DROUGHT OVER! Metal Detecting EARLY COINS And Forgotten RELICS! | Minelab Manticore | Stef Digs

In this week’s episode, I go metal detecting with the Minelab Manticore to a site I’ve been over in the past with the Equinox. After making a change to one setting in particular, I noticed improved depth on small targets in heavy iron - exactly where the Manticore shines! Not to mention, my copper drought is OVER, and I spent a great day metal detecting early coins and forgotten relics with some more pep in my step after breaking the drought… enjoy!
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DROUGHT OVER! Metal Detecting EARLY COINS And Forgotten RELICS! | Minelab Manticore | Stef Digs

[@StefDigs]

I now sell metal detecting equipment through The Diggers Den! Be sure to reach out to me on Facebook Messenger (Stef Tanguay) or email ([e-mail]) for assistance on selecting the most appropriate gear for you, as well as the best deals we have available!

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Nice dig Stef. Congrats on your drought breaking copper. So many great sources of information to get the most out of the manticore. Take care mate 🦘🦘😁👍

[@StefDigs]

Thanks Andrew! There are some great resources, and also some really bad ones. 😂 Best way I’ve learned is through my own trial and error - but the hint on the reduced lower ferrous limits definitely came from overseas! 🤘🏻

[@steveshepherd2712]

Really appreciate your no nonsense and straight up presentation of finds and the signals they give, keep up the good work Stef 😉

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! Appreciate the kind words! 😊

[@kimetherington2252]

Stef your knowledge of the detectors you use and retain that information, I would never second guess the thought of what you think it might be, lost so many yrs. ago! For the most part, you're pretty spot on! I really have enjoyed your videos. Til next time, keep on digging.😊

[@StefDigs]

Well thank you! Appreciate the kind words! 😊

[@timb.162]

Great finds Stef thanks for taking us along

[@StefDigs]

Thanks for coming along! 😊

[@zed-vb8js]

I hear you on the drought. Went 5 months without a largie hunting 1-2x/week. Had my first 2 largie day in Sept which was a huge relief. Nov 6 had a 4 copper spill. Mixed in with the coins was an oxen shoe. Picked up a largie in the roadway on the way out for #5. 3-1830's large cents, 1832 nova scotia half penny token, and 1788 mass state copper. I m still searching for that elusive draped bust. Your videos keep me motivated-thanks for that. Zeb

[@StefDigs]

I’m still after a MA copper, big time! 2-3 times now, someone has dug one within a few feet of me. 😂 Glad the videos keep you going, appreciate the kind words!

[@brunfree]

Hi Stef, very cool finds, great to see things you dig up and it’s history info😀❤️

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! Appreciate it! 😊

[@digginhistoryoncapecod7506]

Excellent group of finds my friend, escpecially that DBLC- nice work!

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! 😊

[@jimmymalone3494]

Great hunt S.D.and really really nice finds.I enjoyed your video.Good luck to you.

[@StefDigs]

Thanks Jimmy!

[@silver-assassin508]

Great hunt Stef! Amazing finds as always!

[@StefDigs]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@NathanPowers-y5g]

Hi Stef, hope all is Well! Back in the Future, Great Coins,Indiana Nathan. Ps,those were the pics I sent of the possible Coin.

[@StefDigs]

Hi Nathan! I was about to write back and ask you to refresh my memory on what you thought the piece was - unfortunately I do not think it’s a coin, but I didn’t see a size reference and the photos are still a little blurry. Wish I could help!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

"This'll probably be garbage because I'm filming it." Lol, the curse of the live dig! Classic. That gold gilt button was primo! You ever try out a USB microscope to examine super knackered coins? Might come in handy for your possible hammered copper. I use to have one that I used a lot and sometimes it worked really well pulling out details and sometimes it just made things worse. Hit and miss. Great finds, Stef and congrats on breaking your copper drought! I know how it feels to hit those droughts. I just broke out of one myself on arrowheads. p.s. I also love buffs! One of my all time fav American coins.

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! I actually use a lighted loupe, but I’ve never tried one of those microscopes, I may get one at some point. That coin’s so far gone that it probably wouldn’t help lol, but for some other smalls, it could work. I caught up on your last few videos the other day - glad you broke your drought, too! Wonder if more people are finding your honey hole? 🤔 I know you said others hunt there already. I’ve had people match up my sites in videos and then go out and hunt them, it’s crazy! 😳

[@Diggindurt]

Wow that gilded button is amazing!

[@StefDigs]

Thank you!

[@howarddenney5331]

Love Nicks shirt!, my fav band

[@StefDigs]

Haha, awesome! 🤘🏻

[@brooklyntreasurehunter]

Awesome finds Stef, Im gonna try lowering the lower ferris limits to 0 to see how it goes. Thanks for the tip.

[@StefDigs]

Any time! I’ve been running mine on 1 or 2 at most sites now, sometimes 0. Definitely makes a difference!

[@wicked_digger]

We both dug draped in today's videos, only mine is a half of what yours is 😉 Absolutely love that gilded button!! 😍 Great finds Stef, Wicked happy hunting!

[@StefDigs]

Thanks Chris! Was a good day!

[@dondtektor8537]

Great hunt. Love the two piece button. Snow tonight here in Canada. Digging on hold for now. Stupid snow,,,LOL,,

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! I hate snow - I’m in Connecticut (Northeast) and it’s an inevitability… 😔

[@craziedigging4590]

Love the Hunt Stef. Beautiful 2 piece Button. Congrats on the Copper. Hope it cleaned up really good and had lots of details on it. Take Care

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! Didn’t clean up too bad, but not my prettiest by any means either, lol. 😆

[@show-metreasure3438]

Great finds Stef!

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! 😊

[@chrisleigh777]

Nice video 👍 i was working in Alberta Canada between 2012 and 2015 Long distance ice roader. I took my trusty then minlab exploer 2 and a Garrat gold scorpion stinger. On the bank of the north Saskatchewan river on the southern boarder of BC i found some small nuggets and a silver indian head buffalow coin same size as the copper you found. Im sure i was in an old gold rush creak area as i found a few relics from the time too and 6 chinese coins. I still have that silver with me here in England. :) happy hunting a new Manticore owner 😮😊 as of yesterday. Happy hunting :)

[@StefDigs]

That’s awesome! And congrats on the Manticore - you’ll love it more and more! I do, anyway! 😁

[@TheFinderGuy]

Awesome finds!! That button was gorgeous! Now stop finding holed coins so I can get one!!!

[@StefDigs]

Hahahaha oh my god, I forgot to warn you via text, lmao! 🤣

[@TheFinderGuy]

@@StefDigs 😂😂

[@PinkPowerAllyTreasureHunter]

More great finds (saves) Stef!! I hope you find out what that old copper is and what a beauty gold guilted button!

[@StefDigs]

Thanks Ally! I’ve been staring at the holed copper off and on for 2 months, still nothing! 😂 It might be a Maravedis of some kind, but that site was never kind to coppers!

[@PinkPowerAllyTreasureHunter]

@@StefDigs OMG wouldn't that be freakin' amazing!!

[@StefDigs]

@@PinkPowerAllyTreasureHunter it would be - and could be! I’ve found 17th century coinage all over this state, and a lot in the area of this site. 😊

[@PinkPowerAllyTreasureHunter]

@@StefDigs 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@jillianfortuna2348]

Yayyyy! Hi steph!

[@StefDigs]

Hello there! 😀

[@mr.ghornitalianmetalhunter]

Hi Steff,great hunt as always, greetings to Italy 🇮🇹😊

[@StefDigs]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@mr.ghornitalianmetalhunter]

@@StefDigs 💪😁

[@dwightpickens2895]

Well done

[@StefDigs]

Thanks Dwight!

[@elisabethcole2571]

The few buttons I've found have all been when I've been in New England - you almost never find them in the Pacific Northwest. The fact that you found the dandy as well as the fancy gilded one and weren't terribly surprised boggles my mind! I'm sure you know what I'm going to say - you're so lucky to live where you do! 😂 Thank you for another awesome video!! ❤

[@StefDigs]

Haha, thanks Elisabeth! That’s mostly what we find here on any average day - buttons and musket balls, with a couple of coins if we’re lucky, lol! Always feeling lucky in general to live here, though! 😊

[@elisabethcole2571]

@@StefDigs as usual I'll just live vicariously through you!!

[@StefDigs]

@@elisabethcole2571 or come to the next BONE hunt! 😁 I have to imagine I’ll be going to that one again since so far, Minelab is scheduled to go. 🤞🏻

[@elisabethcole2571]

@@StefDigs if I can swing the $$ I will definitely be there! ❤

[@acrosstheboard3207]

Some beautiful finds Stef. That Draped bust is awesome, i love finding those! Just curious if you tried to sidelight that small coin you thought was hammered to see any details?

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! Yes - sidelight, looked through a loupe… everything, lol! It’s just too far gone. I’m guessing it’s a Maravedis of some kind.

[@granddad-mv5ef]

I would not second guess you on the button or the coin. That was a beautiful button, again I have never seen one like it. In my area, there wasn't much European settlement until after the Civil War. So, I depend on a half dozen diggers, like you, to provide the excitement. Thank you!

[@StefDigs]

Well thanks for the kind words! Always appreciated! 😊

[@julianamuirhead]

Wait! I love buffalo nickels! I thought I was all alone with that.

[@StefDigs]

Haha, awesome! I think they’re my favorite because it was a white whale for the first two years (I dug a shield nickel before a Buffalo, lol), and it’s one of those coins you find in dad’s collection as a kid - instantly recognizable and nostalgic!

[@arthurschwarz3359]

nice video, I'm going to try the 0 lower ferrous limit,

[@StefDigs]

Thank you! Definitely give it a shot - the worst that’ll happen is you’ll dig a few bottle caps or an iron ring. The best that’ll happen is you’ll dig super deep targets surrounded by iron that everybody else missed. 😁

[@waynelutwiniak797]

Awesome hunt, stay dirty 👍

[@StefDigs]

Thank you!

[@jillianfortuna2348]

20 years ago baby?? What??

[@StefDigs]

Lol I said “maybe”, sometimes I don’t annunciate as well as I could when I’m in the field. 😂

[@jillianfortuna2348]

​@@StefDigsohhh gotcha 😉

[@jillianfortuna2348]

Wait no, lol. I was asking if you said you were in that field 20 years ago? And then I called you baby 😉 haha. 🤷‍♀️

[@jillianfortuna2348]

@@StefDigs my main point/question from all of this is that you do not look old enough to have been metal detecting anywhere 20 years ago...😉😍

[@StefDigs]

@@jillianfortuna2348 hahaha! Nah, I’ve been digging for 6 years and change. The bulldozing happened about 20 years ago, lol!

[@scottnyc6572]

Chinese coins usually were holed so it could be an ancient one.

[@StefDigs]

Yes, I’ve found some! Generally those are square holes, though. I believe this was holed after it was in circulation, as people commonly holed their coins to keep them on a string and sewn inside of clothing to avoid losing the coins. It didn’t work very well sometimes, hah!