My hobby is a hobby of recovery. A recovery of lost items. Not just from the distant past, but from anyone in need of assistance with recovering a lost valuable, most often jewelry. I can never guarantee recovery of the lost item, as my search area relies greatly upon the memory of the individual who suffered the loss. However, I do promise 150% effort in attempting to recover the lost valuable. As long as I own a metal detector and am able to swing one, and the request is within reasonable distance from my residence, this service will be available to anyone in need and there never would be a charge.
As I really don't receive a vast amount requests to recover lost valuables, this leaves the bulk of my hobby time to do what I enjoy, and that's to recover artifacts and share my past experiences when asked.
Two days before Thanksgiving, I was called by a Connecticut woman who was claiming that she lost her wedding ring having a snowball fight with her son and daughter. The ring was recovered about a half an hour into the search.
Personal FX the Collectibles Show. This was one of four appearances where I was able to discuss the use of a metal detector to recover artifacts from past historical periods. To the left is the shows co-appraiser Alan Shren. He took interest in the the profession but was more-so overwhelmed with my story of when I recovered an 1830 over 29 Bust Dime an inch and a half deep below a gravel driveway. The coin is professionally graded Very-Fine by ANACS.
Second appearance on Personal FX.
Co-Host John Burke introduces himself at the shows open and asks me to give a quick descriptive of my item that would be appraised in more detail later in the show. The artifact was a recovered Revolutionary War era facine knife which the appraisers valued at $300.00 up.
This was actually my first appearance on the show. Talk about an adrenaline rush! It was an awesome experience. I had the opportunity to talk about the hobby of 'metal-detecting' and why it is extremely important to be an ethical 'treasure-hunter' that abides by ALL laws that pertain to the hobby.
It was a nice experience to appear for a third time and discuss the hobby, and to have my mother appear as a guest as well. It made for an enjoyable day in Manhattan.
Another interesting experience was appearing on Antiques Show and Sell Show.
I plugged the hobby in the attempt to get the Hostess of the show to promote the hobby, and she did.
Not all of my artifacts are dug items. When I sell artifacts, many times I will re-invest the proceeds in items such as the one I'm having reviewed on this episode. It was the signature of Colonel Samuel B. Webb of the American Revolution. At one time he was Gen. Washington's aide-de-camp and at another, a prisoner of war. This document has written: "Blankits found for the soldiers in the Continental Army in Capt. James Watson's Company, Col. Sam B. Webb's Regiment March 1777". It can be viewed in the Euphemera link on the Recoveries page.
My hobby is a hobby of recovery. A recovery of lost items. Not just from the distant past, but from anyone in need of assistance with recovering a lost valuable, most often jewelry. I can never guarantee recovery of the lost item, as my search area relies greatly upon the memory of the individual who suffered the loss. However, I do promise 150% effort in attempting to recover the lost valuable. As long as I own a metal detector and am able to swing one, and the request is within reasonable distance from my residence, this service will be available to anyone in need and there never would be a charge.
As I really don't receive a vast amount requests to recover lost valuables, this leaves the bulk of my hobby time to do what I enjoy, and that's to recover artifacts and share my past experiences when asked. 
Two days before Thanksgiving, I was called by a Connecticut woman who was claiming that she lost her wedding ring having a snowball fight with her son and daughter. The ring was recovered about a half an hour into the search.
Personal FX the Collectibles Show. This was one of four appearances where I was able to discuss the use of a metal detector to recover artifacts from past historical periods. To the left is the shows co-appraiser Alan Shren. He took interest in the the profession but was more-so overwhelmed with my story of when I recovered an 1830 over 29 Bust Dime an inch and a half deep below a gravel driveway. The coin is professionally graded Very-Fine by ANACS.
Second appearance on Personal FX. 
Co-Host John Burke introduces himself at the shows open and asks me to give a quick descriptive of my item that would be appraised in more detail later in the show. The artifact was a recovered Revolutionary War era facine knife which the appraisers valued at $300.00 up.
This was actually my first appearance on the show. Talk about an adrenaline rush! It was an awesome experience. I had the opportunity to talk about the hobby of 'metal-detecting' and why it is extremely important to be an ethical 'treasure-hunter' that abides by ALL laws that pertain to the hobby. 
It was a nice experience to appear for a third time and discuss the hobby, and to have my mother appear as a guest as well. It made for an enjoyable day in Manhattan.
Another interesting experience was appearing on Antiques Show and Sell Show. 
I plugged the hobby in the attempt to get the Hostess of the show to promote the hobby, and she did.
Not all of my artifacts are dug items. When I sell artifacts, many times I will re-invest the proceeds in items such as the one I'm having reviewed on this episode. It was the signature of Colonel Samuel B. Webb of the American Revolution. At one time he was Gen. Washington's aide-de-camp and at another, a prisoner of war. This document has written: "Blankits found for the soldiers in the Continental Army in Capt. James Watson's Company, Col. Sam B. Webb's Regiment March 1777". It can be viewed in the 
