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    Report from Bastrop #4, homeless man finds money and gold

    Reporting from Bastrop County, Texas, where I am working on the wildfires....it has been an interesting trip so far....... I have found some interesting finds, with the highlights being an 1854 quarter, a pristine 1915 Barber Half, several Barber dimes, several mercs, relatively few Rosies, an...
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    Bastrop, Tx Report #3 OMG somebody PLEASE help me identify this possible 1775 medal

    OK, I had to stop my detecting this early afternoon, so I wouldn't have a heart attack after finding this. Somebody please help me identify this medal. It shouts OLD in it's design, especially the bail at the top which is cast into the medal, but I don't want to get too excited. The medal is...
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    Stone Mountain Memorial Medal Liberated from the Ground 12-30-11 Report from Bastrop County

    First, A little history lesson: In 1915 the United Daughters of the Confederacy decided to build a memorial to all the Confederate Veterans of the Civil War. They invited the renowned sculptor, Mr. Gutzon Borglum, to see the mountain where the memorial was to be sculpted, and to take...
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    Safe Dial, repurposed.....Bastrop Report Part II

    Well, reporting from Bastrop again.....Found an old safe dial that I thought was really cool. When I found it, I thought I had found some old door knob with the base attached. Man was it heavy. Made of Brass. When I got home, I went to cleaning the "knob", and I noted hash marks along the...
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    In the country, what do you use a a sign of past habitation? Let's talk Vegetation......

    Moderators, if this needs to be moved, please feel free, but it is relevant to any metal detectorist and could be on any forum here....imho.... Ok, so another post on here got me to thinking about how I find old homesites to search. I use vegetation and rocks mainly. A good friend recently...
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    Big Haircut Day, SLQ, Merc, and an unknown.....

    Well, I am down out of Austin, Tx working for the folks of Bastrop County Texas on the Wildfires they had down here. What an old part of Texas! Founded in 1832, there should be lots of loot for me to take home with me.......and I am diggin it! So today, after I got off at 3, I stopped by a...
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    Cryogenic treatment of a coil winding.......-300 degrees

    I became aware of the cryogenic treatment of gun barrels about 15 years ago. By treating a barrel of a gun with supercold tempering at -300 plus degrees, the molecular structure of metal is realigned and destressed. I am greatly simplifying the process, but in essence, that is what occurs...
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    Cryogenic treatment of a coil winding.......-300 degrees

    I became aware of the cryogenic treatment of gun barrels about 15 years ago. By treating a barrel of a gun with supercold tempering at -300 plus degrees, the molecular structure of metal is realigned and destressed. I am greatly simplifying the process, but in essence, that is what occurs...
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    Cryogenic treatment of a coil winding.......-300 degrees

    I became aware of the cryogenic treatment of gun barrels about 15 years ago. By treating a barrel of a gun with supercold tempering at -300 plus degrees, the molecular structure of metal is realigned and destressed. I am greatly simplifying the process, but in essence, that is what occurs...
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    Cryogenic treatment of a coil winding.......-300 degrees

    I became aware of the cryogenic treatment of gun barrels about 15 years ago. By treating a barrel of a gun with supercold tempering at -300 plus degrees, the molecular structure of metal is realigned and destressed. I am greatly simplifying the process, but in essence, that is what occurs...
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    Cryogenic treatment of a coil winding.......-300 degrees

    I became aware of the cryogenic treatment of gun barrels about 15 years ago. By treating a barrel of a gun with supercold tempering at -300 plus degrees, the molecular structure of metal is realigned and destressed. I am greatly simplifying the process, but in essence, that is what occurs...
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    Have a seat, an old seat......

    Well, I am down here in Central Texas, working on the wildfires and found an old ball field next to a river, and thought I would detect a bit this evening, seeing what might pop out of the ground...... Third signal that I paid attention to, was a 12/46, solid and a bit bigger than I had been...
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    Help ID military cap badge please

    I found this item yesterday. I think it is a cap badge. Can any of you folks help me with an ID? At the base of the crown on top, there is the word "BREST". There are 3 Le Fleurs on the left of the shield and it appears that those are oak leaves with an acorn. It could be from the late...
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    Results from the Cemetery Expedition......

    Well, we went to the cemetery cited in my other post, this date I was mistaken, and it was a family cemetery, with approximately 50+ graves. I had not seen it before, but it does date back to 1867, according to the historical marker on the highway a third of a mile away or so. Robert, my...
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    Crossing that fence when you get to it....how I do it....

    Sooner, or later, and ALWAYS with permission, we all come across barbwire fences to cross, in order to detect the greener grass on the other side, which is always so...... As I have gotten older, it has become more difficult to get through fences or under, and over is a pain. Several years...
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    Would someone be so kind as to tell me where I may purchase a NEL Tornado coil? Thanks

    n/t
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    My ETRAC Busted Today! :super:

    I was out hunting after I worked all day. I got permission to hunt an old house. I got a signal, and I was in a really old part of the country in Virginia here. I dug with my shovel, and uncovered what I thought was a large cent. I couldn't make it out too well, but then, I saw the figure...
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    Stanley car token

    I found this in an old yard yesterday. Obviously it depicts a stanley automobile, and has the year 1908 on it My question for the group....is it a token from that time, or am I right that it is most probably a token from the 60s or 70s from some gas station company. I have not seen one...
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    In Northern Virginia, any locals willing to hunt?

    Hi boys and girls....I am in Northern Virginia right now, in Williamsburg area. Would appreciate VERY much if someone up this way could find it in their heart to take this old man hunting somewhere I might find an early 1800's coin potentially, or earlier. I have never been up here before, and...
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    In Northern Virginia, any locals willing to hunt?

    Hi boys and girls....I am in Northern Virginia right now, in Williamsburg area. Would appreciate VERY much if someone up this way could find it in their heart to take this old man hunting somewhere I might find an early 1800's coin potentially, or earlier. I have never been up here before, and...
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