Dave Denkenberger 12/20/13 - Baltimore City
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Frank Hollen 12/20/13 - Baltimore City
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Mike McCullough - December 2013
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Bill Hill and Leo Pollock, creators and administrators of the M.F.S.T.C. facebook page, uploaded these photos of their own hunts for November and December.
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Ilario Pogliani - 12/04/2013 - Baltimore City. A nice Indian head penny only four-inches deep.
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Gary Pennington - December, 2013 - Baltimore City.
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George Venker - November/December, 2013- Baltimore City.
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Bill Hill - 12/01/13 - Found this Edison phonograph key (circa 1912).
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Gary Pennington - November, 2013 - Baltimore City.
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11/13/13 - Ilario Pogliani - Found and Indian Head penny, musket ball and curious token at Druid Hill Park. Ilario did some research and found that "This one has been attributed to Chicago, IL, but that is where the company was located that made the slot machine that used this token. The machines themselves were scattered all around the country and were used to gather up as much small change as possible from patrons of bars, cigar stores, confectionery stores, pool halls, etc. The machines usually took nickels and the payoff was in these tokens which then could be spent at the candy or cigar counter of the business. The tokens are quite common and seldom sell for over $1."
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11/08/2013 - Dave Denkenberger - Musket ball, harmonica plate, 1944 penny.
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November 2013 - Dave Miller - I found an old piece of property in Mt. Airy and it so far has turned up 4 silver quarters (oldest 1933), 2 silver dimes and a half dozen wheaties.
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10/27/13 - Gary Pennington, Bill Wise, Steve Cunningham and Rick Pack. Gary went to a Baltimore City after hunt with us at another park in Baltimore County. These are Gary's finds for the day.
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Steve Cunningham and Howard Shettle - Thursday, 09/26/13 - went to a park in Baltimore City for two hours to check it out for the upcoming club hunt on October 20. Steve was using an E-Trac for the first time ever and didn't find much because he didn't know how to use it yet. Howard used his familiar CTX30-30 and found lots of clad and a silver dime. Neither wandered far from the parking place. There is much more treasure to be found in areas beyond.
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Bob Taylor August, 2013 - Found two interesting tokens on a farm after procuring permission. The tokens represents the amount of money,$.50 and $5.00, that could be traded for goods. After some research, Bob found that the initials, J.L.D, represent the owner's name, J. L. Dick.
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Gary Pennington 07/13/13 - "I found 3 pieces of silver jewelry, a 14k bracelet, a 1795 George III Farthing and some clad coins at my High School"
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Alvin Lamb 07/02/13 - Bud had given an acquaintance, Rodney, a few pointers on metal detecting and soon received word that his portage had found a really nice coin - indeed!
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Steve Cunningham 06/16/13 - Several weeks ago when metal detecting on a known battlefield, I dug up a Civil War era shovel blade. It has five rivets securing the handle gusset and was about 18" deep. The tip of the blade is charred.
BUT WAIT! since most artifacts are above the clay line, why was this so deep? A return visit answered the question: a fire pit.
I dug a trench, 30-inches deep surrounding the original hole. The amount of rocks surprised me. I was able to undercut the pit and found charred rocks, black clumps of soil and twisted pieces of crumbling and heavily rusted metal.
The charred-at-the-tip shovel blade was about two feet away from the under-cut pit.
Use the shovels as a size reference.
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Mark Krieger May 2013 - Stella Maris.
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Bill Wise May 2013 - Two nice silver rings!
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Trevor Hugunin 05/01/13 - 1810 Silver Hispana Coin, the oldest coin I have ever found, 6” deep - (FRONT) CAROLUS llll . DEI. GARTIA. 1810 (Last 2 digits are barely readable) (BACK) HISPAN.ET.IND.REX.ME.R - T. This coin is about the size of a dime. 5 wheat pennies, 2 Civil War era buttons, 1 CASE folding knife, 1 bullet.
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Bill Wise 05-01-13 - 1939 New York Worlds Fair token, 3" diameter, 7 inches deep in a park.
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Steve Cunningham April 2013 - Steve C. with Steve Zellhofer - Steve Z. knocked on a door and got permission to metal detect on private property. The photos are of Steve C. finds.
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Gary P. April 2013 - Found a rust-encrusted and broken log-grab on undeveloped land in Montross, VA near Westmorland State Park while searching for Colonial artifacts on land that was for sale. The owner requested a team to recover anything of historical value on the land. The rust was removed with electrolysis and the item cleaned with hydrochloric acid. Internet inquiries led to the identity.
Steve C. April 2013
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George V. March, 2013
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Gary P. March 2013
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Steve C. - March 2013
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Gary P. 2012
