Doc Bach

I'm not trying to be negative here but if Minelab somehow drops the ball and does not correct the flooding issues that plagued the mighty Nox then the Manatee would be a very appropriate name indeed.

Hello Art1515 I like your topic and the item that you posted very much.I goofed up on my FIRST comment as I intended to reply to the bone photo that strick posted (senior moment?) keep making those good discoveries D.B.

That one looks like it has spent many centuries lying in the water and mud and possibly been in the fire? Very typical of what is found in certain areas of Clearlake here in Nor Cal.....just my opinion.

Back in the late 1960's a friend and I were digging a turn of the century privy and he found a very similar one it made a nice conversation piece and roach clip.

Thanks for sharing Cal Cobra and Tom all of things that blow my skirt up so to speak keep at it and do whatever it takes to keep it on the sly.

I hit the like button but the fact of the matter is that I am envious of your site beyond words in addition to all of your notable great finds their must be some amazing iron relics and tools such as small Spanish pump drill bits a common trade item and shards to some serious early pontiled bottles being dug as well.D.B.

Calabash did a review on them a month ago.As far as I can tell they are not avalible here in the states except for the testers?

And it also helps to be born with the gift of a built in tinfoil hat like some of us life long collectors and Teasure Hunters are blessed with. Some call this condition or affliction depending how you look at it dowsing.

They all seem like very nice Lads to me.I'd be willing to wager that they all get together with their families after hours for ice cream socials and bible studies.😁

Word around the Cali campfire is that a Gizzer won't eat a Vegan.

Perhaps? However every hide scraper no matter the size or material that I have ever personally found or seen and that numbers in the thousands has a worked and flaked edge on the base not what appears to be ground and polished? To be fair though the purpose and usaage of a lot of these ancient tools is based purely on ones opinion and imagination.

That is a very nice artifact! possibly an ax or adze for wood working it could also qualify as being a hoe head and or spade bit and was most likely hafted to a stout wooden handle.

Try Gerry's detectors.com He seems to be plugged in pretty well with Coiltek and is a contributor on this forum.

That is a killer button D.S. and tough to find.It took me 50 years to dig one.Mine is the #28 type one style two large variant my unsolicited advice would be to pound that site congrats.

Rich at Colonial Metal Detectors .Com has the NOX 6 inch coils in stock $179.00 no sales tax and usually ships free but no international shipping.

I'm a natural born skeptic I reckon and I am reminded of the catchy phrase that the fabled P.T.Barnum is said to have conjured up.

Personally I am more excited about the release and availability of the WSA 11-XL Headphones hopefully sooner than later.😊

Congratulations on your first C.W. button Dirtshark.The Eagle I will always put a smile on any diggers face I hope that many more will follow. D.B.

Good luck with that...Got Magic Marker?

Nice relic it has some similarities to a Navy Colt?

Ahh the illustrious whiskbroom and dustpan crowd beware of those SOBS.Not only do they have the opinion that they own it all they also feel that only their fraternity has the expertise and right to dig it.

If you cannot come up with a positive I D on your iron whatzit piece go to the American Digger Magazine website and contact the publisher Butch Holcombe.Send along a photo with brief description and ask him if it is indeed worthy perhaps he might consider posting in the STUMPT column in an upcoming edition.Butch himself has fifty plus years of civil war relic hunting under his belt so he might know what it is if not the readers should?

That'll do and good for you!

Having a state of the art detector {yes like the Deus for example} can surely make a big difference that's for certain.But the simple truth of the matter is that you can never clean a site like that out.Find the trash and ash layers that can be several feet deep even deeper with the privies they contain some of the best non metallic and metal items that are well out of reach of any detector Build yourself a 1/4 inch sifter and do some screening and you will be surprised at what might turn up.

The surefire method to figure out if others have hard hit a good relic site ahead you sometimes by decades is to go to the base of any large trees and or rocks.If the place has been pounded you will find gunnysacks full of leaverite.