Back from Idaho gold silver and copper

[sube]

[/img] Well I went elk hunting with my bow for two weeks like every year but did not score on a elk . We seen Lot's of elk but nobody could get a decent shot o'well there's next year. Anyway took a day off to hunt a couple mining camps , first camp was just loaded with iron I managed 2 Indians and 4 wheat's . Then I found a second camp this is where 10000 miners where camped at again Lot's of iron I spent 2 hour without any thing to show .So I followed this path down to the creek there was a flat spot about half way it looked like it use to have a cabin there a few rotted logs were all that were left .I started to detect around the old foundation Lot's of iron then I get a 12.43 12.45 12.35 signal I started digging 4 inches deep I find a barber dime then 2 barber quarters a v nickel sweep the hole again 12.35 so I dig up a Indian sweep again and a little deeper another Indian . The last Indian I dig has some gold flakes with it so I go to the car and get a pan and bucket I start digging out the hole seeing more flakes then I find some rotted leather pieces mixed in with the dirt . I about filled a 5 gallon bucket with dirt so I go down to the creek to pan out the dirt after a hour I ended up with about a half ounce of gold . It appears I found a old mining poke small leather bag which held the gold and other goodies , left camera at camp as usually There's a ton of ground there with a ton of iron there also, well have to hit this next year when I go back. Idaho has been kind to my ctx last year I recovered a 1916d dime in a small town there . I well have to study up on this spot this winter because I will be going back next year to hunt again . sube

 

[firefighter254]

Awesome hunt congrats on the silver and gold

 

[strick]

Thats really cool thanks for posting. Love my CTX!

strick

 

[Overvoltage]

sube, that is awesome. I was stationed at Mountain Home AFB from 1995 until 2001. During that period I shot two elk and a mulie. I really miss living in Idaho. I wish I had the detector equipment then that I have now.

 

[GKMan]

Oh wow! Good for you, bad for miner..

 

[CT Todd]

That's a really cool hunt. I like that. Good for you

 

[doc1964]

One of the coolest finds I've seen in a while Sube - sure would like to know the story of why the old miner left that there....

 

[Digger]

Anytime you hit a trifecta, it is a great day. To find the silver, IH and that much "raw" gold was an awesome day. Congrats on the finds. And thanks for sharing the story and pics. HH Randy

 

[Jason in ID]

That's awesome (well for you anyways, not so much for the miner)!

 

[MINELABMIKE]

wow nice job on finding the oldies

 

[McClod]

Looks like you found a little window into someone's history there, the kind any of us would love to find! Good eye on finding that spot, and especially on picking out those gold flakes sube! I love seeing those old coins! Thanks for sharing your finds and what a great story, sure makes a person's mind wonder what happened to the miner!!

 

[unluckylester]

awesome finds for sure.