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Oh, the Detectorists? Thats a great show. I specialize in digging thousands of small holes mostly less than a foot deep. Does that help?😂😂

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Here I am! What'd you lose?

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Thank you! I agree. There is definitely a sense of peace here.

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Yeah, it's chilly for sure!

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Forgive me, I had to use Google to see where that was😅 Obrigado!

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Man is it beautiful out today! Glad I decided to take the day off from work. The blueberry barrens are starting to change color, found a buffalo nickel and a few other cool things!

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day! Time to search some old stone walls.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've got several different ones. Today I was using the Nokta Triple Score, which has become my main detector since I got it about a year and a half ago.

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Finds from today's gorgeous walk! It was probably about a mile and a half down a trail to a stream bed and back. I was actually looking for a gentleman's phone that he lost a couple weeks ago now while riding his 4wheeler. No luck. It must have taken a crazy bounce farther off the trail somewhere.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah, that heat sucks. I lived in Texas for a few years and it gets really overbearing.

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You can definitely feel the seasons shifting this morning. It's a beautiful day for a new spot in the woods.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A very interesting find from a freshly tilled field. These tokens were used either to teach mathematical operations to children, as counters in a game, or shopkeepers used them to count on a grid. Also sometimes used in times of currency shortage, these coins are part German, part American.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A few finds from 3 different spots. A 1944 "war nickel" that actually contain no nickel. During WW2 nickel was needed for armor plating, and were made with 35%silver. The rest is copper and manganese. Also, pieces of a pocket watch case that you can barely see a pattern on, and a cool garter clip.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Our father, who arf in heaven

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hit a new spot today. The property has a house from the 1700's. Unfortunately, nothing too exciting from that era. I did find a bridal rosette, solid silver spoon that dates 1850-1870, a 1944 silver Mercury dime, and a 1930 Maine chauffeur license badge. Also a matchbox car, and part of a cap gun.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I forgot to add the Conestoga bell I found on the property along with the two cases full of items I posted earlier. It just wouldn't fit in the cases. Conestoga bells were on covered wagons, and are where the term "I'll be there with bells on" came from.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Today I am presenting the property owner with these two cases of finds from what may very well have been a Civil War era brothel.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A closer look at the 1870 shield nickel I found today. This was the first US coin called a nickel, and was 75%copper+25%nickel. Before this 5 cent coins in the US were silver, and called half dimes. These were made in part due to people hoarding silver and gold during the Civil War.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

100% confirmed identification👍👍

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As close as you'll get to a live update from me.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Got an early start in this freshly cleared and tilled field!

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Radagast the Brown says kitties are never late. Nor are they early. They arrive precisely when they mean to.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I think you're probably right. It's more ornate than any I've seen either, but I did find this piece that's definitely from a harness in the same area, and it's also pretty ornate.

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another recent find. It's a little over and inch across. Not really sure what it came off of. The body is brass, and has a garnett/jewel/or decorative purple glass set in the center. Judging from the patina, and dates of everything else found in the area I'd says its from the mid 1800s. Any ideas?

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Here's a closer look at the pre-Civil War US Navy button I found on Sunday, along with an example of what it would have looked like if it weren't in the ground for nearly 200 years.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Shown here are all the finds from my Sunday outing. In addition to the muzzload pistol, and Civil War snake buckle are a pocket knife, conestoga bell from a wagon, another buckle, some horse tack, a few buttons(one of which is a US Navy button from the early-mid1800s).

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Another great find from yesterday. A Civil War era snake buckle. I've actually never found one of these before, and have been looking for one for many years. This spot is the same place I found the 3 brass heart heel plates. It's turning out to be one of the best I've come across.

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I can relate with that. I lived in the Boston area for a decade, and didn't have a car by choice for the last couple years I lived there. It was awesome. Public transportation is easy. Didn't have to worry about parking, and with the T half the time its faster than driving.

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It will, but I dont really clean them up much. Just get the dirt off.

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I found a whole bunch of really cool things yesterday afternoon and I can actually show you and tell you about them! Check out the remnants of this small muzzleload pistol from the early 1800s. I even found a match!

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A couple photos from the end of the day. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait like 6 months or so before I can share details. I will say it was an amazing experience, and a success in every way.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Haha, yeah they were just sitting on a nearby stump.

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not really, but I find them without even trying. I found one today on a tree. I thought it was a trail cam.

Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yeah, it's pretty nuts! They don't even really look all that old, but they've definitely been there a while.