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Deception and the War of 1812

Sometimes a little deception is all you need to win the day. I found this little beauty in October this year in upstate New York. I found it with my Teknetics T2 Metal Detector in a field near the area of the battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812. It’s a pewter US Soldier Cuff Button and it’s in great shape. I made a video of my trip to this area and included the following description describing the history and I discovered a great story of how the commander of the US forces in the area outsmarted the British […]

Successful Tips for Metal Detecting

Here are some successful tips for metal detecting. Metal detecting is a wonderful activity especially for people who want to find adventure, lost items, and discover history. If you appreciate nature and the outdoors, then the metal detecting hobby may truly be your calling. There are many tips and guidelines to help make the metal detecting activity enjoyable and successful. There will be more to come in future blog posts so keep watching this site and be sure to go read the Code of Ethics post if you are just getting started. Finding The Most Suitable Metal Detector The first […]

Digger Spotlight – Live Stream on YouTube

Digger Spotlight is a bi-monthly live stream show featuring various notable diggers from our metal detecting community. Twice a month I will invite guests to come in for an hour to talk about metal detecting, YouTube, and other interesting topics depending on the guest. Part interview, part conversation…. it all fun. Both myself as host and our featured guests will interact with the live chat room where viewers can interact with the conversation, interact with each other, ask questions of the guests and get answers from them directly. Its another way of connecting with those YouTube personalities you have to […]

Metal Detecting and Treasure Hunting Ethics. Why they are important.

METAL DETECTING AND TREASURE HUNTING ETHICS Mеtаl dеtесting аnd trеаѕurе hunting are gеtting very fаmоuѕ nowadays. Thеrе аrе a lot оf bеnеfitѕ уоu саn gеt frоm this hobby. Aѕidе frоm thе еxсitеmеnt аnd thе thrill whеn уоu are оut trеаѕurе hunting; thеrе better bеnеfitѕ thаt уоu саn think of whеn you think оf hunting аnd metal detecting. I would ѕау thе bеѕt bеnеfit уоu can get frоm metal dеtесting аnd trеаѕurе hunting iѕ good hеаlth. Hоwеvеr, you can also become very rich in knowledge in this kind of hоbbу. Despite аll the реrсеivеd аnd раlраblе benefits in mеtаl dеtесting аnd […]

The Weekly Dirt

The Weekly Dirt is a weekly review show of various metal detecting YouTube channels that airs every Sunday. I have a YouTube channel, Adventures In Dirt, and for those of you with YouTube channels, you know how hard it is to constantly come up with content worthy of putting out there on your channel. I try to get out and dig once a week, usually on the weekends, when my time allows but as you know, you don’t always find the large cents, half pennies, or roman danarii. Most the time you have a ton of fun digging up all […]

My First Gold Coin – Sorta/Kinda

This gold coin came up out of the ground and put my butt right on the ground. After an awesome morning dirt fishing with a buddy of mine on one of his permissions, I was on my way home when I decided to go by a brand new farm permission I received recently and poke around for an hour. As I swung my Teknetics Patriot Metal Detector, in between a couple trees, I got a signal that was strong and repeating and after digging down about 5 inches, I pulled up this coin. As I brushed some of the […]

In Search of the Forrest Fenn Treasure

alt=”Forrest Fenn Treasure Chest” The Forrest Fenn Treasure has been hidden for many years and to date, nobody has been able to find it and the millions of dollars in riches it contains. My wife and stepson joined me on a treasure hunting trip in search of a bronze treasure chest hidden over 7 years ago by art dealer and author, Mr. Forrest Fenn. We go to the spot that I have come up with as being the location of the treasure after deciphering the clues noted in Mr. Fenn’s poem. From Wikipedia: Forrest Fenn operated an art gallery with […]