other day and thought I would drive about a half hour south to hunt in the hope the ground wasn't frozen solid in the woods. Had a spot I picked out a few months ago that I never got to. Met my friend Charles over there and thought we'd give it a shot. It's...

It warmed up to 26 degrees on Sunday so I thought I would head out while the weather was warm. A friend had just come back from France and like myself, wanted to take advantage of any opportunity to detect. Decided to try a new spot on the opposite side of a small lake where there was a hotel...

Great coin! Very nice Fugio to come out of the ground, but it is NOT an overstrike. It was struck from clashed dies. This is a common occurance on many Fugio varieties. This happens when the dies are struck together without a blank between them. An overstrike is when the coin was stuck over...

Had a brief period without rain yesterday and as the cold is on the way I thought I would get out for a bit. Hit a new spot and came up with a 1749 George II halfpence. It may be toasted, but I always like finding early coppers.

I went to check out a new spot yesterday and came up with what I think is my finest silver find in 35 years of detecting. Yes, I did find a sterling knee buckle last year that is more historically significant, but not nearly as beautiful as this piece. I was hunting a pounded school yard looking...

You make it tough by limiting to two favorites. I picked these two because it's the nicest 2 real I've ever found and although corroded, an 1804 large cent is one of the rarest dates of all large cents. It was still a hard choice as a found an 1837 No Stars Obverse Seated Dime, 2 war of 1812...