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Scouting Finds
The Boy Scouts were founded in Britain by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908.
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Toy guns and lawn grenades
If you read my last post (I’m sure you did), I mentioned that I was going to talk about toy guns and pistols in a future blog.
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2025 Finds, March and April
Today’s blog is a review of my detecting finds from the last two months.
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Lighters, Salt/Pepper Shakers, and Metal Figurines
One of the things I find from time to time are cigarette lighters.
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2025 Finds (So Far)
January/February
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Civil War Artifacts
Today’s blog is about actual Civil War finds and possible Civil War finds.
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Compacts, Lipsticks, and Safety Razors
This blog is about three things that, if you let your imagination run wild, are kind of related.
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Non-Metal Metal Detecting Finds and Sightings
I did a blog on September 21, 2023 (here) titled “Pocket Watches and Old Bottles.” I wrote about some of the old bottles I discovered while metal…
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Odds and Ends, Part Deux
I did a blog on March 2, 2024 on Odds and Ends (click here) about a few of what I consider unusual finds.
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How I Got Started Metal Detecting
Or How to Waste All Your Retirement Savings
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Keys and Flatware
One thing that people seem to lose almost as much as coins, are keys.
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Ferrous Metal Finds
Today’s blog is all about ferrous metal finds.
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Small Denomination U.S. Coins
Today’s blog—or more accurately, this month’s blog (I know, they’re getting further apart)—is going to be a continuation of my May 21 blog titled…
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Oddfellows Pin and Pince-nez Eyeglasses
I found this item, which appeared to be a pin, while creek detecting earlier this summer.
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