Tag Archives: parks

Detecting.US changes for 2013 – Advocacy, Research and Advancing our Hobby

Posted on January 1, 2013 by pocketspill

This site will be focusing its mission in 2013.  I will be reducing the “hobby blog” material and increasing the advocacy and research side of things. The overall mission of the blog is to curate/host conversations related to advancing our … Continue reading →

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Applying Social Media and Game Theory to a Self-Regulating Metal Detecting Community

Posted on September 21, 2012 by pocketspill

I’m a bit of an idealist. As is stands, all potentially historic public land in Kentucky is “off limits” to detecting.  This includes well-documented areas in our State Parks system and areas that will never be excavated.   When you … Continue reading →

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Odd Finds…. It’s So Hot in KY that the Mercury Dimes are Swelling Up!

Posted on July 3, 2012 by pocketspill

During a short hour-long hunt in my recently discovered Mercury dime hotspot in Lexington (so far 12 removed from a 100′ x 100′ area) I pulled something interesting. My detector signaled a strange sort of mixed, confused reading.  After retrieving, … 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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Eddie Black’s Letter to WHAS – Metal Detecting in Louisville Parks

Posted on February 5, 2012 by pocketspill

Please look below.  Updates to Eddie’s quest are posted at the bottom.   I publish his letter here hopefully to start a conversation – not to endorse it. ~~~ Yesterday, Louisville’s WHAS Channel 11 ran an article about the elevating … Continue reading →

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