Kim and I hit it Saturday with some nice finds (10 replies)
We went out possibly for the last time until fall this past Saturday . Kim found this really neat heart shaped pendant in with a W.Cleaner and a nail. We both used the GPX in the pasture that we beat...
View ArticleBeautiful Staff Cuff!!! (10 replies)
Got out over the weekend to the same spot I found my traveling ink well and all the buttons last week and was rewarded with a beautiful staff cuff! The staff cuff was located in a shallow pit with...
View ArticleConnecticut button and a breast plate, a good two Saturdays. (14 replies)
Got out with Dale last Saturday and today in a little spot of Dale's. Managed to pop out a pretty nice Connecticut coat button last week, along with some Eagles, j-hook, cleaner bullets and 3 ringers....
View ArticleLatest Digs (6 replies)
Working some yards along an old CW road bed https://youtu.be/Y5PsK5Rawq8
View ArticleDusted off the AI coil ... (14 replies)
for the GPX, and really put it to a test in a small CS Cav camp that has low overhead lines run across it, also now at one end, underground power lines. You know the story, pounded by all, even local...
View ArticleMy digging buddy (5 replies)
Had a great afternoon not long ago with my youngest Grandkid, Reid. He's only 5 1/2 years old, but the little guy has gotten really interested in my collection and has been after me to take him...
View ArticleBeen digging a few things.... (13 replies)
Marc, Mike, and I have been getting out recently and finding a few things. A first showed up for me yesterday....a R.I. coat size. I also found this coat size anchor button yesterday (I presume...
View ArticleCedar thicket squeezins (13 replies)
Got into an iron infested cedar thicket that has coughed up a few relics here and there. This used to be cropland based on historical aerial topos, so the brass has not faired too well there. Take a...
View ArticleBattery choices for White's MXT? (5 replies)
Had a question (maybe it's a dumb one, but gonna ask it anyway :)) ... My rechargeable battery pack for the MXT is giving up the ghost after a few years or use, and my standard pack is awesome and...
View ArticleAnyone want to get together and dig some tomorrow? I'm off work all week and...
I'm in Culpeper/Reva area. Thanks
View ArticleFlat Button surprise!!!! (34 replies)
I had left what I thought was a plain large flat button stored in my button box since May 3.. Two days ago, I got it out of my pouch to show my friend Chet . I lightly cleaned it with water and a soft...
View ArticleFrench 8 regimental cuff button........number 6 for the year. (11 replies)
I didn't get many good signals at my Revolutionary War encampment site.........only 4 good ones. But one of them is what I set out to find on this Memorial Day weekend. This button was lost in 1781 by...
View ArticleGun brushes and my first Virginia button!! (17 replies)
Dale and I got out the last 2 Fridays. I got a few Eagle buttons and a pretty beat up NY and what I thought was a flat button. After cleaning the flat button I thought there was some kind of design on...
View ArticleMore buttons.... (14 replies)
Took Marc along last weekend....after he couldn't dig for several weekends....and he said Mike and I killed the place. LOL. (that's a compliment coming from Marc) Yesterday, Mike and I went back to...
View ArticleGot another button that looks like the ones I would find 30 years ago! (9...
It's been a long time since I've found a New York coat in this condition. I could see the gold highlights under the green when it came out of the ground. I thought I had hunted this site to death...
View ArticleSome of my 2016 Rev War finds........... (15 replies)
Some of my Revolutionary War finds I've found this year including 5 French regimental buttons. The 16 is the first officer's two-piece button I have ever found. This regiment was known as the Forez...
View ArticleRecent relic hunt, Civil War brass apothecaries weight and More. (17 replies)
Killer Relic Hunt, Civil War Relics Apothecaries Weight Trashpit Last weekend the stars finally aligned and I was able to venture out to one of my remote relic sites with my brother and a couple of...
View ArticleNice meeting you West Virginia Digger (1 reply)
Hope to see all your buckles and buttons!!!
View ArticleMississippi Artillery Button - Middle Tennessee:csa: (14 replies)
Hi, Attached is a picture of a Mississippi Artillery Button I found today in Middle Tennessee. It is a size 16 mm (possible Kepi size?). This is my first State Button. My eyes almost popped out of my...
View ArticleHit a good spot yesterday!:csa::csa::csa: (31 replies)
Got out to an old camp with my GPX 4800 yesterday. Hunting in Normal/special/ 12 gain/ stab 3... Started hunting about 10:30 am and at about 11:15 am I hit a spot and dug 3 CS buttons in an hour. All...
View ArticleImage Resize Tool (2 replies)
Any suggestions for an easy to use photo resize tool? The one I used to use on-line can't seem to locate. Bear in mind I'm not tech savvy, so any input would be appreciated. Thanks. ~ TM
View ArticleFathers Day Button Bonanza (7 replies)
Sunday was a hard day for me. It was the first Father's Day I have spent without my Dad. He passed away on the 9th of February of this year. I decided to go metal detecting on the spur of the moment....
View ArticleNeed help iding (no replies)
Can anyone help me with these 2 items. Could the brass item with number possible be from an old postal scale? Thanks Matt
View ArticleBrass Highlights 11/21/15- 5/21/16:csa::csa: (14 replies)
Well, I've been wanting to do a catch up post with my highlights from Thanksgiving until the end of May but kept putting put it off. When I saw today what my good friend Darryl dug last week I figured...
View ArticleID help for brass hanger???? (4 replies)
Not sure what this is? Appears to be a brass hanger but I can't find an example in my books. The bent end does not appear to have been cut off but it looks too short to me for a hanger application....
View ArticleFirst shell :beer: (11 replies)
Got out for a little detecting during the Gettysburg show weekend (on my honeymoon no less). Got into a spot near Gettysburg on private land and dug my first artillery shell, a Hotchkiss case.
View ArticleHaven't had much to post lately (5 replies)
Braved the 90° heat today to spend the day with my dad. Got into a little confederate spot that we've hit before but there was always tall grass. Enter the cows. They've munched the grass down to a...
View Article:usa: Independence Cherry Bomb !!!! :usa: (5 replies)
Thanks for looking and God Bless America
View ArticleColonial fort finds, awesome day! (8 replies)
Fantastic day relic hunting. Located a 1730's fort site and found an excellent iron tomahawk head and most of an iron cook pot. I dug 2 King George II coppers and a 1723 King George I Hibernia. Also a...
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