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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]