Redding Relic Hunter - Metal Detectorist

10/20/2026

A couple of beach finds from metal detecting yesterday: a spoon, a piece of mystery metal, a 2022 quarter, a 1989 quarter, a heavily worn coin that I’m pretty sure is a quarter, and a large silver hoop earring. The earring appears to be real silver — it’s stamped S925, which is the standard mark for sterling silver, meaning it’s 92.5% pure silver.

10/18/2026

Nothing extremely old, but here are a few interesting coin finds from my recent finds. I like finding coins that predate me, and there are a few here, but nowhere near the oldest I have found.

10/18/2026

Not metal detecting. I just appreciate architecture, the weird, and the wonderful. I took my family to dinner at The Old Oak Tavern in Gaylordsville, CT. Just across the street is the famous Spite House. A man built the house in 1961 to p**s people off. There are a lot of weird and interesting structures up this way, which would make it an interesting place to metal detect (had to tie in metal detecting somehow). More info can be found here ==> https://ctre.co/gaylordsville-spite-house/

10/02/2026

It was a beautiful day today, but naturally, the moment I headed out to do some metal detecting, the rain rolled in. I still managed to pull an old iron axe head and a bullet before taking shelter. This axe head looks newer and in better shape than the last one I found. It also still has part of the old axe handle in it.

09/30/2026

I spent about 20 minutes detecting at the beach today and didn’t have much luck until I hit a ribbon of black sand high up on the shore. Within a couple of minutes, I pulled a bunch of coins out of that strip. The nor’easter over the weekend had washed away the lighter sand and exposed a band of heavy minerals like magnetite, which acts like a natural sluice box. Storm waves strip out the light material and leave dense objects- coins, metal bits, and other targets- concentrated in what detectorists call a “pay streak.” The photo shows everything I found. Most of the coins weren’t anything special, mostly 1990s and newer, but I did get a 1965 and a 1968 quarter. Interestingly, the older quarters were in better shape than the newer ones. I need to go back and spend more time concentrating on the black sand areas.

09/20/2026

Went for a hike to try to find a foundation my neighbor told me about.

09/08/2026

I did about 40 minutes of beach detecting today, I found a dollar submerged in the water, a few coins from the 2000s and 1970s, and a ring.

09/07/2026

I have made an album of all the AI video advertisements I have created to date, trying to generate property permissions for my metal detecting hobby. Being lazy, I have recycled some scenes from one video to another. A friend commented that they all seem the same. I am going to need to work on that.

09/07/2026

09/05/2026

Today I was able to use my metal detector to help my sister-in law who lost an earring in the bushes on the side of her deck while cleaning out a bag.