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Silver Coins at Beautiful Old Kentucky Farms – E-Trac Live Digs with Audio

Posted on May 3, 2013 by pocketspill

Silver, silver everywhere – live digs coinshooting silver on private property.  E-trac lessons for two-tone ferrous at beautiful places.   HD viewing mode recommended, I removed the fisheye effect, there’s lots of detail in the video. Detector sounds on 90% … Continue reading →

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High Definition Live Digs Video – 1860/1870 House, Silver, Large Copper and Great Artifacts

Posted on November 14, 2012 by pocketspill

Here’s the latest high-definition live digs video including my day-long hunt at an 1860/1870 house, some great coins and a terrific artifact. I recommend you watch large and in HD.    I cut down the length of the video a … Continue reading →

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Tips and Small Talk Lead to New Civil War Era Site

Posted on September 10, 2012 by pocketspill

I headed out on Sunday to catch the minister of a small country church to ask permission to hunt (it was granted.)  I met several people from the church, all of them, including the minister were nicer than nice.  Before … Continue reading →

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My New Oldest Coin Rescue – By Three Years

Posted on July 30, 2012 by pocketspill

I’ve been enjoying the soft ground and milder temps to get out and do some hunting.  At one 1820′s house I got a solid 12-45 on the E-trac near an old tree stump.  Underground, it was almost solid rotten wood … Continue reading →

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1910s Pocket Spill, Some Silver and Plug Repair 101

Posted on June 18, 2012 by pocketspill

Did a video of some of my hunting Father’s day weekend.    Ended up a 6 silver weekend with 3 Rosies, 2 Mercs and a Barber dime, and did live dig video on two of them.  This video is fun … Continue reading →

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Coinshooting Finds – Slicing the Iron-Infested Farm

Posted on April 1, 2012 by pocketspill

This past weekend, I took advantage of the nice weather to hunt an 1820s-era farm.  The conditions are difficult.  Every coil swing reveals 4-5 iron signals, so I had to run the E-Trac in two-tone ferrous *all day* with a … Continue reading →

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Manx Triskelion symbol found (Isle of Man?) on Copper Piece

Posted on February 3, 2012 by pocketspill

This old beauty found in downtown Lexington.  Copper material… and silver dollar sized.    Saddle?

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