History Hunts

Recently, some of our members got together for two days of screening sand on the site of an ancient Native American camp located on private property that was once a sand quarry. It was no walk in the park but there were some beautiful projectile points, knives and other stone artifacts discovered. Thankfully the weather was kind to us. The day after we left the site was covered with snow! Some of the artifacts we found date back to thousands of years ago. Pictured are some

We kicked off 2021, with a small group three day metal detecting tour in the Deep South. The weather held out for two out of three days and some great discoveries were made by everyone in the group. Pictured below are some of the highlights. These include: several Seated Liberty half dimes and dimes; one Liberty Bust half dime; a handful of early glass trade beads; several early buttons including a Civil War-era Navy cuff; lots of Civil War bullets; and an impressive assor