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  1. 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...
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    ***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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
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    ***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...
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    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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
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    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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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; "...
  15. 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...
  16. coinworld

    ***First silver of the year is seated!***

    I have been hunting my brothers farm for the past 4 years in S. Central PA, and have already dug 42 Inidan Head cents, 6 V nickles, and 1 1898 Barber dime. I thought all the silver was hunted out, when last Saturday I dug my first silver coin of the year and my oldest silver coin to date-an 1886...
  17. coinworld

    Will Fisher/First Texas Develop a Waterproof F -75???

    Fellow Diggers- I have been using my F-75 since 2008, and bar none, this is my favorite machine of the previous ones (CZ6a, ID-Edge and Coinstirke), that I have owned. My only complaint (if there is one), is that I wish the unit was waterproof, not splash proof but waterproof like the CZ-21. Is...
  18. coinworld

    Since Fisher was acquired by First Texas in 2006, what are the latest features of the CZ-21?

    Hello Fellow Fisher Lovers- I am a die-hard Fisher user having owned the CZ-6a, ID-Edge, Coinstrike, and my favorite of all machines, the F-75, which here in Virginia, I exclusively use use for relic hunting, and is the only detector I currenlty own. My question, I have been thinking for a...
  19. coinworld

    Attacked by hornets/yellow jackets

    Hello Fellow diggers, I had a terrifying experience this past Sunday, while digging with my hunting budies, I overturned a small log, and a few hornets/yellow jackets came out-no big deal I thought, I swatted them away and began swinging my F-75. Maybe 10 seconds later I swear the entire hive...
  20. coinworld

    Diggin in VA II March 2007

    Dear fellow relic diggers. Does anyone know anything about the Digging in VA II relic hunt tentatively scheduled for March 07? Bill, do you have any info regarding costs/fees for diggers and where in VA this is to take place-How does one register? Thanks Wayne
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