Tom Sawyer’s Island Paint Brush Hunt at Walt Disney World

There is a fun, little known game that occurs every day on Tom Sawyer’s Island in Walt Disney World.  Cast members hide Tom’s paint brush somewhere on the island.  If a guest finds it and returns it to a cast member, the guest is often rewarded with some sort of prize.  Our family had [...]

How to Find Treasure with a Metal Detector

Step 1) Own a Metal Detector – Okay, I do.

Step 2) Obtain permission to detect from land owners – Okay, that’s possible.

Step 3) Live somewhere with an enormous amount of history – Darn.

There’s a time and place for everything right? Well, I suppose as far as the United States is concerned, [...]

Roman Coins on eBay

Well I guess I should have known.  The Roman Coins deal on eBay wasn’t worth it in my opinion.  Here is exactly what I received (of any value) for my $22 (minus the silver dime, which is worth more than all of the Roman coins). Notice how TEENIE TINY the coins are!  I’ve included [...]

Found Large Cent and Liberty V Nickel

Today I realized that some old foundations that I saw in the woods over a year ago are actually on public land.  Right after work I went over there and hiked to the foundations.  Holy moly… what a complex!  I wish I had my camera with me.  There are TONS of rock walls going [...]

Mercury Dimes in Darien

Woohoo!  Before the sun went down I decided to head out to do a little metal detecting.  Hmmm.. where the go?  Where to go?  That’s always the question.  I decided to go to Woodland Park in Darien because I haven’t detected there before.  There’s not a lot of features to the park so I [...]

Bought Some Roman Coins on eBay

What do you think of 11 Roman coins for $22?  Was I scammed? Aw what the heck, I’ll give it a shot, roll the dice and see what I get.  I’ll let you know. Oh… went back to the same spot where I found the Indian Head penny yesterday.  Didn’t find anything too [...]

Found 2 Interesting Coins Yesterday

I have a Bounty Hunter Land Star metal detector.  Damn, I have some geeky hobbies.  But anyway, give me a break, I really like finding old coins.  Well I haven’t hunted since last fall and yesterday I randomly decided to give it a shot.  The problem with metal detecting (and treasure hunting in general) [...]