William-NM
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Hit a nearby ghost town Saturday and was conducting my methodical AWP (Aimless Wandering Pattern). Time was passing, and there was no way I would hit my profit point on this dig unless I could identify a MPS (Miner Pocket Spill) in my TRZ. I located a bottle dump and did some digging to see if there were any that they hadn't smashed. Nope. tick...tick...
Then I decided to check the surrounding area & banks of the dry wash. I found an area just below the bottle dump where I started getting lots of big iron and some nice 80's readings. Boom, baby! One of my first digs was what appeared to be a copper sexual aid...what the frell?
On closer inspection, it turned out to be a copper flashlight. Cool. Next, I dug a 1948 NM License Plate.
Then a Skeleton Key, the brass face, indicator, and spring to an 1890s scale, and an early Yale padlock. I'm having fun, now!
Here's the area that I was digging in and a shot of the bottle dump just above it::
Well, this went on for a while, and I was running out of daylight, so I decided to come back on Sunday with my hunting buddy:
I was kinda dragging at first, then switched to coins mode on the AT Pro to do a little cherry picking. I started getting some strong coin signals which turned out to be copper specimens. Well, one of them looks like it has gold throughout it (and a couple more that I found later do, too). I'm not sure about that - we have gold mica here, and it definitely isn't that, and it doesn't seem to be brittle like Pyrite. I'll have to find a spot that I can get a good scratch for the acid test. Anyways, I'm getting quite engaged in the hunt at this point! It's slow going, as the old cabin ruin, just up the hill, had shed it's iron roof and it has permeated the wash, along with all the usual junk. I was going REALLY slow, picking out the faint peeps. I dug one of those and, dang, disappearing target. Found it again, same thing. I was about to move on, but decided to give it a last try. Here is the result:
Well, I had to sit down at this point, heh. Coins have been pretty elusive up there, aside from a few modern pocket spills and Wheats.
Here are some of the other finds. I also brought home around 25# of junk iron and aluminum. All in all, my favorite hunt yet - I love the mix of relics, gold, coins - the ghosts were in very good spirits, and so was I!!
I guess it goes without saying that I'll be spending some more time up in ghost territory.
Sorry for rambling on & Best of Luck in the Hunt to ALL!!
Then I decided to check the surrounding area & banks of the dry wash. I found an area just below the bottle dump where I started getting lots of big iron and some nice 80's readings. Boom, baby! One of my first digs was what appeared to be a copper sexual aid...what the frell?
On closer inspection, it turned out to be a copper flashlight. Cool. Next, I dug a 1948 NM License Plate.
Then a Skeleton Key, the brass face, indicator, and spring to an 1890s scale, and an early Yale padlock. I'm having fun, now!
Here's the area that I was digging in and a shot of the bottle dump just above it::
Well, this went on for a while, and I was running out of daylight, so I decided to come back on Sunday with my hunting buddy:
I was kinda dragging at first, then switched to coins mode on the AT Pro to do a little cherry picking. I started getting some strong coin signals which turned out to be copper specimens. Well, one of them looks like it has gold throughout it (and a couple more that I found later do, too). I'm not sure about that - we have gold mica here, and it definitely isn't that, and it doesn't seem to be brittle like Pyrite. I'll have to find a spot that I can get a good scratch for the acid test. Anyways, I'm getting quite engaged in the hunt at this point! It's slow going, as the old cabin ruin, just up the hill, had shed it's iron roof and it has permeated the wash, along with all the usual junk. I was going REALLY slow, picking out the faint peeps. I dug one of those and, dang, disappearing target. Found it again, same thing. I was about to move on, but decided to give it a last try. Here is the result:
Well, I had to sit down at this point, heh. Coins have been pretty elusive up there, aside from a few modern pocket spills and Wheats.
Here are some of the other finds. I also brought home around 25# of junk iron and aluminum. All in all, my favorite hunt yet - I love the mix of relics, gold, coins - the ghosts were in very good spirits, and so was I!!
I guess it goes without saying that I'll be spending some more time up in ghost territory.
Sorry for rambling on & Best of Luck in the Hunt to ALL!!
guauuu! I come trembling just thinking about it ... of emotion 