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digitdan.bsky.social
Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Some items on display at the BostonMuseum of Science
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Before I spent all my time metal detecting, I was a musician. I started playing the drums when I was 15. Was in bands that toured the US and a few other countries. I've always loved the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson was one of the most brilliant songwriters ever. #RIPBrianWilson youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I got contacted by someone whose wife lost her wedding ring. They knew the general area where it was lost. In less than 5 minutes I handed him the ring. The property used to have an old mill on it. I went for a walk, found an axe head, and a colonial era shoe buckle. Was also followed by a cute pup!

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

submitted 5 days ago • 886 comments

Wow! I might as well call it a day because it doesn't get much better than this. I just accidentally scared off two giant bald eagles, and I keep hearing sturgeon jumping. This silver dollar is just a bonus.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

It's such a peaceful foggy morning in this gorgeous secluded property on the Kennebec River. I almost wish I had fishing gear with me. The fish are jumping like crazy and no one's around.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

If these were made of metal and not a sheep's appendix, I guarantee I'd have plenty to show you. Have a great day, everyone! bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I recently identified what I thought was a lapel pin. It's actually just a part of a larger brooch that I believe was made by Carl Art jewelry in Providence, Rhode Island. Carl Art Inc. founded in 1936 by Carl Schraysshuen and Arthur Leorcher. 1/2

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

You definitely won't be reminded about this today from the current #TACO administration, but June 1st is the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It happened in 1921. 4 years ago, Viola Fletcher at 107 years old spoke in front of Congress about what she witnessed that day. 1/2

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

I can just smell the history out here. I think that's history anyway..

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

It's pouring rain right now, hoping to get out there a bit later if it dies down enough. Here's a collection of buckles found on the same farm over the course of a few years. By far the coolest being a colonial era shoe buckle. Also shown is a similar modern reproduction.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Who else gets super psyched over buttons? These are some recent finds. The larger one is a cast basket weave pattern tombac coat button. Tombac was an alloy of copper and zinc used from 1760-1780ish.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Today I'm sharing a previous post about a Civil War soldier from Maine whose watch fob I found in a farm field, it later was determined to be a mustering location. I feel a special connection to him. I haven't been able to find any living relatives, I feel like no one would have mentioned him again.

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments