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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

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held here in the United States, Diggin in Virginia, where

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great people. Weve also got some very nice nds rom the UK,

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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

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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.



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.

The magnet did what it was supposed to



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.



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.



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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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!



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

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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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RecentFinds

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



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



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!.



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

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RecentFinds

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-

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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!



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

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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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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.



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




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.



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

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Middletown coin dealer sells rare pennyfor $1.7M!




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,

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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-

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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

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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

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Unless they steal it, o course.To hire Samios or his network o jewelry

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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

NorEasters Metal Detecting Club
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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

[email protected]

Newsletter/Website Editor

Old North State Detectorists

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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]

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