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National Geographic on Metal Detecting – They Actually Tell Both Sides of the Story!
I was alerted by my friend Butch that National Geographic had published a new article about detecting, and was pleased to find they had given both sides of the detecting conflict. Most articles in wide-spread ...
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Google Earth and Metal Detecting – What Obsession Looks Like
Other detectorists fear my Google Earth database ...
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Beyond the Liability Release Document for Metal Detecting – Personal Liability Insurance and Proof
I have been turned down several times by farm owners who cite liability concerns related to my presence on their property (and these were some amazing sites too!) While I always realize this may just ...
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Tips and Small Talk Lead to New Civil War Era Site
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 ...
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Metal Detecting Live Digs – Barber Quarter, Tiny Money and A Heart-Stopping Antique
Here's my latest live dig video, eight minutes long. This is my most successful video edit in terms of clarity I've done. I was doing my live digs wrong before (editing in wrong mode) ...
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Grand Army of the Republic Button
Found, at an early 1800s site, a Grand Army of the Republic Button. It's in poor condition and thus shows how mportant it is to get these artifacts out of the ground. At least this ...
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Odd Finds…. It’s So Hot in KY that the Mercury Dimes are Swelling Up!
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 ...
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1910s Pocket Spill, Some Silver and Plug Repair 101
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 ...
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No More Indian Head Pennies – Feb 20, 1909
From the Earlington Bea Paper in KY, Feb 25, 1909 ...
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