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  1. coinworld

    4 mercs and a bufflo surface

    Hello fellow diggers- I was up at my brothers Strawberry farm in Pa for 3 days August 13-15 helping him with mowing and weeding. His farm is a circa 1774 homestead. And although I have yet to dig some Spanish silver or an old colonial copper at his farm, I was able to recover 4 mercs over the...
  2. coinworld

    ***Interested in relic hunting SC or NC***

    Hello fellow relic hunters- My two buddies and I live and civil war relic hunt in N. Virginia where we both live and work. We have some excellent sites in the area where we have each dug Federal US belt buckles, numerous buttons, period and earlier Spanish silver and other coins and other...
  3. coinworld

    ***A Little Lead and Spanish Silver surfaces***

    I was out today with my digging buddies Dave and Mark in the western part of the state of Virginia where we have been very blessed to make some incredible civil war finds (US belt buckles), and other other period buttons, and coins. The property we've been given permission to detect dates from...
  4. coinworld

    ***Little Lead, Brass Saves from Virginia***

    **Some Brass and Lead*** Hello fellow diggers- My buddy Dave & I and another new "digger" were detecting yesterday at a site in the western part of Virginia that was a known Union encampment for almost the duration of the entire war. An although this site has been detected hard, no site is...
  5. coinworld

    **whole lotta lead***

    Hello diggers- Today my buddies and I got out to the site in the western part of Virginia that has continued to give up many good relics, including belt buckles, US state buttons, Block I button, and even a VMI cadet button plus silver and a number of large cents from this area. Although now...
  6. coinworld

    ***1819 Large Cent and Some Lead***

    Hello fellow Diggers- Today my friend Dave & I got out to our favorite site in the western part of Virginia where we have had very good success with many buttons, lead, 3 US belt buckles and various silver and other 18/19th century coins we have been very blessed and fortunate to have...
  7. coinworld

    ***Little Lead, iron and Brass Saves from Virginia***

    Happy New Year! My buddies and I got out again today in the western part of Virginia today and had another banner day in kicking off the new year. Although I did not set the detecting world on fire I did manage to get a couple of firsts: My first shell frag from either borman or cannon ball...
  8. coinworld

    ***My coin finds published in W&E Treasures***

    My fellow treasure hunters- In my May I had an opportunity with a buddy of mine to search an old homestead in the western part of Virginia, that dates to 1702. Since that time, we have dug numerous large cents, civil war bullets, buttons and silver coins including 1 Spanish reale. I also dug a...
  9. coinworld

    ***brass, lead and silver***

    My buddy and I hit had a chance to get out today and detect an old homestead that dates back to 1705. We have been very blessed to pull some remarkable coins and buttons from this site. Although no 1700/1800 era large cents surfaced today, we did end up digging some civil war bullets, buttons...
  10. coinworld

    ***A little Lead and Some Brass***

    My buddies and I got out to detect on Saturday to a special part of Virginia that just continues to give up relics and coins from yesteryear. Yesterday was no different, a buddy of mine pulled his first Yankee belt buckle about a hundred yards from where I dug mine earlier in the spring...
  11. coinworld

    Lead, Brass and Big Silver Surfaces

    My buddy Dave & I ventured out today in the snow and cold to our favorite colonial/civil war site in Virginia. Although cold and snowy, and dodging falling trees and limbs from the weight of the first snow, we did manage to save a bit of history and some silver too. I finished the day with 10...
  12. coinworld

    ***Lead, Silver and some Brass***

    My buddies and I got out to the site in Virginia where we have been very fortunate to dig many civil war relics; including many buttons, bullets, and period coins. Yesterday was no different, and I walked away digging: 2 dropped .58s 2 fired enfileds (one with wood plug in base) 1 Williams...
  13. coinworld

    ***Whole lotta lead and some silver***

    My buddies and I went back to site yesterday where we have been pulling buttons, bullets and various old coins, and this 100 + area continues to produce. Yesteray I dug 24 bullets: 6 dropped: 58s 11 fired .58s 4 fired Enfields 3 .52 spencer bullets (no shell casing) 1 1887 Indian Head Cent 1...
  14. coinworld

    Lead, silver and PA State Seal Button Surfaces

    My 4 buddies and I got out today for a hunt near the same place where I dug my first Yankee civil war belt buckle in April. it was humid as anything in anticipation of the hurricane that is upon us now for us who live in the east coast in VA like I do. I dug 9 bullets, and my first complete...
  15. coinworld

    Western Eastern Treasures Published my Story article

    Hello fellow diggers- Some of you may recall I posted in April about the federal US belt buckle I found in the western part oif Virginia where I live. Well, I submitted an article to Western & Eastern Treasures magazine, and they published my article in the August 2011 edition. I've posted the...
  16. coinworld

    Colonial Home site gives up Two Largies, 2 Silvers & A Flying Eagle Cent

    My hunting buddy and I hit a new colonial homesite in Virginia that we recently received permission to hunt. This home site dates to 1705. We thought we would find alot of civil war stuff, as both sdies frequented this area during the civil war. I had the best coin date ever and recovered the...
  17. coinworld

    Colonial Home site gives up Two Largies and 2 Silvers & A Flying Eagle Cent

    My hunting buddy and I hit a new colonial homesite in Virginia that we recently received permission to hunt. This home site dates to 1705. We thought we would find alot of civil war stuff, as both sdies frequented this area during the civil war. I had the best coin date ever and recovered the...
  18. coinworld

    Enfiled Bullet with 57 stamped in the base

    Dave & I went back to the site where I dug the US belt buckle last month in Virginia. I only dug one bullet yeterday, but the one bullet is by far my best bullet finds to date. A fired Enfiled with the 57 stamped in the cavity of the bullet. This bullet as most on this forum know was made by...
  19. coinworld

    Enfiled and Confederate flat button

    My digging buddies returned back to the site yesterday where I dug the Yankee Belt plate two weeks. No additional plates this time, but I dig dig two fired enfiled bullets, and my first flat button from the site, which may be Confederate, baeed upon the writing on the back, which states; "...
  20. coinworld

    ***My First US Yankke Belt Buckle***

    Hello fellow diggers- Wow what a day my two digging buddies Dave, Mark and I had yesterday digging in a civil war area in the western part of Virginia where we live, that reportedly has had several encampments, as the area we have permisison to hunt is several hundred acres. We've been digging...
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