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Diggin in VirginiaXVI & XVII
Buckles,Bullets,Coins,Artillery,
and so much more!
The Magazine Devoted To The Searcher & DetectorisMay - June 201
Volume 2, Issue
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In this issue weve got some antastic nds rom all over the
world. Youll also read about two o the largest planned hunts
held here in the United States, Diggin in Virginia, where
I had the opportunity to nd some stu that I didnt have in
my collection and where I got a chance to meet a bunch o
great people. Weve also got some very nice nds rom the UK,
Australia and Europe. Enjoy!
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Welcome to Relic Hunter MagazineWorldwide Discoveries in Every Issue
Jim LeonardEditor & Publisher
Digging stu since 1963
Georgia State Seal
Civil War Button
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WhatsInside
First day o the DIV hunt, it snowed. I saw this lone hunter in a
eld, and rom a distance, I zoomed in and grabbed the shot.Bottom letis a hunting riend, Dan Lindstrom, holding one o
several bullets dug rom his pit.
Bottom rightis a Conederate Script A button ound by Todd
Sheppard, the day beore Diggin in Virginia actually began.
We were on private property, with the owners permission.
Cover Photograph
Recent Discoveries All throughout this issue!
Diggin in Virginia 12
The Irony o a Child - Jackie Whisenhunt 32
Discoveries in The News 44
Metal Detecting Clubs (FREE LISTINGS) 50
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Pete Briggs
Delaware, USA
I always thought I would nd any Barber
coins in the opposite order that I did.Today I went to an area thats turned up
a ew colonial (British) and old Hal Cents
and Large Cents.No silver there until today. Well, today I
ound a 1916 S Barber Dime! My rst! Last
year I ound my rst Barber coin, a HalDollar (1903 O), and then a Barber Quarter
1906 D) and early this year I ound a sweet898 Quarter, all not rom this site. I also
ound a couple wheat cents rom the
950s. There are absolutely no clad coins to
be ound at this site.
David McCarthyCook, Minnesota,USA
Quick hunt at an old church ater work..
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Danny
Lancashire, UK
Alright all, i had a ride out yesterday
with my mate the WiganMusketeer. We tried one spotrst but only had a ew bits so
we decided to head to a big old
Georgian hall where we hadpermission to hunt we did a
small paddock rst and had a
couple o coppers and a viccy
sixpence each. I then decided togo over the lane and do the next
eld I jumped over the ence andhe rst signal was this cracking
Lizzy sixpence. Only my second
hammered so ar so i was well pleased.We didnt nd much else apart rom the
usual coppers and bits but well worth
another visit. Heres a ew pictures.
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Swissrolly
Switzerland
I thought I would set mysel a challengeo see i I could nd 50 coins with the
E-Trac in one search in the same place on
he same day. For this I would require a sitehat sees a lot o activity and ideally had
not been detected beore. I decided on a
small ski station used by locals rather thanhe big holiday rms just on the border o
Switzerland and France. Here I would hope
o nd a mixture o Swiss, French Francsand Euros.
Conditions were excellent or detecting;
he seasons snow had melted, the grasshad not yet started to grow, the ground
was easy to dig and the weather was
stunning. Mont Blanc in the distance wasspectacular - not a cloud in the sky. By
he end o the day my target had beenachieved. It was the rst time I had everecovered 50 coins in a day.
What did surprise me was the breadth
o coins I ound. I expected to nd mostlyEuros but in act there were more French
Francs plus one or two surprises. My theory
or the Francs is that modern ski suits are
much better designed and do not allowor the casual drop o coins (so may zips!).
Ski apparel o the 50s and early 60s wasstill more o woollen jacket and trousers
variety and things could more easily all
rom pockets. Also today most ski passesare now paid with either a credit card or
bought via the internet so less coinage is
nvolved..
When hunting modern coins I use a
slightly modied version o the standardE-Trac coin discrimination pattern even
though I know this knocks out 1, 2 and 5
Euro Centimes). However the scourge othe day was the ring pull. They popped up
almost across the whole FE 12 line. In the
end to quieting things down a little I tookout FE11 to 14 and CO 18 to 21 setting up
a little block which accounted or about
80% o ring pulls. It is possible that I missesome coins that strayed into this area but
was a gamble I took.
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So in the end I reached the 50th. The
ast coin was a real pain as it took about 50minutes rom nding the 49th. My main
concern was the battery was going to run
out beore it was ound, however it heldout.
So what was the point o this exercise?
Besides achieving my record I did itbecause I eel I have nally ater 10 months
mastered the E-Trac. I now understand the
machine, how it works, how to interprethe sounds and how to adjust it to get
he best out o it based on the prevailing
conditions. I suppose you could look at it
as my E-Trac rite o passage.
For anyone interested the breakdown othe coins was as ollows (each coin was a
single dig there were no coin spills):
France
Old Franc (pre-1960 coinage)
7x 10 Francs
3x 20 Francs4x 100 Francs
New Franc (1960 to 2001)
5x 10 Centimes
7x 20 Centimes
1x 5 Francs3x 10 Francs (cupro-nickel)
1x 10 Francs (bimetallic)
Switzerland3x 10 Centimes
4x 20 Centimes1x Franc
1x 5 Francs
Spain
1x 1 Peseta
1x 100 Pesetas
Argentina
1x10 Centavos
Euro
1x 50 Cents2x 1 Euro
2x 2 Euros
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Chris Hall
West Sussex, UK
Having ound a silver-gilt poesy ring inhe 1990s, the top item on my arteactswish list was a gold one.
You can imagine how I elt when this
suraced on Tuesday rom a depth o
around 4 inches in a newly-drilled eld.The eld has been searched to death
over a period o 20+ years by a club andvarious individuals.
The ring is substantial and weighs
around 13 grams.
The touching inscription reads: My
heart is yours till death in lower-cased
italicised letters.
My initial research leads me to believe iis an early 18th century engraving but the
ring itsel may be a little earlier. The orm
o the makers mark - a coroneted letter - itypical o the 17th century.
It would appear to be one or the
Treasure process. Together with the Saxonsword pommel that is still in the system,
this has to be my best ever nd!
My heart is yours till death
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A
s a newbie to Diggin in Virginia,
I didnt know what to expect, otherrom what Id heard rom riends
who have attended previous hunts.
My rst impression was one o surprise,having to pay $250 or each hunt. Thats
$500.00 or both hunts and is almost what
d pay or a plane ticket to England, wherecan hunt or ree and the nds are much,
much older.
This was DIV XVI and XVII and inprevious DIV hunts, the promoters,John
and Rose Kendrick, lunches used to be
available, each day, or everyone hunting.This has now been discontinued. However,
here was a meal on the last day o each
hunt. On the rst hunt we had chili & soupand on the second hunt we had barbeque
and hot dogs with all the xings. Kellyco
supplied all the bottled water and sot
drinks, available to us each day. So, iyoure out in the eld, be sure that youve
packed a lunch in your bag. Youll be too
ar away to walk back just to get somethinto eat.
Theres a lot o work and some rewards
or anyone whos got the land and theorganizational skills to put on such an
event.
Im not sure how much it cost to leasethe properties or the 2 hunts and Im
sure that insurance binders needed to be
obtained to guard against a catastrophicaccident, porta-potties were leased and
there were other miscellaneous costs, plus
donations to a ew charities.We had approximately 225 on the rst
hunt (Brandy Rock) and on the second
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hunt (Beauregard Farm) there were about
500 die hard hunters.Doesnt take a rocket scientist to add
up the number o attendees plus the ees.
These back-to-back hunts, on variousocations, are generally held twice a year,
Spring & Fall). This is totally antastic.
So, i you know someone whos got somearm land in a Civil War battle area, contact
he owners and draw up some contracts.
Here in Georgia, we could just call it DIG
Digging in Georgia)Id been warned, the ground in
Culpepper, Virginia is terrible (Hot, as wecall it) and the only detectors that would
stand a chance o nding deeper artiacts
would be pulse detectors. Both arms,Brandy Rock and Beauregard have been
hunted or years and much o the surace
nds have been taken. So, or much o myime hunting, I was either using a Garrett
nnium or a Minelab GPX 4500. Both
machines are PI type and can punch downhrough the iron rich dirt layers to locate
tems that are several inches below the
surace.When I talk about bad ground, I mean
eally BAD. This ground was terrible! Alongwith my assortment o tools, I use a verystrong Earth magnet mounted on the end
o a stick, made by a hunting partner, DanLindstrom. It was perect or locating nailsn the hole and there were plenty o nails
o be ound. Using this magnet, Id stick
t down in the dug hole and see i I washunting a good nd or just another nail.
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do, it sucked out the nail or nails, but it alsodid something else it pulled out soil too.
Thats how bad the ground is in Culpepper.
ts so ull o iron that clumps o dirt andsmall rocks would actually be attracted to
he magnet.
On the rst day we woke up to snowcoming down. It was cold, it was windy
and a reaky snowstorm had come in and
had blanketed the ground. The weatherwas perect. It reminded me o hunting in
he 60s, having to break the rozen groundwith my shovel, just to dig up a target, buthere were a lot more good targets then.
Breakast is the rst rule o the day.
You dont want to start o hungry andemember, coee will only dehydrate you.
drank plenty o coee and water too. The
hunt began at 7:00 AM
The rhyme o The Ancient Marinerseems to t perectly here; Water, water
everywhere, and all the boards doshrink, it wasnt water I was dealing with,
moreover, it was nails. Nails and more
nails were in every target I dug or the rstday. The pouch expanded with arm stu.
Nuts and bolts, broken arm tools, even
a dropped screwdriver was ound. I dugnearly every target. In this type o hunting,
you had to dig every target. I joked
with others about having to pay to clearsomeones land o junk.
My hunting partners; Larry Shirah, DanLindstrom, and Benny Hudson were nowhere to be ound. They had located an
area where Ring tailed Sharps were being
ound. They had been to previous hunts
here and knew where to revisit. I was onmy own to explore. Perhaps Id nd a rare
nail or two. I did nd a button and with
my last shovel into a hole that was alreadyabout 8 inches deep, I see a shinny object
that appears to be a coin. Just my luck, I g
relic hunting and a near perect 1957 silvequarter pops up to the surace.
The end o the hunting day (6:00 PM)
it was the time to remove your muddyclothes, shower down, and go out and get
some ood. Not to mention taking aew Advils to relieve aches and painsrom walking and digging.
On each DIV hunt there were
usually a ew designated places topark. Each vehicle has a designated
driver and should have 3 or 4
additional riders, cutting down on the
number o vehicles parking on theland. Parking areas werent always
convenient to where you wanted tohunt, so you had to hump it to the
location. Then you had to walk back to
the vehicle.There was a lot o walking. Dont
come with new boots, youll be sorry
you did. My boots, old and sotprovided me some comort, but you
still get tired.
I got to meet some great peoplethere in Virginia. By the second day
Rose Kendrick knew me by my rst name.
I was impressed because there were a loto people about. I nally met, in person,
George Lesche, owner oPredator Tools.
We had been corresponding back and
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orth or over a year. He makes the nestdigging tools available or detecting and
general use.
I also made several new acquaintances,one o which is Al Christensen, who is a
gold nugget hunter, and a relic hunter. Al
drove over 2,800 miles rom Arizona, just todig up a ew Civil War relics in Virginia.
And Ive got to mention numerous other
people that came up to me and said theyoved Relic Hunter Magazine. I was very
surprised that so many in this community
were reading and liking the magazine. Istill passed out cards to nearly everyone I
met.
Larry Shirah and Al. Al shows one o the
buttons he ound, an Eagle I coat but-ton with about 80% gold gilt.
Above: Al ound a great US belt buckle,puppy dog eet, in antastic shape.
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Day 2 o Brandy Rockgreeted us with
ain in the morning, but it quickly ended.
We had parked near the Headquarters
John and Roses RV) that gave us somegreat grassy elds. One o my hunting
buds, Dan, had started digging a pit. Hehad already located a rations can, some
broken bottles and dropped bullets and
he was now ollowing the ash line o greyground and charcoal to see what else
could be ound.
Digging a pit can be exhausting work. A
pit can either be where the soldiers threwheir trash or it could be where they had
constructed a hut to stay. Mans legacys that he always leaves trash where ever
he goes. Sometimes this trash can be
reasure.More dropped bullets. Dan had ound
about 7 dropped 3 ringers, a large chunk o
melted lead and more bones rom a longago barbeque. There was no telling what
was in the huge pile o dirt next to the hole
since he didnt have a siter. Digging thepit continued till the end o day. A shovel
was let sticking up in the hole so it could
be continued the next day.
Day 3, Brandy Rock, was beautiul.
Still a bit chilly but it soon warmed up ora wonderul Spring day. Dans pit had runts course. I believe he ound a couple o
buttons; several dropped 3 ringers beore
covering up the hole.We had a good lunch o chili, cornbread
and some type o bean soup, served to
us by the DIV sta o volunteers. Ater
he lunch was the rst o several raeprize drawings. The products donated by
suppliers. This time it was or a Whites MX
and Whites TDI detector. I cant remembe
who won the MXT but my riend Dan hadthe winning ticket or the TDI detector.
That was a nice bonus or the last day oBrandy Rock.
Dan holds up another bullet rom his pit.
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Ater lunch, Larry had done about
he same thing as what Dan had done
n locating a pit area. He had dug down,
ocated some items and noticed a heavyash line. He began ollowing an ash line.
This pit had more charcoal. The itemsseemed to have been burnt but yet some
o the articles coming out looked in good
shape. Both Dan and I went to Larrys pit tooin him with the digging. Dan suggested
a dierent route with the hole, looking at
he ground depression and the ash line.
He began digging toward the opposite
end o the hole. Shortly ater that, he
eaches down into the loose dirt and pullsup a Conederate Frame buckle. It was
broken but all the pieces were there, evenhe orked tongue. It was a great nd and
kept the momentum o digging going. I
grabbed my Garrett Pro Pointer and began
a search o the dirt coming that came romhe hole. There was no telling what might
be in the loose dirt. I ound a button, I
said, and gave it to Larry. More shards o
pottery and glass were beginning to comeout.
Found another button, rom theloose dirt and this one was badly burnt
The eagle could hardly be seen, but itwas complete. Several more bullets
were ound rom the sides o the hole.
Then looking down I saw something roundand at but it wouldnt detect with my
pin pointer. I reached down, picked it up
and rubbed it o. It was a Goodyear, hardrubber trouser button. (I kept this one)
It was reaching the end o the last day
and we worked the pit continuously upuntil the end o the day. While covering
up the hole another button and Goodyear
marked comb was ound by Bennie, romthe loose dirt. He had come over to see
what we were doing and what was takingso long.
Tin rations can ound by Dan
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Wednesday was a day between thewo hunts. It was a day o rest and time
o wash some dirty clothes. Not or some
hough, Larry and Bennie had to go overo some nearby private property and hunt
or a while. Ater all, we were there to hunt.
Dan had to get his Toyota serviced.Beore each DIV hunt, theres always
a meeting the evening beore where
you pick up your name tag, parkingpass i youre the driver and listen to the
nstructions concerning the property. Theusual dos and donts are told to us by Rose
& John. Google aerial maps o the land areprinted and passed out; restricted areas
are highlighted. Any special eatures, suchas a return hunt to the land and areas are
pointed out that yielded some good nds
the last time it was hunted.
Beauregard, Day 1. It had rained the
night beore. The loose topsoil in the
cornelds made Beauregard one muddymess. Each step you took gathered more
mud on the bottom o your boots until
nally you had to stop and scrap othe 5 pounds o mud. Dan and I looked
or green grass, a eld, anyplace where
there wasnt going to be sticky mud. Thecorneld provided some great arming
tools, bits o broken and rusty iron and the
ever present nail.
Rose Kendrick talks to the group about the
next hunt.
John Kendrick monitors the computer
screen.
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Some people are just damn lazy. I I digjunk, the junk comes out o the hole and
nto my bag. I got so tired o checking over
where someone had dug (lots o time theycant nd the object and move on) and
o discover that they had dug the target,
discovered that it was junk and reburiedhe crap back in the hole. Thats just being
damn lazy. You might as well leave the
hole uncoveredBeauregard is huge, approximately 3000
acres o land to hunt. Thats about 6 square
miles to cover and there were all typeso soils and terrain. From cow pasture to
dense woods, you could see where people
had dug and covered their holes. Had the
holes not been covered, it sure would havbeen cratered, especially in some areas.
Dan and I split up. I couldnt walk any
urther. I had to rest. I was carrying toomuch junk. Dan went on around the pon
and up to a hill. I crossed the dam and
hunted up another hill, looking or Larry.Somewhere up on a hill, theres a hollowe
out stump where once a mighty tree
stood. I deposited a broken plow blade,dozens o nails, some rusted out iron bits.
Instantly, I was 15 pounds lighter. Theyre
up there, ree or the taking. I did nd abutton and another coin. Just a wheat
cent but it did have Lincolns ace on it, so
its kind o a period piece.
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DigginIn VirginiaDay 2 at Beauregard, we were all sore
rom the previous one. Dan had located
another pit, nding a great amber bitters
bottle in the hole. Unortunately, it wasalready cracked and broke into 2 pieces
when removed rom the side hole. He had
et a shovel in the hole to continue the dig.Larry had ound some 69 caliber bullets on
he rst day.
I joined Dan and went to the pit. Theweather was supposed to be clearing but
he wind picked up and it was still cold.
When we reached the pit, I began to scanhe loose dirt rom the hole and ound a
very nice eagle cu button and then an
eagle coat button. Ater a ew more hourso expanding the hole, it didnt produce
much more other than some iron piecesand couple o bullets.
Covering up a large hole, you need
to be mindul to remove the top grass,clumps and stack them to the side so whe
the dirts placed back in, the area looks as
normal as possible. Using a garden rakeis a good suggestion in raking all that dirt
back in. Be sure to pack it.
Larry had taken the Toyota to anotherarea about 3 miles away and had to come
pick me and Dan up. Going to another
area, this time, this area looked real good.It had lots o woods and a nice bean eld
that had already been pounded real hard.
Many Ring Tailed Sharps had come romthis area along with some Gardners.
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I was told that the ground wasnt too
bad in the woods, so I decided to use my
E-Trac, seeing others using Fisher F75, a
Tectronics, MXT, Spectra and even a Tesoro.There were still a lot o PI machines about
and they do have the advantage o depthat DIV.
Beauregard, the last day, Day 3.
Al came down to the room early in themorning and told us what his driver had
done and that he needed a ride over to the
area. Remember, Al is the one that droverom Arizona just to hunt at DIV. A great
guy, loves to prospect and loves to hunt.
His designated driver had told him to Fo and that he was tired o him leaching
ides and that DIV was a bunch o crap (to
put it mildly).Al asked or the parking pass so he
could drive himsel to the parking area.
Again, Al was told to F o. This guymust have been having a bad day or
hadnt ound anything during the 2 hunts.
Whatever the case, he had already checkedout o the motel, he met Al and told him
hat he was leaving and going home. Al
ried to stop him because Al still had hisnd pouch in the cab o the truck that
contained several relics. Al tried to call thedrivers cell phone he wouldnt pick uphe phone. Ater several attempts, still no
esponse. Al thinks he lives in or around
Atlanta. Guess what, we do too.. Roseand John have already been notied o the
ncident. I dont expect Mr. Bad Attitude
will be coming to DIV again.
Arriving at the same area we let the daybeore, several took o to the woods and
the others just disappeareddown the road. The weather
was threatening to rain, then it would
clear up. March weather in Virginia istotally unpredictable. I went to the woods
thinking that Id be able to locate more
surace nds since it hadnt been plowed.I ound another coin, another wheat cent,
dated 1923, and some brass shell casings
rom a deer hunter, bits o melted lead anda trouser button.
We all broke or lunch and headed back
to the headquarters area. The barbequelunch on the last day o the second hunt
was antastic. Great tasting barbecue,
cole slaw, baked beans, with all the works.Youve got to hand it to Rose & John, plus
all the crew or serving approximately
585 people in less than an hour. Lunchwas provided with military efciency that
would have made a Top Sergeant proud.Ater lunch we came back to the same
area we had let beore, near the Culpeppe
Airport and continued our hunt. Dan was
hunting in the thick grass, near the parkedvehicles. He ound a nice Kepi button and
more dropped bullets, which kept him
going with his GPX-5000. I had borrowed
GPX-4500 and began hunting areas wherevehicles had been parked and ound a
dropped ring tailed Sharps, another Eaglebutton, bits o brass, a hook and the usual
square nail.
DIV was a dierent experience and itwas un. The time went by quickly and the
aches and muscle pains rom walking so
much can still be elt. From everyone thatIve talked to they say that the weather
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DigginIn Virginia
during October hunt is much more
agreeable. Not sure where the October
hunt will be, but it should be just as good.One thing I did mention to Rose and
ohn, when they were talking about
possibly having a camping area andparticipants would be able to bring their
RVs to uture hunts.
One nice eature that is done withhunts Ive attended in England is that
everyone brings and ies a ag o their
country. There wouldnt be that manydierent country ags ying at DIV, since
here arent that many international
hunters coming, so I suggested thatparticipants could bring and y their own
tate ag. They both thought that was an
excellent idea. It makes or a nice estiveappearance.
Ill remember the mud. Ill rememberhe nails and Ill remember all the great
people I met on this hunt in Virginia.
Careully cleaning all the nds and
placing them in their new display homesbrings back the memories o how they
were saved or others to look at and learn.
For the rst time hunters thinking about
going on a DIV you need to be in shape orong walks. Prepare or the worst weather
and hope or the best. Id recommendonly using a PI type machine. However,
Pulse Induction machines lack in iron
arget discrimination and youll usually endup digging every target you nd, thats the
best way to hunt at DIV.
Expect to dig a lot o junk but your
reward in nding something great. VLF
type detectors will work but youll onlynd surace nds. You wont get the
depth youll need to nd objects belowthe 6 mark and thats where most o themare now. Surace nds are ew and ar
between.
Theres some great nds, still to be madand I hope youre lucky where you put you
coil. ###
Top o a 20lb Parrott shell - nice fnd!
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Hunting In Virginia
Todd Sheppard,
Virginia, USA
t was the day beore Diggin in Virginiaand Benny had gotten permission rom
one o the local armers or us to hunt oneo his elds.
The ground was muddy rom the recent
ains and the newly plowed eld was sotwith red dirt. Dan and Larry were having a
ew successes, nding lead balls, a ew bul-
ets, bits o iron and the ever present nail.Toward the middle o the aternoon,
Todd had been hunting on the lower end,
near the edge o a creek. He came back tohe cars with a big smile on his ace. Open-
ng up his cotton padded container, he
shook out one o the nicest script A but-ons Ive seen, perect in every way.
It wasnt deep, he said, only about 3Sounded like another nail, but I dug it
anyway. You never know!
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RecentFinds
Terry B.
goes4ever
Ohio, USAToday I had no where new to go so I went back to the arm where I dug my
00th indian last all....almost winter. This yard gave up a ton o wheats, severalsilver and a lot o indians, and a couple V nickels.
Today I did NOT expect much but I was going to dig all iy signals I skipped
beore because o time, I was digging deep shot gun shells, scraps and bits ocopper, brass etc...nothing good. I
get this 6-7 deep signal that was
bouncy but airly solid rom twoways. On the etrac it was 17-21....15-
23..around that area. What the heck
am digging everything. I saw acoin in the hole and thought hmm,
must be an old nickel o some
sort....NOPE...it was an 1857 Flying
eagle....wooHOOOOO. This is only
he second ying eagle I have ever
dug in 3 yrs. And this one is waynicer than the rst!
I was on cloud nine, but
continued to hunt, I got a real deepsignal I was hoping was a nickel but
he FE number was REAL low, it was
01-12, 01-14. But it turned out to bea deep V nickel...1906. Sweet...
I also got a 6 wheat penny spill,did not take pics o it yet, but it hadve copper wheats and one steel
one that was a solid rusted disk.
Last decent item was the knie,t has some cool details.....marked
sterling plated.
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RecentFinds
Ange
Lverly, Lincolnshire,
UKA picture is worth
a thousand words.
Heres last Sundaynds.
Karl Jackson
Worcestershire, UK
Must have dug 200 signals all rubbish then
he gods smiled with this cheeky Lizzy hal
groat.
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Jackie Whisenhunt
Valparaiso, Florida, USA
Dont let there be any doubt that I love toget out with my metal detector, but like all
other recreational activities there are much
more important things in lie. When youconsider your health, your amily and more
mportantly, the guidance and well being
o a child, metal detecting alls ar to theway side.
With the winter weather giving away
he Robins start making their way to theirsouthern home, the Wisteria blooms ll
he air with its alluring ragrance and not
o mention the more temperate weatherconditions, it becomes increasingly harder
o spend the day at or in the house. So
when my loving wie had to work on a dayhat I didnt and let me with my 3 yr old
daughter or the day I wanted to come up
with a plan or the day that suited us both.And that is where the challenge lied.
Ater a careul and more or less leadingine :0) o questioning SHE decided we
would go to the park. So with that said I
considered several parks in the area and
came to the conclusion that we would visita park that neither o us had ever visited,
and with snacks and drinks packed, o we
went.
As we drove towards our destination Icontemplated my tactical attack on this
park, but wait I have a 3 yr old with me.Throw all that planning to the wayside, I
will be lucky to do much detecting. I you
have ever taken a preschooler detectingyou know what I mean. But I was willing to
take whatever time she would be willing to
give me.
Ok, we are here, I tell her, and as Iunleash her rom her 4 point car seat she
tells me she wants to slide. I tell her thatis ne with me and go slide. Well I didnt
know that the park had 4 dierent slides
and that she wanted to go down them allone ater the other, ten times or more.
So I am chasing her around rom slide
to slide, just stopping to dig a target hereand there, hard to keep her in sight.
The Irony
of a Child
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I really was not nding much, just a
ittle clad. So as I am ollowing her at high
speed swinging my coil 5 times aster than
normally would, she comes to a landingspot on a swing, At this point guessing that
his wont last long.As I am standing there keeping more o
an eye on her than my detector, she looks
my way and yells to my its ok daddy youcan detect right there or a ew minutes
am going to swing or a little bit. I was
saying to mysel yea right, we will bemoving again in about 2 seconds.
So as I am swinging my coil back and
orth while she is watching me with a bigsmile and swinging I get a solid hit with my
Etrac. Numbers are 12-25, which i you use
a Etrac you know that those are normallyold style pull tab numbers. But I am in
good position to keep a good eye on herso I decided that I would dig it up.
I begin my dig with my
eyes on her making sure no harm is near.
She is still has a great big smile on her ace
watching me and having a lot o un on thswing. The target is not very deep about 4
inches. It comes to the surace ast in theFlorida sand and when I saw what it was
and thought o why I was standing and
digging where I was the emotions hit hardFirst I laughed and then the tears o joy
came. The photos below will tell you the
rest o the story!Clearly marked .925. Dont be scared
to share your detecting time with your
children, they may point you in the rightdirection!
Happy Hunting!Jackie
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RecentFinds
Neil Jones, Leeds, UK
Hunting was easy and not crowded My New Ride... Lots More Room
Gold Stater - as ound and cleaned up!! Brillant!.
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Buckles, Buttons and Badges
431
State-Specific Buckles and Plates: Confederate States
Alabama Volunteer Corpsstamped brass oval beltplate.*
Alabama state seal map ontree solid cast brass swordbelt plate.*
Georgia Militia stbrass oval cartridgplate, found in SavanR.S.Durham.*
Georgia state seal, cast two-part belt plate with oak leafwreath.*
* Indicates an image courtesy of Harry Ridgeway and www.relicman.com.
Kentucky Military Institutebrass stamped buckle, foundby Kenny Copelin.*
Louisiana two-part seal belt plate, sanlocal manufacture.*
Louisiana pelican belt plate,stamped brass, solder filled,from west Tennessee. Cour-tesy of Charlie Harris.
Maryland stamped brassstate seal, oval cartridge box,found in Fredericksburg.*
Maryland state seabelt plate, used by Mmilitia units.*
Mississippi oval belt plate, stampedbrass. Recovered from Mill Creek Gapnear Dalton, Georgia. Courtesy ofCharles Harris.
Mississippi sword belt plate, solid dbrass. Recovered in Richmond, Virgminor bend has been straightened.*
436
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American Civil Warbuttons circa 18611865
ConfederateCavalry
ConfederateGeneral Service
ConfederateCavalry(Texas)
ConfederateStaff
(local)
ConfederateStaff found byGary Koger
All images on this page courtesy of Larry Cissnaand The Treasure Depot (unless otherwise noted).
ConfederateEngineers button
(non-dug)Courtesy of Charlie
Harris.
ConfederateScript I button,English made.Courtesy of
Charlie Harris.
(Left) Confederate block Infantry buttonand (center) cast brass CS block I but-ton, both from Lookout Mountain.Courtesy of Charlie Harris.
CSA coat-sizebutton (non-dug).
Courtesy of CharlieHarris.
ConfederateStaff
(local)
ConfederateRifleman
(localmanufacture)
ConfederateEngineer, script
Efound in CaneyCreek support campCourtesy of Bobby
McKinney
ConfederateRifleman, script Rfound in Fort Bend
CountyCourtesy of Bobby
McKinney
ConfederateInfantry(London
manufacture)
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Perry Smyda
ndustry, PA, USA
Hi Jim, I am sending you some pics o my
coins I ound on April 17, 2011. I ound the
coins in a local park in East Liverpool, Ohio.
I hunted that park, back in the late 70s
and I still hunt the park now and then, hit
he woods this time beore it grows back
ike a jungle.
I was using my trusting old Whites
Coinmaster 6 D/B Series 1. I bought thismetal detector o eBay last year (it was
almost new), this Whites was made in
976, but I have another one made 1980.
I ound 2 silver dollars rst (1887-O
& 1896), the seated quarter(1877) next,
another silver dollar(1893), then 2-barber
quarters(1893 & 1896-O or plain) The 1896-
O is slightly mintmark o and above R inquarter. It was amazing nd.
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RecentFindsWilliam Gillraker-Guerre
Fort Walton Beach, FL, US
dont know what thecheap ear ring in the
middle is supposed to
be.. It looks like a coiledup snake, or possibly
a cat made of fakediamonds.. anyway, the
ings, from left to right..4k, 14k, 10k and looks
ike a shark chewed
t off a divers hand? Itwas really deep and its
horrendously banged up, but, gold is gold ;)
Terry B., Ohio, USA
goes4ever
On the way home rom work
oday I took a back road I dont
normally take hoping to nd anew hunting spot. I saw an old
arm with one o the hugest trees
have ever seen in the ront yard,his place was old. I knocked and
asked permission and the lady
said go ahead.O I went, very rst signal was
a 1916 wheat, hmm not bad. This
yard was pretty clean, anotherwheat, then I get a deep iy
signal and an amazing, almost uncirculated looking 1889 Indian comes out.....unreal, the
detail on this coin is crazy. The pictures dont do it justice.Then I got a shallow dime signal and I got a silver but it was in a small clump, so I
brought it home like the picture. The suspense about killed me, it turned out being a
941 merc.Got 2 more deep Indians, 1887, and 1904. and 5 wheats. The 1887 is almost as nice as
he 1889, but not quite. I am pretty pleased. Takes me to 24 Indians or the season!
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Finding Coppers With Doug Schilling
and Tony Mantia
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Pardons to Joni Mitchell or parody o her
song, but Doug and I did wake up early tobeat the heat and the raindrops. We were
nvited to hunt an old arm house site and
t turned out to be one o our best daysever with both o us scoring rsts, or old-
est coins, varieties we have never ound
beore and a wide range o types o coppercoins ound.
We started out back away rom the
house so we would not disturb our hostswie since she was still sleeping. It took
quite a bit o restraint or me not to hollerout as I ound my oldest coin ever and arst it was an 1828 large cent. It had a hole
in the middle and is quite worn but I was
excited to nd it.Doug made the next good nd an 1863
Civil War Store Card or Brown & Dills Den-
tists in Piqua, Ohio; it is listed in Rulausbook.
I was nding some wheats including a
nice 1912 when my next good signal came
Woke Up - It Was
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Copper Morningin as a 12-42-12-43 at six inches. I starteddigging guring maybe a deep wheatie ordime I was careully digging dirt and plac-
ing it on my towel and ound it was now
out o the hole imagine my delight to ndnot a wheatie, not a dime but a beautiul
1866 two cent piece!
Dougs detector started heating up, hisnext nd was a 1907 Indian Head and then
he got a 12-46 signal he said lets do a ull
dig video on this one. Yep he was right toask as out came a beautiul 1832 Largie
with a ull Liberty on the head band. Then
it started to rain, we went to get some-thing to eat then hit a park because we just
didnt want the day to end. I pulled a 1917wheatie and that was it or the day...or so
we thought. When we got back to Dougs
we videoed the nds but part o it got cuto because o some camera malunction..
probably user error! Doug picked up the 4
clad quarters he ound and handed me one
and said that looks unny, I looked at it andsaid that isnt a quarter better wash it o.
He came out shaking saying its a drapedbust coin..and it was an 1808 Draped Bust
hal cent!
We had an outstanding day my bestever detecting and Doug established a
new oldest coin with the 1808 hal cent.
Its good to be a Dayton Digger!
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Discoveriesin the news
By David Wilkes, DailyMail, UK
t was the nd o a lietime and made themboth millionaires.
But when jobless Terry Herbert
discovered the largest hoard o Anglo-Saxon treasure in history in armer Fred
ohnsons muddy eld, it also sparkedextraordinary tensions between the twomen.
Now, despite each receiving an equal
share o the money rom the 3.3millionreasure, their relationship has soured so
badly that Mr Johnson, 67, has banned Mr
Herbert, 56, rom his arm.
Both men have also spoken o theiregrets at making the nd.
The rit began when Mr Herbertevealed a desire to search or more
reasure on Mr Johnsons land.
Reacting with ury, the armer said: Iwish Id never met the man. It has caused
me nothing but bother, all this.
I never want to see that ellow on myand ever again. To be honest, I got ed up
with him rom the start. I was ed up o his
greed.From the moment he ound the hoard
all he wanted to talk about was how much
money we were going to get or it andhat, no matter what we do, we shouldnt
accept the rst oer. I couldnt have cared
ess.
Valuable: A hilt tting, which was part othe hoard ound by Mr Herbert
It was 18 months ago that Mr Herberts
nd on Mr Johnsons land in Brownhills,Staordshire, was announced.
The 1,300-year-old haul included
beautiul gold sword hilts, jewels romSri Lanka, exquisitely carved helmet
decorations and early Christian crosses.
Within days ormer cofn actoryworker Mr Herbert, using an 18-year-old
metal detector that cost 2.50, had lled
244 bags, including gold objects aloneweighing more than 11lb. Archaeologists
believe the loot was buried at the site by
a king or warlord who was killed beorebeing able to retrieve it.
Mr Johnson said at the time that he was
not happy with Mr Herbert because theyhad agreed to keep it all low-key, adding:
It is not about the money or me, its an
incredible nd or the country and thatswhat is more important.
The Staordshire Hoard was valuedby the independent Treasure ValuationCommittee at the British Museum and
purchased by the Birmingham Museum
and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museumand Art Gallery.
Mr Johnson and Mr Herbert received
their shares o the money at the end o
2009.
How sharing 3m fnd o Saxon
gold led to a bitter eud.
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That was then: Terry Herbert with some o the 1,500 pieces which made up an Anglo-Saxon hoard - valued at 3.28 million, according to the British Museum.
O my land: Fred Johnson labelled Terry greedy and said: I never want to see that ella
on my land ever again - hes banned
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Discoveriesin the news
Mr Johnson is building a new house on
his arm while Mr Herbert has moved rom
his council at in Burntwood, Staordshire,
o a luxurious bungalow nearby.But despite apparently having much to
be grateul or, the simmering ill-eelingbetween the two has erupted into an all-
out slanging match.
Yesterday, Mr. Johnson said: Its not likewe were ever riends anyway.
He was just very persistent so I let him
on my land.Sometimes I just wish one o the poor
veterinary students had ound it instead,
because it would have set them up or lieather than me.
Mr Herbert responded by claiming Mr.
ohnson was unhappy that he was orcedo split the cash.
He said: I think Fred wanted all o the
money and is now resentul he has had toshare it.
Hes acting like a child and cutting his
nose o to spite his ace.It does hurt my eelings that he has
aken this stance.
Now, Im not sure there is anything wecan do to patch things up. Sometimes I
wish Id never ound that hoard.He claimed that ve years beore he
dug on the eld where he ound the hoard,
he was warned o and told Mr Johnson
would want all o anything that was ound.But when I eventually went on there
and ound the hoard, Fred could not have
been less interested at rst, he said.
Fred wanted everything kept quiet
at rst, even though I told him it was not
realistic.
But the next minute he is all over theTV, so I decided to let him have all the
glory in the end. He has always had a badattitude and this just sums him up, Im
araid.
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ts not one o those old pennies
n your sock drawer. This 1943
penny, struck in bronze in theDenver mint, is one o a kind.
Middletown coin dealer
Laura Sperber, a specialist in
he rarest o U.S. coins, sold theLincoln cent or a record $1.7
million. It is unique, Sperbersaid Thursday. This is the most
valuable small cent that exists
oday.Most 1943 pennies were
minted in zinc-coated steel
o conserve copper or otheruses during World War II. An
employee at the Denver mint
struck the coin in bronze and it was passeddown through his amily, Sperber said.
It was careully preserved, she said.
Sperber negotiated with the coinsowner or our years beore he agreed
o sell it, Sperber said. She resold it to
an unnamed prominent Southwesternbusiness executive who has been
collecting since he was a teenager.
The collector has amassed a group o943 bronze cents, each one rom the
Philadelphia, Denver and San Franscisco
mints.These coins are quite rare. Most 1943
pennies are steel-gray and not worth much
more than ace value.
While tens o millions o steel pennies
were made in 1943, less than 20 pennieswere erroneously struck in bronze that
year at the Philadelphia and San Francisco
mints, said Don Willis, president oProessional Coin Grading Service o Santa
Ana, Cali., which authenticated the coin.
This is the only one known examplerom the Denver mint, he added.
This one-o-a-kind Lincoln penny was
sold by Middletown coin dealer LauraSperber or $1.7 million to an anonymous
collector. (Photo courtesy o Legend
Numismatics)
Middletown coin dealer sells rare pennyfor $1.7M!
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Discoveriesin the news
Photo and story by Michelle Wranik,
Austraila
When you lose your engagement ring ona Sydney beach, who you gonna call? A guywho wears yellow earphones and carries ametal detector could be your saviorSuperhero in disguise:Tony Samios o Jew-ellery Rescue
Its an all too common sight on Sydneybeaches: A group o people on their handsand knees at Bondi, Manly or Balmoral, ranti-cally digging through the sand.
Sometimes the lost item is a missing en-gagement ring. Other times its a treasurednecklace or even a rare signet ring -- a amilyheirloom.
Buried among millions o grains o sand,
he situation can seem hopeless.For many years, one persons loss has been
he gain o lone metal-detector guys whoscour the beach at sunset looking or thedays lost treasures.
Tony to the rescueBut one Sydney man has made it his mis-
sion to reunite beachgoers with their trea-sured items.
He may not look like a superhero, withmessy hair and armed only with a metal de-ector and yellow earphones, but Tony Samios
oJewellery Rescue has helped hundredso people nd their cherished jewelry in thesand.
I you drop a ring in the sand it can van-sh pretty quickly, Samios says. Ive had many
customers siting through the hand withheir ngers, but the truth is, you could hold
Beach scavenger matches lost treasuresto owners!
a handul o sand with the ring in it and youwouldnt even know it.Samios even has a special waterproo de-
tector that can locate a lost ring in the pounding sur.
I youve been swimming in the sur inchest-high water or less, the chance o get-ting it back is about 20 percent, he says.
Over our years, Tony has tallied up some
incredible rescues.Theres the tale o Brad and Sarah, a young
couple who lost a $6,000 custom-made en-gagement ring on Manly beach.
They had dropped it somewhere, butthey didnt know whether they lost it inthe water or in the dry sand, he says. I wassearching the ocean with my waterproomachine at rst and then I started on the dry
sand.It was getting late and pretty dark, but I
kept going. When I ound it and we returnedit to them that night, they were extremelyhappy, as you can imagine.
Another time, Samios received a call tohelp a newly married couple nd a lost ringon Manly beach.
The guy had taken his ring o and hand-ed it to his wie so he could go or a swim, hesays. She was playing around with it on herthumb and may have put it in her lap, butthen she stood up and it ell in the sand. Theycalled me up and I went down to search or itAter some time, there it was!
According to Samios, newlyweds and newly engaged couples are the most likely peopl
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plus $20) every time a newlywed calls me upand tells me they lost their ring, he says. Es-pecially the men, because most dont usuallywear rings -- theyre not used to it.
In it or the jewels, not the moneySince 2007, Jewellery Rescue has built up
a network o 200 metal detector specialistsaround Australia. A code o ethics guardsagainst rogue treasure hunters, according toSamios, who scour the beach with a nderskeepers attitude.
The call-out ee is $120 per case, but Sa-mios claims hes not in it or the money.
Its denitely rewarding to see the relieand joy on peoples aces, but we dont makemuch money, he says. Its more about help-ng people.
He highlights a recent case, when he senta team o scuba divers to Gosord to help adistraught woman nd her necklace.
The necklace had three silver pendantseaturing the ngerprints o each o the wom-
ans three children. She had dropped it intohree-meter deep water while stepping o a
boat onto a dock.The sad thing was, one o her children
had passed away, says Samios. So it was theonly real thing she had let to remind her oher child.
The divers searched or a long time in the
murky depths and, thankully, they ound thenecklace.When the diver handed it back to her, she
was shaking all over, says Samios. Its a verygood eeling.
Every rescue call is a $120 gambleNot all rescues are successul. Balmoral
beach -- which Samios calls Bermuda Bal-moral -- is particularly tricky or a metal de-
ector.The ocean oor is littered with copper,
once used to line the hull o timber boats.Its like trying to detect a ring on top o a
car bonnet, Samios laughs. You can barelyget a signal.
For beach-goers who insist on wearingtheir jewelry while they swim, Samios oers
advice.Get your jewelry engraved, he says. It
doesnt matter what you put on there, as longas theres something to make the identica-tion process easier. You can then go to the police station and report it lost and i someoneelse nds it, they can match the records up.
Unless they steal it, o course.To hire Samios or his network o jewelry
rescue specialists, visit www.jewelleryrescue.com.au.
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We are a metal detecting clubbased in Industry, Pennsylvania.Please eel ree to browse ouracebook page and learn more
about our club and our hobby.
Contact: Perry Smyda:
Beaver County Coin
DetectingClubs WHY PAY FOR ANOTHER CLUB LISTING ?
Minelab Owners was created over 9 years ago when youcouldnt nd any decent inormation on the net or Minelab
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nds and instructional video. MLO has great videos, tips and tricks that the Pros use
and thousands o people who will share ideas and inormation with you. MLO is more
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ooters Treasure Hunt
YOU ARE THE BACKBONE FOR THIS HOBBY!CLUB LISTINGS ARE ALWAYS FREE!
Palmetto Relic
Hunters Club
The Cayce Museum is located at: 1800 12th Street, Cayce, South Carolina
Rudy RevesPresident Palmetto Relic Hunters Club
Thanks or letting me know about the FREECLUB POSTINGS.
The Palmetto Relic Hunters Club meets the
2nd Tuesday o each month at 7:00 PM at theCayce Historical Museum.
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Hi I am Wendell Mosley, Founder oProspecting U S AWe are located in Hein, Alabama. This clubs goal is to give people a place to ndsome one near them to go treasure hunting with and to serve as a orum to display
what youve ound. Viisit our club on Facebook and on the web:
http:/prospcetingusa.webs.com and yes prospecting is misspelled.
Thanks Wendell
email: [email protected]
website: http://www.prospcetingusa.webs.com
Welcome to Bluegrass Artiacts,Im Bruce Hudson and Ive been hunting
and collecting artiacts most o my lie
around the Kentucky area since 1974.I have been very ortunate to have
seen and studied many ne examples. I
have many personal nds that have beendocumented and I still get a adrenaline
rush every time Ive made a nd.
I you would like to be added to ourmailing list or news and updates visit us
on Facebook.
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The meetings are held on the Second WEDNESDAY o eachmonth at 7:30 PM.
In addition to August, October and December - there is nomeeting in MARCH.
Meeting location is in the St. Maurice Parish Church
The room called Doran Hall
The address is 358 Glenbrook Rd. Stamord, CT 06906-2198.
GPS Coordinates: -73.522475,41.065862,0 This is the basement area o the Church.
Our contact ino is [email protected]
Our web site is http://www.noreasters.net
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We love history and enjoy sharing the hobby o metal detecting,relic recovery and preservation.
We meet once a month at the Shoneys Rest. at I-95 & Hwy 204 in
Historical Savannah Georgia at 7:30 PM every 4th Thursday.
Our meetings are open to all and we encourage visitors.
The meetings include the chance to win a door prize just orattending, club business old and new, a displaying o the members
recent nds. Following the meeting we hold a rae or items thathave been brought in as donations or the rae.
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Coastal Empire HistoryHunters AssociationWe are a 2 chapter metal detecting group that meets in Savannah
Georgia and Beauort ,South Carolina
The Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters metal detecting club is dedicated tothe preservation, promotion, and protection o the hobby o recreationalmetal detecting. The club is made up o people around the metro Atlanta,Georgia area.Visit our website or more ino: http://www.stonemountaindiggers.com/
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At North Georgia Relic Hunters Association (NGRHA) weurther the enjoyment o responsibly collecting Civil Warrelics, old bottles and coins as well as other items rom yeargone by. The NGRHA is dedicated to preserving Georgiahistory through responsible excavation.
The North Georgia Relic Hunters Association was ormed
in 1972 in partnership with the City o Marietta Departmento Parks and Recreation. The association has approximately100 members rom all walks o lie. Meetings are open tothe public.Visit us on Facebook by
licking the logo.
When: First and third Wednesday o each month at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Cobb County FOP Lodge, 2350 Austell Road, Marietta, GA 30008
Please visit our NEW web site: http://www.ngrha.com/
North Georgia Relic Hunters Association
Were a group o ne olks that like to have un enjoying our
Metal Detectors. We like to go Relic Hunting, Coin Hunting,
Beach Hunting or Digging in the dirt looking or Gems,and Gold Prospecting. We welcome anyone that also enjoys
the great outdoors in this hobby we call treasure hunting.
I you would like to join our club, please visit with us at one o ourmonthly meetings,we would sure love to have ya. As a Club we will
have our monthly outings as well, and our Yearly treasure hunt event..We hope to meet you soon.
Texas Treasure Hunters Club is a proud member o the United Metal Detecting
Clubs o America.
http://www.texastreasurehuntersclub.webs.com/
The Texas Treasure Hunters Club
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Georgia Research and RecoveryWe are a relic hunting association. Formed in 1976,the group is 2nd largest in the state with membershipthroughout the Atlanta metropolitan area.
We meet on the 2nd Thursday o each month atTHE DELKWOOD GRILL at 7:00 PMThe grill is
located at 2769 on Delk Road in Marietta, Georgia,USA.
We are dedicated to the responsible hobby o
preserving the past or uture generations. Thepurpose o this club is to provide social, technical andrecreational inormational exchange activities thatprovide or the enjoyment o hunting and collectingitems rom the past and present.
Visit our website: http://www.garrc.com/
We are based out o the PiedmontTriad region o North Carolina.
We assist in the recovery o lost items
and work with the state in ongoingarchaeological projects.
Individual memberships are $20.00,Family memberships at $30.00
Monthly meetings are held the last Saturday o the month at 9:00 am. Location is
subject to change month-to-month.Up-to-date details can be ound at our club website: www.onsd.club.ofcelive.com or
contact our club president William Purkey at [email protected]
Contact: Randy Woolbright
Newsletter/Website Editor
Old North State Detectorists
www.onsd.club.ofcelive.com
ONSD-TV YouTube Channel
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Tuesday, May 24
Tuesday, June 28Where: 1 N. Beach St Ormond Beach, FL
When: 4th Tuesday o the month 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Daytona Dig & FindMetal Detecting Club
Volusia countys only metal detecting club or over 20 years. Meetings the 4th Tuesday o each
month. Two Yearly seeded hunts, Finds o the month, Raes, Prizes and Detectorists o all ages.
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Mid Florida Historical Research & Recovery AssociationMetal detecting is un and Were Diggin It
We meet on the 3rd Thursday o each month at:
Gander Mountain.Intersection o I-75
And SR 40 at 6:00 PM
OfcersBill Beardsley, President [email protected] Sniegowski ,Vice President [email protected] Seidman, Secretary [email protected] Ackley, Tresurer. [email protected]
MID FLORIDA HISTORICALRESEARCH & RECOVERY ASSOCIATION
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