KATS Metal Detecting

10/06/2025

Haven’t posted on here in quite a while - I figure it’s about time I do!
Here’s my last 2 digs, one from a home built in late 1800’s but based on available finds I’m sure it’s been dug more than once!
The other is the front yard of a house a few blocks from me. Somebody must’ve had fun throwing all those coins in the front yard!

04/12/2023

Hit a local park the other day that I’ve done several times before. Got so tired of digging up shotgun shells that I was starting to be happy to find pulltabs. And that’s when I found my first ever buffalo nickel! I know y’all have found lots of them, but even though I found lots of silver and 1800s coins, this is my first one.
Too bad it’s not in better shape and I can’t get a date off of it, but it still counts!

04/11/2023

It’s been a while, but I finally got out for the first time this season a couple of days ago. At a local high school yard, nothing really special but really good to get out again!

10/08/2022

Made it down to Fayetteville,WV this week. Here are some of my better finds.
The Liberty seated quarter is a Philadelphia mint.
The Chinese coin is from the Ch’ing dynasty, Kangxi, 1662-1722. (Authenticated by local coin shop.) Certainly did not expect to find that in West Virginia, and it is definitely my oldest coin find to date!

09/05/2022

Spent a couple of hours at a tiny park I didn’t know existed until today - and less than a mile away!
I’ll be going back to look again in the areas I found the compact and other older stuff.
(Yes, some of the things were non-metallic surface finds😁)

09/01/2022

Digging at a church permission last night. Most coins dug on a dig so far ( in about 2 hours).

09/01/2022

Fun stuff at a local park - I’ll be going back there again!

08/24/2022

An interesting interview with a long time digger. Obviously his story is a little different than mine, but I certainly can relate to most everything he has to say.

When you go to Pere Marquette Park Beach in Muskegon, you might find a man named Dan Betz scouring the sand for buried treasures. Turns out, he's been doing that since 1973, almost 50 years!

08/17/2022

You never know what you’ll find in a schoolyard.

08/13/2022

I really enjoy metal detecting in my own neighborhood. This is a picture from a few months ago of some of the things I have found within a block or two of my house during my first year and a half of digging. Even more cool stuff since then!

08/13/2022

Spent a couple days in Sturgis, Mi detecting at a church and a couple parks (one was an old dump site). I’ll be going back again when I can.