Muddy Relics

08/06/2024

On our anniversary detecting trip, Rachel and I got to meet 2 great detectorist who are also great people. Yes they are as cool in real life as on YouTube, if not cooler. Check out the Quarter Hoarder for great videos detecting the NE.

We got the chance to hang with some great detectorist at the first annual Show-me hunt in Greenville MO this last April. Two of which were Dogtag Doug and ...

04/06/2024

You just never know when you will pluck a silver... Rachel got this in change from a local Dollar General. A 1945 Mercury dime.
"According to the NGC Price Guide, as of June 2024, a Mercury Dime from 1945 in circulated condition is worth between $3.20 and $5.75."

29/05/2024

Rachel has been using the Nokta Simplex where I was still using an older Garrett Ace 350 (great starter machine by the way), BUT i was looking to upgrade and decided to splurge a little. My initial choice was the Xterra Pro, But after visiting with the staff at High Plains Prospectors and getting to hold several floor models, I decided to start down the line with the Double Score. Here is my first run with this really sweet, turn on and go, multi-frequency machine.

So, after using the Garret ACE350 for the last couple years, and loving the simplicity and power up - detect style, I thought it was time to consider an upg...

27/05/2024

21/05/2024

A clip from our last video and our hunt in Greenville last month.

Another clip from Day 2 of the 1st annual Show Me Hunt in Greenville MO. This was more than likely a seeded Dime, but it had been missed by scores of detecto...

11/05/2024

Day two of our anniversary trip to the. Show Me Pro/Am Treasure Hunt . We found a civil war skirmish site in south Missouri as part of this Seeded/Natural hunt. Rachel got to meet her favorite youtubers Quarter Hoarder and DogTag Doug and we had an all around great weekend.

We got the chance to take a couple's trip to the first ever Show Me Pro/Am Metal Detecting hunt in Greenville MO. Over 2 days we worked acres of fields and t...

10/05/2024

Answer to "What did we dig up? Wednesday". It is a "J" hook for holding a knapsack or other gear to a soldiers body. This one is brass and would have been a Union Soldiers pack. It was found with other items from the Union in either an encampment, assembly point or conflict area. We found shell fragments so we believe an artillery shell went off in the same area.

This week on "What Did We Dig Up?" Wednesday. This little brass item isn't very big, but is very important. The round head is about the 3/8" diameter. It will also be seen on one of our next videos. Give us your best guess, Answer will be tonight or tomorrow.

08/05/2024

This week on "What Did We Dig Up?" Wednesday. This little brass item isn't very big, but is very important. The round head is about the 3/8" diameter. It will also be seen on one of our next videos. Give us your best guess, Answer will be tonight or tomorrow.

02/05/2024

We are back with another video. We got to take a couple's weekend away and spend time detecting in south Missouri...

We got the chance to take a couple's trip to the first ever Show Me Pro/Am Metal Detecting hunt in Greenville MO. Over 2 days we worked acres of fields and t...

26/04/2024

You might be a Metal Detectorist if,
You randomly reach into your jeans and find a Lincoln Wheatie in your pocket with no clue where you got it ....
I remembered later where it came from....

24/04/2024

ANSWER : This is one i had not heard before, but it is a pressure gauge off of what some call Enginair, but it is a Ford accessory tire pump (for tractors and maybe cars too) . The original mobile air pump. Remove a spark plug, screw in the tire pump, and let your tractor engine pump it back up .

We are Back with another "What Did We Dig Up?" Wednesday. Thanks to my dad for a unique history lesson on this one as i had no idea.... Give it your best shot, be careful going with the obvious.... Answer later tonight.... Oh, penny for size comparison.

15/04/2024

Hey all, It has been a busy couple weeks so it does not look like i will get a video out until next week at the earliest. The next few videos will include our anniversary trip to a Pro/Am 2 day hunt in south MO to a Civil war Skirmish site. I also will be showing off a new detector i upgraded to after we got back. With the farmers planting, we hope to hit some pasture and timber sites we found with former home sites on them... stay tuned and have a great week. Feel free to check out the youtube page to make sure you have not missed any of the previous videos from the last year.

We are a family that loves the outdoors and history . Whether that be finding it, studying it, visiting it, or experiencing it. Our videos are not just a...

05/04/2024

Took some boys detecting and one of them found his oldest coin by 100 years, , oh and we found cool stuff too

We took a couple of our students along with our family to a bean field in the river valley. We are hoping to get back for a more focused hunt as this look...

04/04/2024

There is so much more to detecting than coins and can slaw (aluminum). So much history is still in the ground, and in that, the broken beauty of glass that tells a story of yesteryear.

31/03/2024

Have a great day as we celebrate an empty tomb.

30/03/2024

We went back to a site we started a few weeks before, this time the hits were more frequent, older, and more unique.

Our Second Trip to this old home site that is now a Bean field. This time the items got older and more unique.

25/03/2024

IF you know, you know... LOL .. If any one goes back into time to the '70 and '80s, could you pass this along???

Metal Detecting

22/03/2024

This week our daughter gives me a run for the oldest coin, Rachel finds silver as well. Plus a lot more Muddy Relics.

This hunt proved amazing as our daughter found our oldest silver of the year and would give me run for the oldest of our family.... I am still in the lead, ...

20/03/2024

Answer: We did have someone respond with the right answer. It is a Wheel Band for the hub of wooden spoke wagon wheel as seen in the added picture.

This week on "What Did We Dig Up? " Wednesday. These Rings are very common on turn of the century home sites. What you think we have? Answer posted tonight.

19/03/2024

Ever wonder what's inside those complete compact cases we find. (When we actually find a complete one)

We Metal Detected a Pompiean Bloom Rouge cosmetic case (owned by Colgate) made in the late 1920s by the Scovill Manufacturing Co. It was still closed with ...

18/03/2024

We like to keep track of several items we find on a regular basis. Here is a recap of 2023. ('24 looks to surpass this already)

18/03/2024

We received permission to hunt a bean field that was once a homestead from at least the early 1900s up to the '60s. We were finding buttons, cosmetic items...

15/03/2024

For tonight's entertainment, a short trip back to relics of the 1920s and'30s. This is part 1 as we got interrupted twice to respond to grass fires in the area. Pt 2 will be out in a couple weeks and things will get a lot older, stay tuned for more.

We received permission to hunt a bean field that was once a homestead from at least the early 1900s up to the '60s. We were finding buttons, cosmetic items...

14/03/2024

ANSWER:. This is the front (or Back) of Brass Padlock. One found on line with same design showed the Patent date of 1891.

Here is your day late, "What did we dig up? " Wednesday. Thanks to my wife and confirmation from a Youtube follower, we know what this brass piece from the late 1800s is. Do you ???
It is about 2.5 in. long.

13/03/2024

Curiosity got the best of me. I just had to know....

We found this Avon Lip stick tube buried in a farmers field for at least the last 50 years, maybe more. It seemed heavier than normal and so we wanted to...

09/03/2024

Another great youtube milestone (great to us anyways), 200 subs, thanks for following our adventures.

09/03/2024

Thought I would just do a little swinging after a meeting for a few minutes, turned into an afternoon of beep beep beep in the warm weather before our next Event that night.

What was going to be a 15-20 minute hunt for fun turned into a 2-3 hour digathon of fun on a beautiful day. We Visited a local church yard with permission...

06/03/2024

ANSWER : It is in fact a gate hinge, as several have stated. This one would have been driven into a post, tree, or RR tie and coupled with a second one, would have held your gate at a nice swinging height.

This week on "What Did We Dig Up?" Wednesday. These are not that uncommon to be found, just not laying in the ground... Some of you may have even used one of these as part of your work today. It is about 8 in. long.

05/03/2024

The EPA should be funding metal detectorist with all the trash we are plucking from the ground... 😆

02/03/2024

We went hoping for old 1800s, and although we found a few things, we did find a lot of early 1900s relics that carried some unique history. One that insures you a smooth ride down the road today.

A sunny winter day brought us to a homestead, we thought from the 1800s. Though we found some early period items, most are a glimpse back at life in the e...