Dcraun

Can I play again? Here is my oldest US coin. It's a 1798 Draped bust large cent. I also included a picture of my shovel marking where it was found. Notice the cut limestone blocks all that's left of an old structure.

Thanks for the tip I will remember that

My oldest object with a date on it found in the United States is a 1689 cob minted in Lima Peru

The bullet in question is on the far left. Far right is a standard three ringer the one in the middle is a 69 caliber. The rings are way more pronounced and the skirt is very thick. It weighs a full gram more than the 69 caliber. First one I've ever dug like this any help would be appreciated.

Two Connecticut buttons found about 3 ft from each other. D2 using sensitive full tones

Yes I'm very happy with V2. 90% of the time if conditions allow I run sensitive full tones, high square, offset 10, notch 07-40 , discrimination 6.8, reactivity 1.5 or 2. Those are my go to relic settings I have found these settings make it very easy to identify aluminum. A VDI of 74 that is aluminum has a hollow wind chime type of sound where as a brass button with a VDI of 74 has a solid bell sound.

Took the D2 out to a small Confederate camp using the general program because the ground is saturated. Three tone, notch 07-40, tone break at 68. I had dug several bullets all ringing up as 82 when I got a solid 84. Out came this cut 1730's Spanish silver. you can see the beginning of a 3 for the third digit in the date

Found this on a brand new permission. I have Dug scabbard tips before but never anywhere near this condition. I doubt the ground has ever been fertilized. Nearby I also found a piece of lead Sabot with clear rifling marks.

Yesterday was my 1st time detecting without the control box. I was on a very wet Virginia farm field so I went with program 1 general. Disc 6.4, 3 tone, tone break at 68, high square and notch 07-40. I found it very enjoyable to just focus on the tone and not worry about VDI numbers. This was a fairly clean field and I'm not ready to go blind in a trashy one yet. Finds include a 1860 IHC , carved bullet, 69 caliber bullet, and various other bullets and melted lead.

Here's a picture of a slightly more modern one this one was minted around 1870

I don't have a picture of the other side. Unfortunately the land owner keeps everything at this site

I found this coin on top of a hill in an area where I have found lots of relics. Both Confederate and Union items have turned up in this general area. The coin looks to be made around the mid 1800s . I would like to think it was carried by a soldier but I'll never know. The obverse side where the state, lodge# and individuals name would have been has been intentionally wiped clean the rim around the edge is still intact so I don't think it's normal wear. Maybe he was trying to hide his identity.

Great plate!

I think it's just cut glass it doesn't light up under a black light very bright

Rang up 63-64