METAL DETECTING EYE OF PROVIDENCE 

Thank you for the information and the suggestion of the design. Thank you for your kinds words, I try my best to keep my channel "real" and base all my actions as a normal detectorist without any pressure from a manufacturer, sponsor or desire to make this into a money making deal turning my videos into sales ad's. This is fun and I'm going to keep it fun. :) Thank you for your support as well as commenting. Take care.

Thank you. I too and surprised by the detecting pressure here but it's true. I travel a lot between site locations doing surveying each day and I spot a detectorist almost each week. I've ran into two separate detectorists on the actual site I'm detecting during the time I've been making videos of detecting... I hadn't every had that happen during my whole time during the hobby. I'm glad I met the fella that I met during this video... he really enjoys the history and the finds which include everything and not just coins and jewelry. I will someday get another detector and compare, hunt the same patch and give honest opinions about the experience. I don't have a manufacturer telling me what I can and can't say on my channel so what I will say will be honest. Thanks for checking out the video as well as commenting.

You are right... there have been a couple others that have suggested it although you were first. :) Thank you for the input for ID'ing them, it's greatly appreciated.

Your welcome and I'm glad that your enjoyed it. Take care. :)

Thank you for the info and ID'ing of the type of button, it's greatly appreciated. Thank you for tuning in to check out the video and wishing you luck with any hunts you have coming up.

Thanks... it was a fun hunt. Thank you for checking out the video and I enjoy sharing what I’m able to during the hunts I do. 🙂 take care.

Thanks! Yes, those "eye" buttons are really awesome... I was surprised to find two of them. Anything like that which is personal are my favorite finds. Those old "Rich Orange" buttons are a sign of an awesome site dating way back in years. Hopefully you can still get out to that site and check out to see what else is there. Thanks for checking out the video.

Thank you very much. The "Eye" buttons are Tombac buttons and are early 1800's and possibly into the 1700's but I'm not a button expert. I really need to find a good book on dating and identifying buttons although I haven't found a reliable one yet. Thanks for checking out the video as well as commenting.

I’m glad that you are gaining info on your sport and enjoying the videos. It’s a pleasure sharing what I’m doing when planning as well as when out in the field detecting. The blue pouch is custom made by myself... I’m on the third version with the fourth half way sewn. Eventually I will get these out for sale since there has been an overwhelming interest in them. I made my first pouch through necessity because I couldn’t find a pouch that was very good... then things kinda went from there. I’ve made these to support other RU-vid video makers in the past so I could get feedback on the performance as to improve. The problem I’m running into is time available. I bought an industrial leather sewing machine and have everything ready to go but making one bag takes 6-7 hours and I’m really picky... so it has to be me making the bag to know where the double and triple stitches take place because I’ve experienced the weak points when detecting. It’s kind of a long story... lol... I just want to make them so I know they are done right I guess is the best way to say it. I may do a release of some soon and there would be a video to announce it. You can also email me at squarenailsquirrel @ Gmail so I can remember those who are interested.

No problem. 🙂 I’ve seen a lot of folks out there using the 250 find some really amazing stuff. Good luck with any hunts you have coming up.

LOL... I didn't know what to do at first but decided to just share what I knew. There are a ton of folks around this area that detect and since I've been detecting up here on two sites I've ran into another person detecting. The think I like about this encounter is the fella was nice and really interested in the history. I like it when someone finds something and they are asking about what it is and where it came from instead of how much it's worth... shows great character. Thanks for checking out the video and take care.

I'm not certain on that but I don't believe so.. I was first thinking the site was a school of some sort because of all the buttons but some information I gathered yesterday shows folks by the last name of Lilley obtaining the land from the US government in 1813 and being the first settling landowners. Neither of the two could write because when the hand signed the deed they both just made a mark, an X, to show they signed their name.

Thank you, this site was a lot of fun especially since I found the hoome location fairly quickly. I’ll mention you in upcoming videos as well, what your doing on your channel is a really good facet of the hobby that can only be found through you.

LOL... cowboy boots don't go well with a dress. I may make a long coat or something. :)

:) yes, as I learn something every time I go. Tombac it is and as I noticed from another comment they are arsenic in them. Wonder if my wife will let me keep them in the house now. LOL. Thanks for checking out the video and good luck on any hunts your have coming up.

LOL... that's funny. I hope to also be swinging the same setup soon. I really enjoyed finding these buttons especially the engraved ones, not too often you get a button with anything on it. Thank you for checking out the video and good luck on any hunts you have coming up.

The 800 with a 15" coil (Amazing) is only 3.3lbs.. The 3Vi with stock coil is 4.5 lbs. I can swing all day in mud and not have to worry about my shoulder or getting water in the 800. I am planning to lighten the V3i with a carbon box and rods, and your battery mod.

I was really hoping for something silver on that target but I can see why the machine hit the way it did. I have heard that the Minelab machines take a bit to get used to due to the compressed scale... I'd like to get an equinox eventually. They interest me a lot but I'm not sure if the 800 is worth the money to get two more frequencies although I still have some time to think about it. Haha! So far 2019 has really produced a lot of great buttons so for now.. I guess i'm button King. :) need to turn up some coins soon. Thanks for checking out the video and take care.

Thank you, trying my best to entertain and educated. Thank you for tuning in to check the video out.

I learn something with every trip out, there are so many different targets that come up with each year that passes and I’m always ready to learn something new. Thank you for the info as well as the subscription... it really matters to me to have folks out there checking out and enjoying what they are viewing. Thanks for watching and take care.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 yea...I had the bright idea to detect at the boat ramp while the lake was down. I learned that a LOT of beer is consumed while launching boats. :) And telling a Garrett user that "VDI is a Whites thing...You wouldn't understand" can be taken all wrong. j/k...I'm the Garrett user in this scenario.

The button also looks to be tomback, which puts your site in the mid to late 1700's

Thank you for the info... I had tried researching the Masonic order symbols during initial research although I quickly patched into the Providence symbolism. Your spot on in reporting your observation... I really want to try this site many more times due to the age of the site although I have some new sites I need to get to. There is another fellow which was mentioned in the video that has been detecting out there quite a bit and has found some coins since this video was made. I know there is still stuff to find and since the fields will be plowed soon, I’m hoping some items get stirred up. Thanks for checking the video out as well as commenting. Good luck with any hunts you may have coming up soon.

Typically large farms like this aren't concerned with the finds. I will meet with the landowners after the hunt is finished and show them what I found and if they take an interest in something I usually give it to them. If it ends up being something like one of the "eye" buttons in this video I just let it go because if that one button which means a lot to them means having a place to return to for years to come.. .then that's very worth it to me. I will have many more chances to find many amazing things doing acts of kindness like this. If the land owners are concerned with the finds then I show them what I find and hope for the best being able to keep at least one of the 5 silvers. LOL. Most people won't take them all and realize you put out a lot of effort to find what you have. Some people really focus on making a deal before doing any detecting although i've never taken this approach. There are other cases where the finds aren't discussed that I have ran into and at the end of the hunt the land owner wants everything... not a great situation but I give it to them. There are tons of personalities out there that you run into while detecting, just hope you don't get too many of the latter.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 Thanks very much!

Thank you very much. This video kinda covers off on a lot, it was cool meeting the other detectorist while out there. It's fund to open up and have two people taking on such a big site. Thanks for checking out the video as well as commenting, take care.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 My pleasure.

Very true, sharing is caring. I like to help when I can especially with respectful folks like the fella I met out on this site while detecting. I just hope between the two of us we an sift out something awesome. I tried a club for the first time in 2017 while here in Ohio... I most likely will never do that again. Wasn't the greatest experience. Thank you for tuning in to check out the video as well as commenting.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 glad you are open to others especially since he has been there before you ;];];] it could turn out to be a great learning btwn you both;];];] good luck;];];] have you thought of bring a sifter? that could help with alot too

Thank you and glad that you enjoy what I'm doing on here. Hopefully I can get back out to this site this coming weekend but i'm not sure yet, going to take some energy drinks and a very long Saturday to pull it off. Thank you for tuning in to check out the video.

Thank you, I was really happy with the finds. I don't come across Tombac buttons very often, especially hand engraved ones. Thanks for tuning in to check out the video.

Thank you and glad you enjoy what I'm doing. Lately I have been really doing good on buttons... guess for 2019 I'm going to the be button king. LOL. I found out from other viewers that those are made of Tombac, a metal which is arsenic in it and comes out of the ground in that condition. Comparing the British buttons and the Tombac "eye" buttons.. this is most likely the oldest site I've dug here is Ohio so far. I'm going to hit the site again with the 6" Detech and see what I can pull from the iron debris field.. it's really thick in one spot. Thanks for checking the video out and wishing you luck with any hunt you may have coming up although you may not need it from the pics you post on Instagram.. really finding some great stuff lately.

Square Nail Squirrel hey buttons are so cool to find, sometimes I enjoy finding them more than coins. That’s interesting about the tombac buttons, I never heard of those. And thanks for the compliment, I’ve just been getting lucky, and since I work a 2’nd shift I’m out almost every morning haha. Went out to an old ballfield today and only found a wheat. But good luck to you and I’m sure there is plenty more to be found at this site, looking forward to more videos of you hunting this site, I got a feeling you are going to find something awesome there being how old it is, maybe some reales or some KG’s..or a flowing hair dollar haha..you never know.

Thank you... this video was fun to make. Thank you for tuning in to check it out.

Yes, I will help you. email me with a reminder of who you are and include your state, county and county seat name (where the courthouse is located) and I will get you some info back.

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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. I try to show as much as I can without taking away from the video. Too much setup can bore folks that check the videos out and use other machines. Hopefully what I'm showing can explain enough to get a grasp on the hunt style. Thank you for tuning in to check out the video. :)

Thank you, means a lot to hear that. I watched a bunch of videos this evening on detecting others are doing and looked over some Instagram posts... I’m not even sure why folks watch my stuff because I’m not finding all the coins I’m seeing others find. Even after all these years of detecting trying to do the best with my detector... I still feel like I’m doing something wrong. Either way... sorry to dump all this on a youtube comment but it does mean a lot to have folks watching and enjoying what I’m doing. So.. thank you very much.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 Best channel on the Tube in my opinion. I just posted another video yesterday and I meant to plug your channel but forgot. I'll get you in there next time. Keep the coil to the soil!

I wasn’t aware anyone was making coils for the V machines other than Whites and Detech... good to know. Please advise once you get a feel for the new coil, sounds very interesting and thank you for sharing.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 ive saw some videos on the mars it looks solid the only bad thing is had to order it from Europe

Going to pick up an Equinox 800 tonight.. been telling ya for a long time I'm going to get one.. figured I'd share.

Hallo. Takk for at du tok en titt på videoen. Hvis jeg snakker norsk, vil jeg hjelpe til å forstå. Jeg kan ikke, og jeg er lei meg. Jeg kan bare oversette Google. :)

Thank!! I try to do those intro's when I have enough information to make it interesting. It takes up a whole evening setting things up and editing... somewhat difficult but worth it. Thank you very much for checking out the videos and good luck with any upcoming hunts. Take care.

Thank you very much. Wishing you luck on any hunts you may have coming up soon. Take care.

Thanks. I was finally able to get out and hunt for the first time. Found a couple of relics. No coins. Yet. Take care, god bless, HH

Hello :) Thank you very much. I really enjoyed finding all these buttons especially since they are so old and unique. I don't find too many Tombac buttons so these are very special since they are hand engraved. Thank you for the compliment on the hat and logo... I think it's fun making the patch and getting a hat that represents me. :) first time for that.. have always wore a hat representing someone else. Thank you for checking out the video and take care.

Thank you! I was surprised when I looked them up to find great information on them along with a time period of use. This home site is pretty nice since it's so old and the buttons seem to not be run of the mill type. Thanks for checking the video out.

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it. When I first saw another detectorist out there I was hesitant to share and then I opened up and glad that I did. He is just as much into detecting and history as I am and it's nice to see another machine out there with me following his tracks or him following my tracks to see whats found or missed by the other. Whole new experience for me. Thank you for tuning in to check out the video. :)

Lol. I figured since back when I played baseball batting gloves held up great in the dust and sweat that they should work decent for detecting. Yes, I will be out tomorrow filming... even if I have to swim out to the field to detect due to all the rain. I traveled to Austin TX last weekend and then spend Easter with family back in KY... didn’t do much detecting but did snag a permission next to a civil war battlefield. 👍🏻

Your welcome and glad that you enjoyed it. The green screen is something still very new to me but I'm learning how to do it decently now after the third try. I have a hard time trying to portray the site just by holding a map blowing in the wind out in the field so when I have time I will utilize the green screen technique. Thanks for tuning in to watch the video and for you kind words. :)

Thank you.. not coins yet but the buttons are turning out to be some really old ones and a ton of excitement. Thank you for tuning in to check the video out. :)

LOL... thank you very much and I greatly appreciate it. I gladly share in hopes that folks watching can get the hang of what I'm doing to better their hunt and discover some cool finds. I find the excitement of the adventure exploring the fields trying to locate the house just as much fun as detecting the house after it's been discovered. It's awesome to explain that there used to be a road and houses out in that field to people that spent their whole lives living next to the field not knowing about it. Thank you again for subscribing and thank you for checking out the video.

Thank you and I’m glad you enjoy them. It take quite a bit of work to do these and it’s been a ton of money and pulling my hair out figuring out how to do everything. Lol. It’s all worth it though and i’ll always try to put out good video versus just a bunch of video that’s so-so. Thank you very much for tuning in to check out the video as well as for your kind comments.

Thank you very much. Not a problem man, we both have permission out there and we can work together this year and following years to raise all the history we can as we discover sites out there. Things may look like a clean slate at this point finding the other homes but the angle at which the road turns south my be 200' west or east because the scale of the right of way plans are totally distorted. The house I did find that you visited by the stick.. I really lucked out in pinpointing it fairly quickly on the first hunt. Typically I don't tie down a home site like that until the second or third trip. I am hoping the other houses can be placed quickly since farming activity will start up very soon and then we will be out of business until fall. I will keep you posted on any advancements out there. It was nice meeting you and keep in touch. Thank you for checking out the video and take care.

Thank you. Ha! yes I got a little excited with the engraved buttons... the personal items like that tend to make me happy. :) Thanks for watching.

Thank you, really appreciate your kind words. I try my best for all levels of experience in the hobby to help better the hunt. Good luck on any hunts you may have coming up soon.. hope you pull up something great.

Thanks and glad that you enjoy what I’m doing. Hopefully it’s helps folks out there with finding cool places to have their own adventures on. This hobby is a lot of fun but the hardest part is figuring out a good place to to detect. Seems to get harder with every year that passes although better machines and out of the box thinking seems to provide opportunity. Thanks for checking my videos out, greatly appreciated.

Thank you and i’m glad that you enjoy them. Dealing with the headphones regular headphones can be used on any machine, there isn’t a difference besides some ranges of what you can hear although in modern day... headphones aren’t as much of an issue as it was 30 years ago... pretty much a 10.00 set of headphones cover about the same as a 100.00 set. The main thing that won’t allow a direct connection is how a set of headphones connects such as by a 1/8, 1/4 or something like apple’s dedicated lightning connection. Just make sure you have a converter or have the cennection that directly works. I’ve used grey ghost brand for years and they are great but there is only an advantage of using them due to the length of the cord, the mono channel and the Limiter switch. Not all machines accept the limited switch or the mono channel switches. Hopefully that makes sense. Thanks for checking the video out and if the above wasn’t clear just message back with further questions.

Thank you.. I'm very happy with the buttons. Seems like this year I'm the button king.. LOL. With each site I go to I leave with lots of buttons although not often do I leave with hand engraved ones like the ones found in this hunt.. very happy about that. :) Looking forward to the hunt you invited me on coming up soon. Thank you checking out the video and talk soon.

Great saying... I have to write that one down. :) I'll be back out to this site soon to see what else can be recovered. Thank you for checking out the video.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 Im sure, you will have success ) Main clue on beaten fields - is to search in those spots, where is no one can try detecting in sober mind ))) That helps me alot many times. When i came with the map on popular spot, i think - what direction will be most unusual ? And go there. Often that spots is field edges or regions that is highly close to houses etc. And by the way, what Do you think of giving a name for your detector ? I am giving one to mine ) Its just like ancient swords have great names and attract victory on their blades ) Name it and write on it ))) Not so bad idea as it seems )

Thank you and glad that you enjoyed it. Just watch the ground filter settings, depending on your location you may not get away with 7.5 band pass. It's my "go-to" filter which works for me most of the time. If the 7.5 does work for you it requires a slower sweep speed of around 2-2.5 seconds with the full sweep of the coil from one side to the other otherwise it won't be as effective. Good luck with you hunt this weekend and thanks for checking the video out.

@@squarenailsquirrel9638 Thank-you!!