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    OMG William and Mary 1689 Gold Guinea!

    After the great day yesterday with 5 hammie's and a 13th century drinking vessel spout I didn't expect much today. WRONG! 1689 William and Mary full Gold Guinea. in uncirculated condition this coin would be worth 7,500. pounds. Not that it really matters I don't sell anything! Beauty!
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    Dirt digging in England, great first week

    Ended the first week with 5 hammered silver coins and a Celtic gold full stater! Photo's 1 and 2 Addedomaros 45BC Celtic gold stater 18.32mm, 5.48g Hammies are photo 3 Venetian Saldino 13 or 1400's, Long cross penny 1300's Long cross penny 1300's, Elizabeth 1st silver penny 1660 to 80 Photo...
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    gold in the rocks!

    4 and a half hour in the rocks with Mark, Not much garbage, lot of coins and 2 gold today! 14 K ring 5.5grams all fake stones, . 10 K ID bracelet 11.5 grams and a silver earring. Got about a dozen of the 38 special bullets. [attachment 273585 9-4-13total.jpg] [attachment 273586...
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    Labor day finds, silver and gold

    5 hours in the water, lots of coins a silver ring and a 14K diamond anniversary band, 3- 1/4 ct Baguettes 4- 5 point stones. 4.3grams
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    Return of a liftime! 60K platinum ring!

    got a frantic call friday night from a guy who lost the one ounce platinum ring with sapphire in it. made the 75 mile drive Saturday morning, 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there 10 minutes to find it. mission accomplished. 1 ounce of platinum at 12 carat blue sapphire. insured value 61,000. He...
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    Update: Cook county forest preserve meeting to address ban on detecting

    The meeting on Tuesday went pretty well. We had a packed room (35 hunters) for the meeting. We listened to the lawyer for the county forest preserve talk about the 1918 statute about no digging or removing items from the preserves. He also talked about protecting the preserves from destruction...
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    Meeting with Cook County Forest preserve to address detecting ban.. Tuesday July 30th in Chicago.

    Well it has been a work in progress for quite some time. Pat Anderson president of the Chicago club sent an email to the president of the Cook County forest preserve in Oct 2012 asking for a meeting to address the ban on detecting in Cook County preserves. He also included a plan for training...
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    Meeting with Cook County Forest preserve to address detecting ban.. Tuesday July 30th in Chicago.

    Well it has been a work in progress for quite some time. Pat Anderson president of the Chicago club sent an email to the president of the Cook County forest preserve in Oct 2012 asking for a meeting to address the ban on detecting in Cook County preserves. He also included a plan for training...
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    a little silver and a rescue call for a lost ring

    Met up with GW1 this morning, a little cut at the first beach gave me 2 silver quarters, and a couple wheats. While going to the 2nd beach I got a call from Melissa who had lost her wedding ring the night before in the grass near Montrose beach. I told her I was on Lake Shore Drive and could...
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    High School ring returned after 62 years,

    My oldest return yet, She lost the ring in 1950, 62 years later, reunion with an added bonus! Read this blog by a Chicago Now blogger Teppi who helped put the pieces together. http://www.chicagonow.com/when-you-put-it-that-way/2012/05/blog-power-a-blog-a-ring-and-a-reunion/ Video Link...
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    High School ring returned after 62 years,

    My oldest return yet, She lost the ring in 1950, 62 years later, reunion with an added bonus! Read this blog by a Chicago Now blogger Teppi who helped put the pieces together. http://www.chicagonow.com/when-you-put-it-that-way/2012/05/blog-power-a-blog-a-ring-and-a-reunion/ Video Link...
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    New video, 100 year old Virgin!

    Mark and I spent 20 hours over 5 days hunting this virginal beach, We recovered over 200 silver coins, 8 gold rings, dozens of silver items and some cool artifacts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQk2-cZXNA
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    New beach, we call this one the 100 year old Virgin

    Mark and I did some research on Sunday and came up with a beach we thought might be good! Man were we right. We hunted from 7:30 to 3 on Monday, and together we dug 51 silver coins, 4 gold rings, over 80 wheat's, 6 buffalo's, 2 V nickles, 1 Indian and a dozen silver items, What a day! My take...
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    New video, Civil War relic hunting in Virginia.

    Mark and I spent the weekend in Virgina doin some Civil War relic hunting. Found some great relics, said hi to some old friends and met some new ones! Relic hunters ROCK! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdwEUp9w4rM
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    Texas A&M Aggie Ring returned

    I have had this ring for 2 years, a couple Texas A&M alumni saw the ring on the National Geographic show I did and offered to help me find the owner. Mission Accomplished! 1994 Texas A&M college ring 10k, 29.7g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxVz1...ature=youtu.be
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