"Dr.Tones"
New member
I wish I had a key date in every hole! What I don't show (maybe I should) is all the days I strike out, or all the garbage I dig. Luck definitely has a part in it but researching your sites is the key. Usually I'll set out with 5 or so sites to hit, most days all of those sites are non-producers but every other trip or so we get in a good one. I focus mainly on small sites way off the beaten path. Towns that have long perished that only had three or four structures, random single homesteads, stage stops, hotels and other "single" resources. None of these are in existence today and seldom even have remnants of foundations. Finding them is part of the challenge.