Each month our Facebook group Metal Detecting Maryland (MDM) holds a contest to vote for our Find of The Month. The MDM Board selects 10 or more photos from the dozens of photos that are submitted for our Wall of Fame contest. The winning photos are voted on by our MDM members to determine which photo/item wins the title “Find of The Month“. To learn more about the contest click here.
November Votes Have Been Counted!
Of the 19 photos chosen for the Wall of Fame, only one was voted as our November Find of The Month. The item that received the most votes is this rare George Washington button featured below. The button was recovered by the one and only
Chris Martin
What’s The Story Behind The Find?
From Chris: I stopped at a farm that used to have an old house standing at the corner of a field back when I was a kid. I was kindly given permission by the farmer to detect the spot but right before I left the farmer told me that he was told (years ago) that another one of his fields use to have a hand dug well in the corner of the field but he never new if it was true or not. He said I could detect there also if I wanted to. I first looked the original spot I asked about first but I got nothing old. The field was full of trash so I decided to check the old hand dug well spot and WOW! It was one of those spots that we all dream about…lots and lots of buttons a few old large and half cents and the best of all a GW Button!!!!
Check Out Some of Chris’s Favorite Finds.
Lets Find Out More About Chris
How long have you been metal detecting?
Chris: I have been detecting for 25 years.
What was the first machine you ever used?
Chris: My first detector was the Garrett Master Hunter 7x. Then I went to a Master Hunter CX Plus. Then I went to the AT Pro then to the one I’m using now, the AT MAX.
What is your favorite metal detector and what do you like about the machine the most?
Chris: My favorite machine to use is the Garrett AT MAX. I like this machine because in my opinion it does real good (when I’m in an iron infested sited) at pulling out the good stuff and I also like the all metal mode.
Who inspired you to get into metal detecting?
Chris: I kind of inspired myself to get into detecting because I also love hunting arrowheads in plowed fields. When I would be out walking the fields, I would find a button or a old large cent every once in a while and I got to thinking that I should buy myself a detector to see what I was walking over that I couldn’t see.
What do you consider to be your best find metal detecting?
Chris: Well I’m gonna have to say my favorite find to date is the GW button that I recently found.
What is your favorite type of detecting (relic, coin shooting, water etc.)?
Chris: My favorite detecting to do is relic hunting. I also love water hunting. There is .nothing better then water hunting on a hot summer day to find relics in the water.
Name 5 items you would like to find in the future.
Chris: I would give just about anything to dig up a civil war belt buckle. I want to find more GW buttons. Plus I want to find a US minted silver coin from the 1700s.
Do you have other social media links, channels etc. you want to share on your page?
Chris: I don’t have any metal detecting links but I do have a Facebook group called Black Powder Shotgun Shooters/hunters.
Our November Wall of Fame Winners
- Zackery Taylor Presidential Button – Rob Meredith – North Hagerstown, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- Confederate 8″ 50 Pound Naval Cannon Ball – Riley Bryant – Near Vicksburg, MS –
- NC Sunburst Button (Civil War) – Shawn Sgts Discoveries Sherrill – Found in NC – XP Deus
- 1696 Spanish Silver Cob – Jason Jones – Eastern Shore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1673 Charles II Farthing – Jason Jones – Eastern Shore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1700s Quarter Cut Phillip V 2 Reale – Doug Goodyear – Eastern Shore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1782 Charles III 1 Reale – Doug Goodyear – Eastern Shore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1695 Scottish William II Bodle – David Pietroski – Eastern Shore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- Pair of Spanish Cobs – David Pietroski – Eastern Shore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- Civil War Soldier Carved 1851 Trime – Michael Mancuso – Montgomery County, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- Civil War Eagle Breast Plate – Michael Mancuso – Montgomery County, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1773 KG III – Mike Hitch – Worcestor County, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- Rev War Continental Army Button – Jeff Johnson – Frederick, County, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1842-1882 Queen Victoria Six Pence Silver Coin – Mike McCullough – Baltimore, MD – Minelab Equinox 800
- Civil War US Arrow Hook Buckle – JP Hunts – Outside of Richmond, VA – Garrett AT Pro
- Civil War Carved Chess Piece – JP Hunts – Outside of Richmond, VA – Garrett AT Pro
- George Washington Button – Chris Martin (FOTM Winner) – Franklin County, PA – Garrett AT Max
- 1853 Seated Liberty Quarter – Mark N. Nusbaum – Littlestown, PA – Minelab Equinox 800
- 1773 Virginia Half Penny – Jason Morgan – Montgomery County, MD – Garrett AT Max
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