digging

We were digging a gas line in a yard that I've detected before, but going down 18 inches is a whole lot different than detecting the top 8-10 inches! So I found this guy with no detector, no pin-pointer, no nothing. Just a shovel and my eyes. Guess I've been looking at a lot of dirt lately, and...

Trying to figure out what will work best in my area to dig with. Had an old military trench shovel. Cleaned it up added a rope handle and covered the pick with rope. Had play in it and was pinching my had while digging. Also put an edge on it. Added a long handle to a Gator trowel and reshaped...

Greetings, My group of friends went on digging a place where we thought we might find treasure. this is what we instead came across under the soil. images videos well, well, well.

Hello all! I am very new to this site but I recently bought a house in St. Louis MO. I found 100's of vintage magazine (multiple publications) in VERY good condition. Do these have any worth to them? They are all organized and seem to be full sets of each year. A lot form the 60's 70's and 80'...

I have this bottle and do not know the history but it is unlike any other bottle I have seen. It has a wavy-bumpy texture and wavy seems that ends at the base of lip and then 90 degrees it reapears on the lip further towards the top and mouth seems to be for a cork. Thick base and emerald green...

Hello out there I am new to this site and would like to start with a pic of some bottles I recovered in the river this past summer in Alderson W.V.

New member here. I really like bottle digging but it's kind of a drag driving 1.5 hours just to go do it. Was wondering if anyone knows of any that are on land you can dig on in and around the capital region of NY. I'm in Saratoga county. Just send me a messege if you know. I'm willing to...

Hey guys, so today when i was out at my dig site in my forest looking for bottles i dug this up. It got my attention because everything metal i had dug up before that had be completely rusted out, this was the first solid piece. It a metal club just a bit bigger than the palm of my hand...

Hello all! I am very new to metal detecting and have a couple questions about my Fisher F2, and detecting in general. First, is the coil of my detector waterproof for shallow streams etc? this is a stupid question, but once your detector picks something up, how do you know exactly where to...

Hi everybody, I know this 1800s cottage near my house,but there is a relatively new house built beside it.I have found dozens and dozens of modern(60s and 70s) lucozade bottles,etc,but I want to find old 1800s bottles from the cottage.The whole area is absolutely littered with junk from the...

lookin for a digging buddy to go detecting with me. i live in downtown tucson. PM me if you are interested

There are two old home site locations within walking distance from my house, both of which are in fairly dense woods.One site dates back to the 1830's and the other, all the way back to 1715. I am trying to determine where the privies might be for these two sites. I have a 5' spring steel probe...

Went huntin bottles yesterday, hot,dry,extremely dusty,wild fires burning,we even have an arsonist running around the county,who has set over 10 fires in the last 2 days,Hope they catch him SOON !!!!! $#@. Anyway it was a hard day of lookin for bottles,very dusty,our eyes were full,but we did...

Last weekend took the girlfriend out walking this little creekside dump. I noticed alot of new gopher holes,I told her to remmeber to check the gopher mounds for coins and tokens,.Well no sooner than I said it,,she reaches down and picks up this SWEET little Denver bottle :headbang:,,,, Can't...