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Central Connecticut. Back in my hometown for some pet sitting and I decided to check out a spot 2 minutes down the street from where I grew up that’s been on the back of my mind since I started metal detecting. I spent a couple hours metal detecting inside some stone boundaries and found absolutely nothing and then hiked further in to where they did some fairly recent clear cutting. I pulled up my lidar map and noticed I was basically in the middle of another stone boundary, got out my detector and not even two minutes later I get a beautiful signal and that sounds like a modern quarter on my machine. Pulled out the 1803 draped bust, which I definitely did not expect to clean up as well as it did (photos of it straight out of the ground are the last photos). Walk maybe 100 yards away and get an identical target, I should’ve live dug it because I had a feeling it would be something good again. Sure enough, it was another draped bust. A little more slick so I can’t read the date but I waaaaant to say it almost looks like it starts with a 17. Found some horse tack and a beautifully ornate cast iron piece. I haven’t been able to get out detecting much recently due to health and work related issues, and when I have, I’ve come back with absolutely nothing. It’s been over a month since I’ve even found a button! These are my first draped cents and the best day I’ve had detecting in months probably. So grateful for days like these that really help turn your whole mental mindset around. Thanks for looking!

A couple of my recent river finds from my walk along the rocks yesterday :) sound interesting little bits and bobs. Found my first doorknob and an absolute heartbreaker of a perfume bottle 🥲. I’m always keeping an eye out for clay concretions when I’m out so that’s what that little freak with the tail is ❤️ I’ve got quite the collection of weird little concretions now. If anyone has any information on the ceramic (?) bunny that looks like it’d be holding onto something as well as the clasp that has ‘CMC’ on one side and ‘ PATD AUG 1 89’ on the opposite side, I’d be very grateful :) hope everyone is staying cool

I finally got a chance to go back to a cool bottle spot my dad showed me last year where an old ferry landing used to be. The last picture shows the river at the beginning of this year. It was probably 6-8 feet higher than it is right now due to the snow melt, so I knew there’d be a good wash out along the bank. All I had to do was peak back up into the spot I was digging last year and saw my first blob top poking out! A handful of other good ones that I was able to pull out without even digging really, so I’m excited to see what else there may be. I got a complete stoneware bottle from this exact spot last year so fingers crossed there might be another! A little chip on the lip of the blob top but absolutely cannot complain with that embossing :)

(Sorry forgot to add this first, got too excited 😂) This is a 1789 George Washington inaugural button. Posting on behalf of a friend from my metal detecting club. He got the absolute find of a lifetime yesterday, must’ve called everyone in our club to tell us about it haha. He’s not on Reddit but I needed to show this to our community because you guys are the only other people to truly appreciate how awesome this is! He invited me out to a permission tomorrow so I’m hoping I can come back with some neat finds to share🤞🏼. Everyone keeps telling me I need to take advantage of being young and having a baby face and start asking for some private permissions, I think seeing this helps me get over some of that social anxiety 😅

Maybe it’s time I give the beaches more of a chance…that makes this a silver dime, the thinnest mercury you’ve ever seen, and now my first barber dime 🙏 hoping to maybe find some gold or silver jewelry here

To be honest, I usually never metal detect beaches. It’s just not that interesting to me compared to older colonial history. However, got the opportunity to detect a private residential beach and decided to give it a go. Got back and sent the first picture to my metal detecting buddies saying boring day, nothing good, etc etc. One of the guys texted back and told me to double check the coin above the quarters because it looks like a merc. Sure enough, it is. In extremely rough condition, but a merc nonetheless. Crazy what saltwater will do to silver, definitely going to be double checking everything from the beach from now on lol

Took a risk driving out to a new spot in a state forest. Didn’t even get to the cellar hole I marked out because I was getting eaten alive by bugs. This signal sounded too good to be true, I was sure it was gonna be a can or something since there was so much scrap metal not too far from me. I was really just hoping to leave this new spot with a button, maybe if I was lucky- a coin. I think this beats both of those. I haven’t been able to get much if at all this last month due to work which has gotten me down, so incredibly happy to have found this. Absolute perfect condition, even the chape and tongue still move!

Unfortunately not a piece I dug and one I doubt many people would find in privy’s but an incredibly interesting piece of history nonetheless if you’ve never seen one before. This is a late 1800s Boston Feeder baby bottle, also notoriously known as a ‘murder’ bottle. A rubber tube with nipple would be attached to the top for the baby to nurse out of, unfortunately this was before people were well informed about harmful bacteria and mold that would grow inside these tubes and it resulted in a catastrophic infant mortality rate that lead to the deaths of tens of thousands of children before the age of 1. I don’t usually like purchasing bottles, I prefer to find my own. But for a couple dollars, this piece was too interesting to leave behind.

Brought it back to the store and they only refunded for 4 cans (of a sealed box of 6) because we opened two and took a couple sips before noticing lol

1787 Connecticut copper MB left, so many different varieties of these coins but can’t find too many other with the double star before the Conn. just looking to learn a little more about this! Thanks in advance

Not too many people would get excited about another spoon…but to find a whole one of these really, reallyyyy early 1700s rat tail spoons made my day detecting as soon as I found it (about 8 inches deep). Got up, swung over the same area again and a foot to my side got another signal that sounded honestly just like this lead pewter spoon. I opened up another plug not even a foot away and started hearing a screaming target, was really just hoping to find another complete utensil and to my pleasant surprise got this beautiful 1787 Connecticut copper. Eternally grateful my first coin ding wasn’t on this beauty lol

Moved out of my parents last year and am starting to move some of my collection over. This was one of the larger bottles I first found when I stumbled upon this hobby. I’ve become pretty good at dating things but 3 piece molds still trip me up a little. Found along side some 1880s ammonia bottles and stuff ranging into early 1900s. Would just like to hear some other opinions! Thanks :)

I’ve been detecting for a little under 2 years now. Trying to go through and display everything nicely. Definitely have some tweaks to make along the way (I don’t love the coin displays I’m currently using, and want a way to display flatter objects at an angle without looking weird). But I think it’s coming along nicely! I haven’t been able to find a curio cabinet I really love so I think my plan this summer is to build my own with some of the older high quality wood my dad has stored in the barn from his parents construction business. The relics of this hobby are genuinely my favorite part of it all. Thanks for taking a look if you have any questions/ suggestions let me know :)

Beautiful afternoon today so decided to get out in my backyard and detect for about an hour. This is only my second whole bell so I’m happy with that and a little mercury dime never disappoints. I’ve walked these areas dozens and dozens of times, it really goes to show sometimes you’ve got to swing over things at just the right angle. Western Massachusetts, happy hunting :)