The heat got to the to southern gentlemen last year up at this place and we did not stay very long, but Elson did find his spur here. This is the first trip up here since last Sept. with the dream team. We have been hunting this place off and on for several years and the site has produced some amazing finds. There was a gold mining town at the site from about 1880 until a dam was built in 1937 and flooded out the town. The town site is usually under water so it is protected. Our dry weather has lowered the water level again and it is huntable. This place has yielded some great old coins and jewelry as well as a bucket load of artifacts. When I first hunted it we were finding Indian Heads pennies and v-nickles on top of the ground! I found my first morgan dollar here.
Today was very nice with clear skys and a temp of 60. The water was down enough to expose a good bunch of the old townsite so we hit it early.
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There is a lot of ground to cover and I think we can hunt here for a lot more years.
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Here is Nancy out on the town.
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As I was walking out to the old townsite I came across this silver quarter, a good first find of the day.
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Nancy struck silver a the old townsite with this nice, heavy, period, silver ring. It cleaned up real nice and is very cool.
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The artifacts from the old town are everywhere and we have found some very interesting stuff. This is the first mercury flask that I have found here. It is a real big one. The mines used mercury to recover the gold from the ore.
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We had quite a day, and I did not take enough picts of finds to post tonight as we just got too busy digging. I have a major pile of cool stuff to share as soon as I clean stuff up and take picts. Elson, you should have stayed here a little longer, we missed some goodies last year! HH DC (More later this week)
Today was very nice with clear skys and a temp of 60. The water was down enough to expose a good bunch of the old townsite so we hit it early.
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There is a lot of ground to cover and I think we can hunt here for a lot more years.
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Here is Nancy out on the town.
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As I was walking out to the old townsite I came across this silver quarter, a good first find of the day.
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Nancy struck silver a the old townsite with this nice, heavy, period, silver ring. It cleaned up real nice and is very cool.
[attachment 108748 PA260200.JPG]
The artifacts from the old town are everywhere and we have found some very interesting stuff. This is the first mercury flask that I have found here. It is a real big one. The mines used mercury to recover the gold from the ore.
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We had quite a day, and I did not take enough picts of finds to post tonight as we just got too busy digging. I have a major pile of cool stuff to share as soon as I clean stuff up and take picts. Elson, you should have stayed here a little longer, we missed some goodies last year! HH DC (More later this week)