Presented some if the items I found last season on one of my farm spots here in Maine to the property owners. They were very excited to see all the history recovered from their fields for the 4th year in a row!

Sun, please melt all of this nonsense. I'm ready for spring so I can start digging!

February 12, 1834 is listed as Paul Bunyan’s birthday on an oversized birth certificate hanging in City Hall, which is also the founding date of Bangor. Bangor Maine was regarded as the lumber capital of the U.S. at the time. Commissioned as part of Bangor’s 125th-anniversary celebration in 1959.

Snack time for Lila!

2/7/1978: The blizzard of '78 hits the US from the Midwest New England. A level 5 extreme blizzard with wind gusts up to 100MPH, thunder&lightning, snowfall around 4"/hr. Some places got over 4' of snow, and snow drifts of 25'. 5 days later I was born. Close call.

Not my usual content, but check out this cool new greens wash line at the farm!

The loss of amazing Canadian superstar Catherine O'Hara hits hard. I'll be spending this cold weekend rewatching some of her works. My viewing list is Home Alone 1&2, Schitt's Creek, Waiting For Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Beetlejuice 1&2, Six Feet Under, A Nightmare Before Christmas. RIP

Was just having a short stroll and heard a thumping noise. About 12 ft away this pileated woodpecker is feasting on some grubs in this dead tree before the big storm rolls in here in Maine.

On this day in 1785 the town of Paris Maine was incorporated. I don't have any finds associated with Paris Maine, but this coin from France was found by an old cellar hole in the Maine woods. This is an 1801 Treaty of Amiens Peace token. This is while Napoleon was in power.

Sorry, no artifacts or history stories today. This is Finch. Finch likes eating sweet potatoes.

"Fiery hot molasses floods the streets of Boston on January 15, 1919, killing 21 people and injuring scores of others. The molasses burst from a huge tank at the United States Industrial Alcohol Company building in the heart of the city." www.history.com/this-day-in-...

Now that the holidays are over who else is ready for spring? I need this ground to thaw out.. Here are a couple photos from the lights at the Boothbay Botanical Gardens here in Maine.

1/5/1914 Henry Ford and his vice president James Couzens revealed that Ford Motor Company would double its workers’ wages to five dollars a day. This groundbreaking decision generated glowing headlines around the world. This Model T key was found in the Maine woods on the side of an old logging road

Happy holidays to everyone! On this day in 1886 on the rocks right off the Portland Head Lighthouse the Annie C Maguire wrecked and the entire 18 person crew were rescued. www.nelights.com/blog/wreck-o...

December 21st is National Maine Day! Here are some Maine Militia buttons, and Massachusetts Militia buttons that date to before Maine separated from Massachusetts and became its own state in 1820.

Another of my favorite finds from this past season. A Revolutionary War related dandy button. These buttons date from 1770-1800. You can still see remnants of the silver plating, and the word UNITE.

Revisiting some of my favorite sights and sounds from detecting this past season.

Good morning from Maine! It's frosty out there.

Here's a few more of my top finds from the 2025 season! A Vermont Militia cuff button(early 1800s), 1752 Spanish(Mexico City) 1/2 real, and an 1855 Seated Liberty dime. All found here in the great state of Maine.

Well, that's definitely a wrap for the 2025 season. It's frozen out there. For me, a season that was about 25% as productive as it should have been due to a herniated disc. Here are a few of my favorite finds from this year. 1899 Morgan silver dollar, Eagle Sword pommel, victorian sash buckle.

Its cold and windy out here, so I was just about to wrap it up(possibly for the year). This is a SUPER cool find. Anyone who's been following for a bit knows this is one of my favorite coins to find, and this one has been cut! So someone owed someone else 1.5cents of silver in the mid 1800's.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This photo is from the 1940 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, which was the first time Superman made an appearance.

A few finds from this weekend. It could he the last time before the ground is solid. The first photo has 4 musket balls, and the closing clasp for an old purse(unfortunately no money). The second photo has several buttons, the reed plate from an old whistle, and the attachment collar for a sickle.

I was able to get out today for a bit and made a return to Wilde Kind Farm. It was a pleasure as always, and found a few interesting items. 1941 silver Mercury dime, a hat buckle(I believe), a broken lead bag seal, a peice of a broken crotal bell, and several pieces of a broken harmonica reed plate.

It's looking nice out there!

Here's a shot from Richmond Maine of Swan Island on the Kennebec River. I had a steroid injection this morning for the back&hip pain I've been dealing with for going on 4 months now. I'm hoping that this will do the trick, and I'll be able to finish the season with a bang before everything freezes

Greetings from Maine, USA. Where we have no kings. Glad I decided to take a quick sunset walk. Found a 1752 silver Mexico 1/2 real. I have been across this whole field before. I like to do passes across fields I've already scanned that get tilled every year to see if anything deeper got kicked up.

Good morning from Maine! The Eastern River is shrouded with thick fog once again.

I've been working a bit on cleaning up this half of a victorian(I believe) buckle featuring a flower in a pot that I found last weekend. It would be awesome to find the other half.

Tomorrow is the 250th anniversary of The Burning of Falmouth. 10/18/1775 A fleet of Royal Navy vessels bombarded the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts (modern day Portland, Maine)with incendiary shot, followed by a landing party to complete the town's destruction.

I missed posting yesterday about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Did you know that there are still people in Bermuda who are descended from New England Native Americans who were sold into slavery after colonial conflicts like King Phillips War?

Finds from today's short outing. A nice ox shoe, a few rosehead nails/spike, and a few other bits. By far the coolest thing is one half of a belt or sash buckle. I believe it's from the late 1800s. Haven't been able to find a match yet.

Had a nice walk in the woods, found an old cellar hold, a partially collapsed well, and I found the bed of whoever used to live here. This is on a property I have permission to detect on that used to have a mill right on the Abadagassett River here in Maine.

Maine Central Railroad was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. By 1884, it was the longest railroad in New England. It was the merger of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad and the Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad, resulting in a line from Danville (now Auburn) to Bangor.

Took a walk across this potato field that was just harvested. You can actually see them in the background finishing up the last variety. Found a rosehead spike, a small hinge, a couple buttons, and a coin that is too far gone to identify. I can tell that it's not a US coin based on the size.

SUPER EARLY MORNING CAN'T SLEEP MAINE HISTORY POST: I have a really cool bit of history for you today. 10/8/1841 Members of 17 different trade groups carried banners in a parade put on by the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association in Portland, Maine. 1/

Good morning from Maine! The Eastern River is covered in a thick blanket of fog again.

10/7/1947 The Maine wildfire was the worst natural disaster in state history. Over 200 fires across more than 200,000 acres and consuming nine towns. The fires destroyed over 1,200 homes, killed 16 people, and left 2,500 homeless before significant rainfall brought them under control in late October

This potato harvester was designed and built in Italy. It was the first of its kind here in the US. It makes harvesting potatoes worlds easier.

Here's a nice 4# Bayou Belle sweet potato. Straight from the fertile soil on the bank of the Kennebec River.

10/6/1841, the first African American convention in Maine was held in Portland. Throughout antebellum and continuing for 30 years past the Civil War, these political gatherings offered opportunities for free-born and formerly enslaved African Americans to organize and strategize for racial justice.

Hit a field right on the Eastern River here in Maine today. Found bits of history, shared the field with some turkeys, and had a biplane flyover! Items of note:ox shoe, lead scale weight, musket ball+pistol shot, end of an old pocket knife, several buttons, pieces of a harmonica reed plate.

@jamesgunn.bsky.social saved Marvel, then saved DC. Maybe next you can save America?

Another beautiful Maine blueberry field.

I don't only get history from the ground!

Good morning from Maine!

On this day in 1816 in Brunswick Maine, the Brunswick Convention began. This was a meeting of delegates to discuss Maine separating from Massachusetts to become its own state. While this convention didn't lead to Maine becoming a state, it was still an important step to statehood in 1820.

Here in Maine a lot of the fall colors start in the blueberry fields.

From a time long ago before smartphones when we needed other devices to tell us what time it is and how to do math. Casio calculator watch.

1st target of the day! 1903 Indian Head penny.