I am from western NY and have been detecting for 2 years. I have a Minelab expII that has produced well. In Noveber my partner and I found a colonial site that has produced 44 pre 1865 coins and over 80 buttons including British, Loyalist and Continental military. about 40% of the coins are state issue.
other finds this month are 3 indian heads and a flying eagle penny and Bank of Upper canada half penny token 1844. for all you new guys and gals out there all I can say is research research research.
If you want to see some of my finds check this link. all these have been since Halloween.
http://frontiernet.net/~thoulihan/
well there is still a ft of snow on the ground here so dont know when Ill get out again
been 3 weeks now and getting itchy. parnter has a line on a lot being bulldozed that we can hit Sun so maybeeeeeee
good Hunting
Tim