Top Treasure Finds

Hi, as we all know... you can't find good stuff everyday....

For the last 2 weeks, I struggled to find 1 silver, a Barber dime and 3 indianheads 1899, 1901, 1903.... this is after 5 morning trips of about 3 hours each..




Yesterday, I went for a walk and about a 1/2 mile from my house, I saw a guy moving out of this old place.... I remembered I had detected there once 27 year's ago, when a guy who had permission, took me there.... I was a second season rookie and only found a "V" nickel and I think he found 1 silver.... Well, the place had...

Deep into the woods and the AT-PRO blasted a loud 83 at ten inches down. I carefully extracted this brass plate that still has a number of brass tinkler's still attached. 22 in total. . Post clean up (couple were barely attached and came off). The leather cord is still in decent shape for the rest)..

This bottle had an aluminum cap that was glued to a cork in the top. I hit the top and broke it off .Update--->
What i thought was cork was paper that was stuffed in the end of the bottle and it looked like cork.
Not glued like i thought.
It looks like the paper inside the bottle was holding the cap and wasn't screwed on...

Highlights from 4 days of digging untouched union camp. 3 plates all within 25 yards of each. 2 NY buttons, lots of scabbards pieces, sword hanger hooks knapsack hooks and over 50 bullets not shown. Grateful to be on such a site and able to save some incredible history.. Lots more acreage to cover.

Yup.....that's right.....after 21 years of detecting and digging what seems like a bazillion holes I finally popped my first gold coin!!! I won't bore you all with a long story.....I'll keep it simple....

Chuck Norris kicked the mountain's butt and took its gold....then the mountain came back for more and I took its silver too....the end

This is where I was hunting...

1925-D 2 1/2 dollar Indian.....its a little worn and has a few scratches and dings but I don't care

The rest of the coins from this area...

This past Sunday I found the find of a lifetime, a 1652 Pine Tree Shilling at a site in Connecticut. I don't post much on here but thought I would share it with you.

I haven't posted here in awhile but I had to share this find. I finally found my first 1700's US silver coin and it's all I could have ever hoped for and more. It's a 1796 Draped Bust Dime JR-6 variety with visible die crack through the date. I found it yesterday, about 4-5" down at the edge of a corn field. As soon as I saw it I knew I had something special.

A recent search of the woods has me reconsidering my preference for searching open fields. I had been scouting for a potential cellar hole but only located the ruins of a barn. Over an hour of searching produced two plain buttons and a more satisfying recovery, an ornate horse bridle rosette of pewter and brass (possibly dating early to mid-1800s). Here’s the rosette.



I widened my search area to hopefully locate the house foundation but only came upon another barn site with old trash scattered about the brush. Retreating back to the first...