That’s right, we have two upcoming “Welcome-to-Hunt Outings” anyone is invited to participate in.
Eastern Oregon
August 1st & 2nd
One Ghost Town site, Malheur City, was a prosperous mining town as early as 1863, and a search of a nearby other possible location that pre-dated Malheur City.
Closest town with a motel, gas and grub would be Baker City[/b]
Contact Gregg Zehr at: greggzehr@yahoo.com
He will guide folks into the locations starting at a point about 20 minutes from Baker City off I-84. It will be an easy dirt/gravel road drive for maybe 30 minutes from there.
Eastern Nevada
September 9th thru 13th
Our ‘base camp’, so to speak, will be Montello, Nevada where there is a small motel and RV area, or folks are welcome to camp at one of the three Ghost Town sites we will be hunting. The closest [size=small](Tecoma)[/size] is maybe a 10 minute drive north from Montello, which does have a gas station and a cafe, and the other two towns [size=small](Toano and Cobre)[/size] are not much more of a drive to the south. If you want to stay in a little bit larger town with several casinos w/buffets, that also has other motels, places to eat, gas stations and a nice store for grub, tha'st about an extra 30 minute drive from the closest Ghost Town.
This Outing has three old Ghost Town sites dating back to 1868, 1869 and about 1905. These were the sites we hunted on our May “Welcome-to-Hunt Outing” and we had 17 people in attendance. No, not everyone made fantastic finds, but many did and everyone had an equal opportunity to work their coil over a target and dig. Some finds were quite impressive, both as old US coins as well as some interesting artifacts of the period. Military and other buttons, suspender buckles, bullet molds, thimbles, bullets and cartridge cases, … and the list goes on.
If you’re interested in this open invitation outing, feel welcome to contact Monte or Oregon Gregg.
monte@ahrps.org
greggzehr@yahoo.com
We can also direct you to a site to view comments and photos of recoveries from our May Outing.
Oh, by now you’re surely wondering what I meant by a ‘planted’ Outing in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Nevada. Well, it’s really a simple answer and it calls for everyone who attended to ‘plant their feet’ in these nice old towns and give them a patient and dedicated search. Yep, just come and ‘plant you feet, and don’t forget to bring along a good detector or two for the challenges you’ll face, and a smaller-than-stock search coil would be helpful, too.
Keep your Discrimination low, use a slow and methodical sweep speed, ignore a lot of fluff such as visual Target ID, and be prepared to “dig what beeps!” Then take a look and you’ll know of it is a keeper of junk.
Gregg & I have had our rooms reserved at the Pilot Motel in Montello, and currently we might have between 8 and 12 people who have committed to participate. Maybe all five days or some only the Friday thru Sunday, but it wouldn’t surprise us if we match or better the ‘17’ person attendance we had in May.
In the meantime, get out hunting. Learn your detectors well, Pick some trashier sites to hunt, and let either or both of us know if you’re interested in attending one or both of these open outings.
Monte
Eastern Oregon
August 1st & 2nd
One Ghost Town site, Malheur City, was a prosperous mining town as early as 1863, and a search of a nearby other possible location that pre-dated Malheur City.
Closest town with a motel, gas and grub would be Baker City[/b]
Contact Gregg Zehr at: greggzehr@yahoo.com
He will guide folks into the locations starting at a point about 20 minutes from Baker City off I-84. It will be an easy dirt/gravel road drive for maybe 30 minutes from there.
Eastern Nevada
September 9th thru 13th
Our ‘base camp’, so to speak, will be Montello, Nevada where there is a small motel and RV area, or folks are welcome to camp at one of the three Ghost Town sites we will be hunting. The closest [size=small](Tecoma)[/size] is maybe a 10 minute drive north from Montello, which does have a gas station and a cafe, and the other two towns [size=small](Toano and Cobre)[/size] are not much more of a drive to the south. If you want to stay in a little bit larger town with several casinos w/buffets, that also has other motels, places to eat, gas stations and a nice store for grub, tha'st about an extra 30 minute drive from the closest Ghost Town.
This Outing has three old Ghost Town sites dating back to 1868, 1869 and about 1905. These were the sites we hunted on our May “Welcome-to-Hunt Outing” and we had 17 people in attendance. No, not everyone made fantastic finds, but many did and everyone had an equal opportunity to work their coil over a target and dig. Some finds were quite impressive, both as old US coins as well as some interesting artifacts of the period. Military and other buttons, suspender buckles, bullet molds, thimbles, bullets and cartridge cases, … and the list goes on.
If you’re interested in this open invitation outing, feel welcome to contact Monte or Oregon Gregg.
monte@ahrps.org
greggzehr@yahoo.com
We can also direct you to a site to view comments and photos of recoveries from our May Outing.
Oh, by now you’re surely wondering what I meant by a ‘planted’ Outing in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Nevada. Well, it’s really a simple answer and it calls for everyone who attended to ‘plant their feet’ in these nice old towns and give them a patient and dedicated search. Yep, just come and ‘plant you feet, and don’t forget to bring along a good detector or two for the challenges you’ll face, and a smaller-than-stock search coil would be helpful, too.
Keep your Discrimination low, use a slow and methodical sweep speed, ignore a lot of fluff such as visual Target ID, and be prepared to “dig what beeps!” Then take a look and you’ll know of it is a keeper of junk.
Gregg & I have had our rooms reserved at the Pilot Motel in Montello, and currently we might have between 8 and 12 people who have committed to participate. Maybe all five days or some only the Friday thru Sunday, but it wouldn’t surprise us if we match or better the ‘17’ person attendance we had in May.
In the meantime, get out hunting. Learn your detectors well, Pick some trashier sites to hunt, and let either or both of us know if you’re interested in attending one or both of these open outings.
Monte
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------My wifes dad used to milk them for their vennum & sell it to hospitals in the old days.--------Del
-----I pay good money (taxes) to let them have a place to live (natural habitat)! 
..to even see a nice big rattler or a shark for that matter is a once in a lifetime deal for most people....