The Old North State Detectorists Club
An ethical metal detecting club located in the
Piedmont-Triad area of central North Carolina.
We want to search your yard or homestead to find lost items.
Metal Detecting is our hobby. The fact that you can't predict what you'll find every time you hunt makes metal detecting fun and rewarding. Some
items uncovered might include nails, discarded
pieces of iron and wire, keys, bottle caps, shotgun shell casings, jar lids of all types, and pulltabs, which we call trash or junk. Then there are times you will locate some sort of jewelry item or clad coin and occasionally that treasured old silver coin.
Call us if you've lost that wedding ring or jewelry in the yard or lake.
Our members have a multitude of different styles of land & water metal detector machines to search lawns, gardens, underwater locations near shore, and boat docks. Deep ground searches up to 30 feet in depth can be performed with our 2-box style deep seeking detector. While searching your property, metal trash such as old rusted nails, bits of lead, aluminum, and iron will be removed at no charge.
We assist the Archaeology folks too...
The club has been asked on different occasions to assist the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and History in their continuing investigations at the
Alamance Battleground Historic Site. ONSD members, under supervision of the state research historian and staff, searched marked grid areas seeking metal artifacts that date from the 18th and mid 19th century. This was a great honor for the Old North State Detectorists club as only
a handful of battlegrounds in the country have allowed metal detectorists to assist their state historical and archive personnel at these off-limit sites. The ONSD club appreciates the opportunity to have assisted the State of North Carolina during our six visits in completing this project. Some items found during our visits are on permanent display in the Visitor's Center at the battleground.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park - Greensboro, NC
Club members were recently asked to participate in an archeological excavation at the park in an attempt to locate the original site of the Guilford Courthouse. The ONSD assisted the University of North Carolina - Greensboro Archaeology Program and its students in the locating, mapping and recovery of various metallic objects as well as some old pottery artifacts from the suspected area. During the initial recovery work, a piece of cannister shot was found and led to several more items of military origin to be uncovered. This was not an unexpected event and may lead researchers of the battle to possibly request future digs to further explain the time line and location of troops and events on March 15, 1781.
The Old North State Detectorists appreciate the opportunity to assist UNCG and thank the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park personnel and the National Park Service for their permission to allow us to work on this hallowed ground.
ONSD club members have worked cooperatively with the
Trustees of historic Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown, NC
in searching for and recovering items of historical value from around the property. The Trustees have set up a display of these found items which are available for viewing at the annual Village Fair festival held on the grounds each July.
The Old North State Detectorists currently hold their monthly club meetings on the property at the Dr Lindsey house, also known as the Annex building, located at the opposite end of the main parking lot. Visitors are welcome to attend meetings which are usually held the last Saturday of the month at 9 am. Check the
Calendar of Events page on this site for current information.
The club partnered with Elon University to search the grounds of
Travis Creek School, the oldest standing public school in North Carolina, located on the campus. A short video of the school hunt can be found
here on our ONSD-TV channel at YouTube.
For More Information...
Contact the Old North State Detectorists by:
Email:
Mail:
Old North State Detectorists William Purkey - President
4407 Williamsburg Road
Greensboro, NC 27410
Phone:
336-855-7034