1723 BRITISH COLONIAL COPPER COIN METAL DETECTING RELIC FIND-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

 
     HERE'S A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF A 1723 BRITISH COLONIAL COPPER COIN THAT
I FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  ITS INTERESTING TO ME THAT THIS COIN STILL HAS SOME DETAIL TO IT.  IT PREDATES BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT IN 1755 AND IT IS MY FAVORITE FIND THAT I MADE AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  MOST COINS WE FIND HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DON'T HAVE MUCH DETAIL SINCE THE COINS HAD CIRCULATED FOR YEARS BEFORE THEY ENDED UP OUT HERE.  MOST ONES YOU SEE FOUND ARE WHAT WE CALL "SMOOTHIES".  MEANING THAT IT IS IT IS WORN SMOOTH WITH NO DETAILS LEFT. -THE TIME SEARCHER

FUNERAL IN BERLIN (1966) FILM-1950'S GERMAN BERLIN POLICE SIGN.

     HERE'S A GERMAN BERLIN POLICE SIGN FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.
IT DATES BACK TO THE 1950'S.   I WAS SCREENING "FUNERAL IN BERLIN" A FEW NIGHTS AGO AND I THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT BLOG ENTRY THAT WOULD MAKE WITH THE SIGN.  IN THE FILM, WHEN HARRY PALMER (MICHAEL CAINE) GOES TO THE POLICE STATION, YOU SEE SOME SIGNS LIKE THE ONE ABOVE EXCEPT THOSE LISTS OTHER  POLICE STATIONS IN BERLIN.  

    HERE'S A TRAILER FOR THE FILM.  HARRY SALTZMAN OF JAMES BOND FAME PRODUCED THIS FILM.  MICHAEL CAINE GAVE A GREAT PORTRAYAL OF A BRITISH AGENT IN A REALISTIC WAY. THERE ARE MANY GRAY AREAS OF MORALITY AND CERTAINLY NO SLICK, FANCY GADGETS,  LUXURY OR CLEAR CUT GOOD VS EVIL FOR MICHAEL CAINE'S HARRY PALMER AGENT CHARACTER.        


     THE FILM PORTRAYS GERMANY AS IT WAS BEFORE THE WALL CAME DOWN.  I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT GERMANY SURVIVES ITS PRESENT DIFFICULTIES AND ELECTS A RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT THAT WILL PROTECT ITS CITIZENS MORE THAN THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

                 

TIME SEARCHERS VLOG-SCARLET PIMPERNEL STYLE RELIC HUNTING

    HERE'S A TIME SEARCHERS VLOG ENTRY FROM OUR RELIC HUNT EARLIER THIS MONTH.  HERE THE TIME SEARCHERS GIVE THEIR TRIBUTE TO THE FAMED SCARLET PIMPERNEL OF THE STORY IN THEIR RELIC HUNTING ADVENTURES.  SINK ME!-THE TIME SEARCHER.

HERE'S A LINK TO THE FIRST PART OF THE 1982 VERSION WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE BETTER SCARLET PIMPERNEL FILMS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

ANOTHER TIME SEARCHERS' METAL DETECTING THE WAY IT USED TO BE- 1972 WHITES ELECTRONICS DEALER SIGN STICKER

    HERE'S ANOTHER TIME SEARCHERS' METAL DETECTING: THE WAY IT USED TO BE.  THIS PHOTO SHOWS A 1972 WHITES ELECTRONICS DEALER SIGN STICKER THAT THE LOCAL METAL DETECTOR DEALER WOULD DISPLAY IN HIS STORE WINDOW OR A SIGN OUTSIDE.  WHITES ELECTRONICS WAS THE BIGGEST AND BEST MANUFACTURER OF MACHINES IN THOSE DAYS.  THIS WAS BEFORE THE MULTI-FREQUENCY MACHINES OF TODAY.  GARDINER ELECTRONICS MADE SOME EXPENSIVE MACHINES THEN THAT FEATURED VLF DISCRIMINATION.  BUT, IT WAS WHITES THAT REALLY BROUGHT IT TO THE METAL DETECTORISTS (THIS IS A BRITISH TERM LATER ADOPTED BY AMERICANS, THEN WE CALLED OURSELVES TREASURE HUNTERS).  THERE WERE OTHER COMPANIES LIKE D-TEX, COMPASS, BOUNTY HUNTER AND THE WANNA BE WHITES COMPANY-GARRETT ELECTRONICS THAT RAN WHITES PRODUCT INNOVATIONS DOWN IN THEIR ADVERTISING BUT SEEMED TO COME OUT WITH THE SAME FEATURES YEARS AFTER WHITES DID.  EXAMPLE: 1982 GARRETT MASTER HUNTER 2 WITH VLF DISCRIMINATION. I GUESS IT TOOK TIME TO REVERSE ENGINEER A PRODUCT AND TRY TO FIGURE A WAY AROUND THE PATENTS.  A FUN TIME IN METAL DETECTING BEFORE THE MASS MARKETING, REALITY SHOW ENVIRONMENT OF TODAY.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS 1808 SPANISH TWO REALE FOUND: OUR VIDEO OF THE RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE FEBRUARY, 2016 PART SIX

HERE'S THE LINK TO PART SIX OF OUR FEBRUARY, 2016 RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  UPON REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE, I REALIZE THAT THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER HAS ACTUALLY FOUND SIX SPANISH TWO REALES AT THIS SITE.  A PICTURE OF THIS FIND WAS IN AN EARLIER BLOG POST.  THIS IS THE VIDEO FROM THAT DAY ON THIS FIND.  AN INCREDIBLE RECORD AND WE HAVE BEEN BACK A COUPLE TIME SINCE THIS TRIP AND I WILL GET THE FOOTAGE UP AS SOON AS I CAN. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

DID SPARTACUS FIGHT HERE? 1950'S AMERICAN TOURIST PHOTO OF ANCIENT ITALIAN ROMAN ARENA

     HERE'S ANOTHER GREAT PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE SAME CACHE OF PHOTOS THAT I CAME ACROSS LAST YEAR.  IT SHOWS A ROMAN ARENA (IT IS NOT IDENTIFIED WHAT CITY OR TOWN THAT THIS ARENA IS IN).  I WONDER IF SPARTACUS DID FIGHT HERE.  IT IS SOMETHING LOST IN THE MISTS OF TIME.  THIS PHOTO IS FROM A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 1957 BY AN AMERICAN TOURIST IN ITALY WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN ARCHAEOLOGY AS OTHER PHOTOS I WILL BE POSTING WILL SHOW.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS VLOG: THE TORTOISE MEETS THE RELIC HUNTERS- THE MAKING OF A FABLE.

HERE'S ANOTHER QUICK VIDEO FROM OUR LATEST HUNT.  WE MEET THE FABLED TORTOISE OF THE OLD STORY OF THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE.  IN THIS CASE, THE TORTOISE AND THE RELIC HUNTERS,  OUT IN THE FIELD.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER ALWAYS URGES ME TO SLOW DOWN AND THIS TORTOISE SHOWED ME THE WAY TO SUCCESSFUL RELIC HUNTING: SLOW DOWN.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS VLOG-THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER'S 1785 SPANISH TWO REALE SILVER COIN FIND VIDEO

HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO CLIP WHERE THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER FINDS HIS 1785 SPANISH TWO REALE ON OUR LATEST RELIC HUNT. SEE BILLTHERELIC CHANNEL FOR OUR FULL LENGTH TIME SEARCHER VIDEOS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1785 SPANISH TWO REALE FOUND-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGES FINDS MADE TODAY

     I MANAGED TO GET OUT TODAY TO RELIC HUNT WITH THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  IT WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE THAT BROUGHT SOME NICE RELICS TO LIGHT.  AMONG THEM WAS THIS 1785 SPANISH TWO REALE FOUND BY THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  IT WAS HIS FIFTH ONE FOUND AT THIS SITE.  I FOUND TWO COPPERS AND TWO BUTTONS.  GREAT VIDEO FROM THIS HUNT THAT I WILL BE PUTTING UP REAL SOON. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

1930 FRANKLIN STEELCRAFT PEDAL CAR-ALL ORIGINAL

    HERES A 1930 FRANKLIN STEELCRAFT PEDAL CAR THAT I RECENTLY ADDED TO THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE COLLECTION.  ITS ALL ORIGINAL HARDWARE AND PAINT.  A TRULY RARE FIND IN THAT WHEN THIS PEDAL CAR WAS MADE  DURING THE DEPRESSION,  NOT TOO MANY PARENTS COULD AFFORD TO BUY ONE FOR THEIR KIDS.  THIS PEDAL CAR IS BASED ON THE REAL FRANKLIN AUTOMOBILE.  A TRUE LUXURY CAR FOR THE DAY.  THE COMPANY PRODUCED CARS FROM 1902 TO 1934 WHEN THE COMPANY BECAME A VICTIM OF THE DEPRESSION AND WAS LIQUIDATED.  STEELCRAFT CO. THAT MADE THIS PEDAL CAR SURVIVED UNTIL 1937 WHEN THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND WERE BOUGHT BY MURRAY INC. WHO CONTINUED TO MADE PEDAL CARS UNDER THE MURRAY AND STEELCRAFT NAMES.
THIS WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR ME TO FIND THIS PEDAL CAR SINCE YEARS AGO, MY DAD HAD A 1931 FRANKLIN SEDAN IN HIS ANTIQUE CAR COLLECTION.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1770's BRITISH LIVERY BUTTON-LATEST FROM THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

     HERE'S A 1770'S LIVERY BUTTON FROM THE LOT COLONIAL VILLAGE.  THIS WAS A DEEP ONE AT 14-16 INCHES.  WE HAVE SOME GREAT VIDEO THAT THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER SHOT WHEN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THIS BUTTON.  NOTICE THE GOLD GILT STILL ON THE BUTTON.  IT LOOKS TO BE A BRASS BUTTON WITH LONDON MARKINGS.  THE LEFT SIDE SHOWS A CROWN WITH AN EAGLE PERCHED ON THE TOP OF IT. THE RIGHT SIDE SHOWS A MAILED FIST HOLDING A SWORD.  I LOVE BUTTONS LIKE THIS ONE.  ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A PATTERN THAT I HAVE NOT FOUND BEFORE.  WE HOPE TO GET BACK TO THIS SITE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  BUT, IT IS A 3 MILE HIKE IN THE WOODS OVER STEEP HILLS.  YES, I KNOW, COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  I SHOULD HAVE WORKED OUT MORE.  OK, I SAID THAT BEFORE I AM OUT THERE HUFFING AND PUFFING, TRYING TO KEEP UP.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY AND REESE WITHERSPOON'S GRANDDAD'S WORLD WAR TWO TRAINING HELMET?

TODAY IS THE 72ND ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, THE JUNE 6, 1944 INVASION OF HITLER'S FORTRESS EUROPE.  I AM WORKING ON A VIDEO OF UNPUBLISHED PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY A SOLDIER SHORTLY AFTER THE D-DAY INVASION.  BUT, WITH MY SCHEDULE, IT HAS  BEEN TOUGH TO WORK ON THAT AND EVEN DO BLOG ENTRIES.  I GOT OUT LAST MONTH WITH THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND WE MADE SOME GREAT FINDS.  VIDEO AND STILL SHOTS WILL BE COMING SOON.  HERE IS A VERY RECENT FIND I MADE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.   IT IS A WORLD WAR TWO U.S. ARMY BASE/TRAINING HELMET (HELMET LINER) THAT BELONGED TO A SECOND LT. D. WITHERSPOON.   AND I WONDER IF HE WAS REESE WITHERSPOON'S GRANDDAD.  I DON'T KNOW AND I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED IT YET.  REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES THAT THOSE BRAVE ALLIED MILITARY PERSONNEL MADE ON THAT FATEFUL DAY SEVENTY TWO YEARS AGO AND AFTERWARDS. -THE TIME SEARCHER.