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  1. floodplaindetector

    Wiped Seated, Barber & Big Silver

    Finds are from the last few weekend hunts since it warmed up a little. Almost all finds were from researched public city parks and schools a couple hours or so south into Minnesota and South Dakota where I could get the digger into the ground. The only exception being the 1888 Indian Head and...
  2. floodplaindetector

    Summary of 2023 Finds

    I decided to post a summary of my 2023 Finds. My primary eTrac detector quit in May, so I took the plunge and switched to the XP Deus II and worked on a custom program and settings that translated well for me from my eTrac. I am glad I did. Most of the finds shown were found with that new XP...
  3. floodplaindetector

    Few Holiday Hunts - Minnesota State Seal Medal / Early Hamms Bottle Opener / Silver, Vs, Buffalos & Indians

    We had a stretch of nice weather again, so I didn't have to go very far south at all after Christmas to get out of the snow and finish off the year in completely soft ground. All finds shown were pulled at public researched sites with my XP Deus 2 metal detector. I pulled the Minnesota State...
  4. floodplaindetector

    Early Kerosene Tractor Pocket Watch Fob

    We had a very nice warmup the past couple weekends, so I was able to get some serious weekend hunting in. All finds were found at researched public sites with my XP Deus 2 metal detector. Most of the finds including the pocket watch fob were pulled from city parks in 2 larger South Dakota...
  5. floodplaindetector

    Few Cold Weather Finds: Gold/Silver/Masonic Fob

    Finds are from a few cold weather hunts over the past 2 weeks. All finds were pulled at researched public sites from the North and South Dakota with my XP Deus 2 metal detector. The ground got very hard by the end of last weekend so it's pretty much a wrap up here unless we have a major warm up...
  6. floodplaindetector

    Barber, Vs & Indians / Old Navy Button / Sheriffs pin badge / 1930s Tootsie Toy

    Finds are from a few weekend hunts since my last post. All finds were found at researched public sites with my XP Deus 2 metal detector. Just about all finds were pulled from the Dakotas with one hunt being in Minnesota. A surprise find was that old 4-inch tootsie toy car on Sunday. It was a...
  7. floodplaindetector

    1915 World's Fair Exhibit Pin / Big Merchant tokens / Black Hills Silverleaf Ring & Others

    Finds are from a handful of recent weekend hunts. All finds shown were pulled from researched public sites with my XP Deus II metal detector. Just about all finds were pulled from the Dakotas. A few were also pulled from a Minnesota hunt. The 1909 Barber dime and one of the silver quarters were...
  8. floodplaindetector

    Deep Old Quarter / 6 Inch Toy Truck / Fob & Tokens

    Finds are from the last few weekend hunts with my XP Deus 2 metal detector. All finds were pulled from public researched city parks and old school sites. Most of the finds were pulled from North Dakota including the Barber and the toy truck. Some of the others including the tokens and Utah...
  9. floodplaindetector

    Big Silver / Canadian Half Dime / Very Old Printing Plate

    Finds are from the last 3 weekend hunts and a couple after work weekday hunts. All Finds were pulled from researched public city parks and school grounds with my XP Deus 2. Most of the silver dimes and the Canadian half dime were pulled from North Dakota and All the big silver was pulled from...
  10. floodplaindetector

    Deep Big Silver / Coin Silver Pocket Watch Cover / 1934 Chauffeur License Badge

    Finds are from a few weekend hunts over the last 3 weekends with my new super light XP Deus 2. I bought it 3 weeks ago and started getting familiar with it right away. All finds shown are from old researched public sites. Most of the silver including the big silver was pulled from North Dakota...
  11. floodplaindetector

    Barber Half Dollar & Other Silver

    Finds are from a few weekend hunts since my last post. All finds were found with my Minelab Etrac at public sites. Just after posting the last time, my motherboard went out in my primary machine so I started using my other one. It seems to work as well as the prior one as I was getting some...
  12. floodplaindetector

    Barber Quarter, Dimes and Pool Hall Token

    Finds are from the last couple of weekend hunts with my Minelab Etrac. I pulled the Barber quarter yesterday at a Minnesota City Park that used to be the site of a turn of the century school. It was a deep target that I almost gave up on. My pin pointer started to sound off when the hole was a...
  13. floodplaindetector

    12 Silver Day And Some Deep Big Silver!

    Finds are from the last handful of hunts with my Minelab eTrac. The 12-silver day was from Saturday hunting in some researched South Dakota parks 2 weekends ago. The Walking Liberty Half dollars were pulled from a Minnesota Park last Saturday. The 1939 Half Dollar was well over a foot deep, and...
  14. floodplaindetector

    1908 William Jennings Bryan Presidential Election Fob / Big Canadian Silver

    It has been a long winter but most of the snow finally melted, and I was able to get out and do some hunting. All finds were found in public city parks, old schools and 1 fairground with my Minelab eTrac metal detector. Most of the finds were pulled last weekend in South Dakota. It wasn't the...
  15. floodplaindetector

    Summary of 2022 Finds

    This is a summary of all my best finds made in 2022. All finds were made with my Minelab E-Trac metal detector. Coils used were 10x12 SEF. My 12x15 SEF coil was also briefly used. Sites detected were all public except 1 quick farmhouse permission where I pulled a 1964 Roosevelt Dime and a 1942...
  16. floodplaindetector

    Final 2022 Hunting in Nebraska gets some old coins

    I visited my brother Sam in Nebraska this week and got a couple hard days of hunting in some researched Nebraska city parks with my Minelab eTrac. The ground was pretty hard, but I could get my hand digger in deep at most places as temps hit the low 60s one day. This felt like a heat wave for...
  17. floodplaindetector

    Big Silver and Gold!

    All finds shown were found in researched public city parks and old school sites. Finds are from the last 2 weekends with most of the finds including the half dollar and gold ring coming from South Dakota during the weekend before last; before the cold snap and harder ground came. Minelab eTrac...
  18. floodplaindetector

    Morgan Silver Dollar + Barber Quarter Pocket Spill!!

    We had a nice warm up last weekend, so I headed out early Saturday morning to work off the Thanksgiving turkey. All finds shown are from 2 partial day hunts: Saturday and Sunday. Everything was found with my Minelab eTrac at public researched sites. The 1882 Silver dollar was on edge in the...
  19. floodplaindetector

    1956 Gold Class Ring! and Other Silver rings / Silver coins and merchant tokens

    Finds are from a few weekend hunts real close to home and some hunting in South Dakota last weekend after it snowed here. All finds were found with my Minelab eTrac metal detector at public sites. The gold class ring was an absolute surprise of course and made my day of course. It appears to...
  20. floodplaindetector

    Big Silver & Black Hills Gold Rings

    All finds shown are from last 3 weekends of hunting on researched public sites in Eastern South Dakota. As usual My Minelab eTrac was used to pull everything. I had some good luck in running into some gold and silver rings on a few recent outings. Saturday was an 11 silver day (see picture of...
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