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  1. GKMan

    Unexpected 1790's Spanish Silver and 1818 Large Cent

    Today I visited the farm that has been oh so good to me over the years. Being that the fields are high though, I decided to try some of the trails through the hills that the cows have trampled down over the years. I know I had detected through this area years ago, but with the ground cover much...
  2. GKMan

    An 18th Century finds type of day

    Yesterday I was able to get out with CTTodd to a field that gave up a nice handful of recoveries. My best finds of the day was a 1718 British Halfpenny, which was nestled in among some square nails and wire and laying right on the lip of a rock in the field. I first pulled out the wire and nail...
  3. GKMan

    Your best tip for someone starting with the CTX

    If you wanted to help someone hit the ground running with the CTX. What do you think the best advice would be to give them? I am thinking CTXcentric type responses, but if you think there are more important bits of advice that go beyond just the CTX what would they be? For me, I would still...
  4. GKMan

    Recent Interesting finds from land and water 1730s coins, Indian heads and more

    It has been so quiet around here. I have been getting out quite a bit and have made some nice discoveries. Here are a couple that I have made recently. Recovered two 1730's King George II's and two worn coppers from a hot field It was a great, yet very warm morning detecting with CTTodd. I...
  5. GKMan

    1768 Spanish half real with a hole in it

    Hi guys! I was fortunate enough to dig up this nice coin this morning. It was in a location that I had previously detected years ago. At that time I had dug up a lot of large cents. I decided to go back there today and dig some of the very questionable signals I had left behind. Thankfully it...
  6. GKMan

    A Real, Dandy, Large Cent type of day

    That's about the best selfie I can do while holding a handful of treasure. Today's finds included the 1780s Spanish real , 1 large cent that has been been holed, another copper perhaps a King George, along with some nice dandy buttons and smaller flat buttons [attachment 329640...
  7. GKMan

    One King George and a couple of buttons

    Another great day out in the woods. Fortunately there was still some good finds to be made at the this site. It is the same one that I had an eight copper day a while back. What helped today was that the ferns hadn't grown back yet so I was able to get some spots I previously couldn't...
  8. GKMan

    Duke of Wellington early 19th century button and other relics

    I hate to sound like a broken record but research paid off again today. I recently got permission to detect a very large piece of property that has at least two mid early 1800s home sites that would be great to detect. Today I detected one of them. I had a pretty good idea of where I had to go...
  9. GKMan

    Colonial Coin spill

    If it isn't Colonial, it is from at least a very early part of American history. They were spread out about a 5 foot area around 8 or so inches deep. Interestingly I found no square nails or other evidence of a structure although I know there was one in the area. Last fall I had discovered a...
  10. GKMan

    It's great to be digging the 18th century... Again!

    What was that nice old song George Burns performed? It's great to be digging 18th century again....Or something like that. We have a 1798 draped bust and an 1876 seated quarter, along with dandy button and maybe a cufflink? CtTodd did great too, thanks for having me along! [attachment 328688...
  11. GKMan

    One Stinking Penny...

    All that detecting this morning and all I found was this.... It was even bent.. I should have thrown it back.. [attachment 328578 12472595_10206524245367311_2407916076332027135_n.jpg][attachment 328579 12670898_10206524245487314_2337508312047923410_n.jpg][attachment 328580...
  12. GKMan

    Yesterday's find, I worked hard for that two center

    [attachment 327522 20160228_174714_20160228_180846.jpg] Yesterday was a good afternoon in the field. I walked away with a two center, flat button, bell, and a homemade lead sinker. I find a lot of these in this area since its by a stream.
  13. GKMan

    What went we out into this wilderness to find?

    [attachment 327520 20160229_123947_20160229_130239.jpg] I didn't know, and that's what the thrill of the hunt is all about. It was another great day in the woods. That is if you don't mind wind and rain while you're out there. Today's finds were 1850s large cents, a pewter button, another nice...
  14. GKMan

    The Fields were alive, with the sounds of good tones....

    Not a bad morning, an 1803 and 1810 Large Cents, and some buttons, see pictures at link below https://goo.gl/photos/6srFhpG2gqRQ6Jd49
  15. GKMan

    GKMan: 4 / Farm Field: 0 - even though it tried hard running interference...

    I went back to a site that I have previously struck out at several times, usually because the field wasn't cut low enough to detect properly. Today the grass was high as usual and so I was swinging through the grass pretty hard just to get the coil through it. Besides that, the farmer had an...
  16. GKMan

    BIG Gold!....... Or Not :(

    Got out this morning to an old swimming hole and heard a nice tone. Of course when I first saw it I was quite excited, but then didn't notice any stamp. When I got home I looked it up and found out that they were handed out on Fan Day's at the stadium in 2005, I believe it is plated though. . Oh...
  17. GKMan

    On the cover of Western and Eastern Treasure Magazine

    The article I wrote about detecting with my daughter is the cover story for the December issue. Proud of my little girl.. Even my Dad who got me into detecting over thirty years ago made an appearance! [attachment 322039 20151102_174127_20151102_191158.jpg][attachment 322040...
  18. GKMan

    My story of the charms I found and returned made it into the local paper

    http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/09/05/metal-detector-charms-treasure-gary-killmer/71740698/
  19. GKMan

    From Not One Cent to Eagles and then Taps and maybe, just maybe, some Rev War History?!

    After dropping the kiddies off at daycare, I had a big day of detecting planned. I was going to go to the type of site I prefer (which is older locations) which for me means 1700's, but when I got there, I found that the site was having some work done on it and they would prefer if I wasn't...
  20. GKMan

    Daddy Daughter Detecting or Sometimes you should ignore the can test result (Big Silver)

    I decided to take my daughter out detecting for a bit today with no expectation other than having a good time and recovering some pocket change along the trail. We met up with my father (who got me into detecting over thirty years ago) and planned on having a nice little family outing. We got a...
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