My Best Metal Detecting Finds
Since I began metal detecting 14 years ago, I've recovered thousands of finds that include both American and foreign coins, relics from French and Indian, Revolutionary, and Civil War time periods, artifacts from World War I and II, medieval coins and relics, etc.
Now I wish
that the modern digital technology
was available back in the 1990s when I
recovered many remarkable finds, and, unfortunately, didn't photograph them even
with an automatic 35 mm camera.
I started doing that as soon as I got my first digital camera in 2001. Since then, a few outstanding 'keepers' have gotten "caught in my net."
It's really hard to choose the best finds from the wide spectrum of finds. What criteria could be used for their selection? The best finds could be sorted out by their historic, artistic, or monetary values. I thought about that and decided to follow one simple principle of selection: the best finds could be those that gave me the thrill which would certainly last a lifetime!
The following pages might bring you some excitement!
Cache Of Hammered Silver Coins From 16th
Century
Upstate New York Coin
Cache
Bronze Sculpture
'Psyche' by Moreau, circa 1882
Silver
Love Charm, circa 1786
Common
Militia Waist Belt Plate, circa 1832-1845
USA
Continental Army Button, circa 1775-1783
Rare
1877 Indian Head Penny
Armour-Piercing
Arrowhead, circa 600 - 300 B.C.
Scandinavian
Tortoise Fibula of Viking Era (AD VIII-XI)New!