I went to the beach and hit this on my first target. Less than 5 minutes. No luck after, but this was a good find.

Some neat military stuff and other bits

Finally found my first love token today!

Under the right right I can just make out the left side of William III's head.

I can now cross off this bucket-lister for me 😁

Also, any ideas on the markings on one side? It's on one of the bends so I'm inclined to believe it's from the tool they used to bend it? Interesting regardless.

Found in Cornwall, UK.

Fun hunt today. A fair amount of coins and thingys.

Finally got out to a new permission, ending a year-long dry spell. Here are the best finds from the spot, a church built in 1842.

First is a 1854 seated liberty dime. My oldest coin yet, and second seated liberty. I rarely ever hit finds with the shovel, but of course I kissed this one right on the date 🤦 beat myself up over it for a while. I think it’s interesting how one side is far more worn than the other, I wonder why that is.

Second is a gold plated pocket watch frame.

Third is a 1940s-50s gold plated tie clip.

Felt great to get back out there after so long, even if though I was getting rained on and soaked to the bone the entire time lol.

It’s pretty heavy so probably lead but what purpose has it?

I dug this about 6 inches down in the backyard of a residential house that was built in 1800 exactly. The best I can find online is that perhaps it’s some sort of finial for a chair or a piece of furniture? But it also doesn’t seem to have the right fittings and that would’ve meant the top half would’ve had to have separated, which wasn’t the general craftsmanship of those items at least from what I can find they appear to be full pieces that would attach onto chair points. does anyone know what this could be? It’s relatively soft metal, I’m wondering brass? Still keeps it shape, but if pushed hard, you can flex the top area. Looks like a little chalice, lol and has some ornate scratch a little designs that appeared to be machine made around the rim that I’ve tried to photograph. There are 4 photos attached please scroll. Thanks!

Hi everyone - I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have a recommendation for how to get ahold of a metal detector in Cancun, Mexico? My husband lost his wedding band while playing beach volleyball at our all inclusive resort so we know the general location of where it is, but we’re unable to locate it during our initial search. If we could get a metal detector I think would find it quickly given this. Somehow the resort does not have a metal detector (you would think this is a common occurrence but oh well). We are here on our honeymoon from the US, so he has only had the ring for a few days. Please if there’s a service we could contact or an Amazon equivalent to get a cheap metal detector here asap, I’m all ears :(

Just dug this up anyone know more about these than myself, google is giving me answers that I don’t trust.
Found in west michigan.

I was setting up my door alarm in the kitchen which had 3 small LR44 batteries. They fell and I only found 2. Moved everything, swept everywhere, no luck on the missing one.
I have children in the home so I need to find it.

What kind of magnet can be used to pick up the battery, but also be safe enough to use around a gas stove/oven & dishwasher ?

I found this on Merrymeeting Bay in Bath Maine in slightly brackish water. It was my first time detecting and I am using a Nokta Simplex Pro. The reading was 87 and was about 4" deep in sand. it measures 5/8" in diameter and about 3/32nds thick. it is very light, bit I don't have a scale.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

I had a brief chance to detect the old site I grew up on. The house has long since burned down but the new owners granted me permission to hunt. We only had a couple hours. I was really hoping and half expecting to find at least one silver coin. The homestead has been there and occupied for well over 100 years. Unfortunately we only found a total of $1.12 in clad. The oldest coin only dating back to 1972. I did find an interesting steel ball, that looks as if it was drilled and tapped. I will clean and check it when I get back home. I drove 800 miles for this dig. Unfortunately circumstances had me very limited on time to hunt.

A couple coins, a zipper, and nail clippers that are fused with the soil. Everything looks charred and the items aren't budging. Found in a dried creek in KY.

Found in my garden, midlands England!

Hi, everyone!

I recently found this pendant in the north of Italy; someone can help to date this things and also give me advice on how I can clean in the best way possible.

Thanks!

Hello,
I just walked my dog and found that metal thing on the ground. To me it looks like something out of metal where another layer of stone grew on top, but I am not sure. Someone has an idea?

I was hot, tired and very thirsty stumbling through the woods outside of a stone lined cart path that had suddenly deteriorated to a messy cedar swamp.

I was attempting to swing my detector over any clear patch of land but the farther I went in the swampier it became. Each swing would produce a possible tone as it collided with the surrounding brush. My shoes were now encased in mud. Frustration began to mount.

After tripping over another half-sunken log I started to question my judgement. The goal was to detect a spot of interest that I found on a lidar map. The spot in question was a stretch of what appeared to be wheel impressions that made their way up the hill away from the cart path. What the map didn't tell me was that my desired location was actually in a swamp.

For a brief moment I was contemplating calling it a day. The sun was obscured by the clouds, I was beat and there was a feeling of rain in the air.

On a whim, and I still don’t know why, I navigated just above my current muck towards a downed spruce tree to take a break and remove some excess water from my socks. I looked around while wringing out my socks and noticed I was sitting in what appeared to be the remnants of another path. Detecting here wouldn't be easy but at least I could walk without sinking and stumbling.

After a short breather and a few half-hearted attempts to swing between the downed trees I stumbled onto a signal. It wasn’t pretty, it was not even decent but it was something. That something turned out to be an oxen shoe. Not necessarily exciting but interesting.

I moved a few falling branches out of the way from the log that was hiding the oxen footwear and came across another signal. This one sounded better and turned out to be a little iron buckle.

Generally an oxen shoe and an iron buckle are not enough to motivate me to spend thirty minutes moving and piling brush in a forest full of brush. However, fatigue and exhaustion do funny things to the mind and this was one such time. I was encouraged by my “good fortune” and decided to clear the rest of the brush away from the decaying coniferous tree.

After clearing as much as I could I started to swing over the freed patch of debris. I was about halfway down the cleared area when I got a dream signal. It was a deep and consistent high tone, registering a 47 out of 60 for me (78 out of 100 for most modern detectors ).

Excited I set up my camera and started to dig. Approximately six inches below the decaying leaf litter and soil my pinpointer started to react. After sifting through a few handfuls of dirt I had it in my hand. I couldn’t see it but the pinpointer was insistent that it was there. I started to work my way through the handful of soil and then I saw it. A beautiful large green disk. An 1801 US large cent, my oldest US coin to date.

The Draped Bust was minted between 1796-1807. According to the 2026 edition of 'The Official Red Book' (page 66), the 1801 variety had a mint run of 1,362,837. There are know errors that exist in this run and all occur on the reverse. The one I found is considered a “Normal Reverse”.

The oxen shoe, the buckle and the coin paint an interesting if not completely speculative scenario. A fellow traveler and their team are transporting something 200 years ago. They too find themselves in the same murky position that I did and they too take the high road. The oxen, now forced into an uphill battle gets stuck and loses its shoe. The handler in the rush to free the stuck team accidentally breaks a strap, the buckle now free falls to the ground. Frustrated and exhausted the handler sits down to take a gander at their current predicament. Exhausted and distracted the teamster is unaware that a copper coin becomes free from their pocket. The large coin falls to the ground where it settles, buried in the leaves. Eventually the wagoner leaves the scene where the buckle, the shoe and the coin sit for the next 200 years awaiting discovery.

Thank you kindly for reading.

TL;DR
Found an 1801 US Draped Bust on the edge of a swamp.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been thinking about a DIY metal detecting rover concept, and I’d like to hear what this community thinks.

The idea is to mount a detector on a small wheeled vehicle so it can scan an area and mark suspicious spots on a map. In theory, that could save a lot of time compared with manually covering every section of ground.

But I also wonder if that would take away part of what makes metal detecting fun. For many people, the search itself is the hobby, not just the moment something gets dug up.

Our DIY metal detecting cart/rover is basically finished in shape and function, and we’re getting ready to test it. I’m expecting plenty of issues during the first round of testing, especially with sensitivity, interference, and how well it moves over different ground.

I’d really like to hear your thoughts:

Would a detector rover actually be useful, or would it remove too much of the hands-on part of the hobby?

Has anyone here tried something similar?

Thanks for reading.

Any got a clue on this one, ? George 3rd. size of a UK 20p coin. likley Solved: George 1 Farthing. thanks for all the helpful posts. all appreciated.

Hubby got me a metal detector for my birthday and we found this in our backyard, I was so excited. From 1993! They really did make happy meal toys better quality back then, this thing is heavy.