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Aug 03, 2006, 05:47 PM
#21
Re: Gyspy's Ghost Town Hunt
All animals are equal, but some are more equal then others. -George Orwell
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Aug 03, 2006 05:47 PM
# ADS
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Aug 03, 2006, 07:09 PM
#22
Re: Gyspy's Ghost Town Hunt
except for the storm, sounds like a blast! Pretty neat findings, too. I bet you and the girls can't wait to get back-
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Aug 03, 2006, 11:50 PM
#23
 Random chance seems to have operated in our favor
Re: Gyspy's Ghost Town Hunt
Man oh man! Totally awesome!! What a great story and pics. My hat's off to you, CONGRATS!
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Aug 04, 2006, 10:42 AM
#24
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Congratulations Gypsy!!!!, I'm so glad all your hard work paid off. It looks like you and the girls had such a good time. I cant wait to see and hear the rest of your story.
kenb
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Aug 04, 2006, 10:56 AM
#25
 Gypsyheart~ Queen of Rust
Re: Gyspy's Ghost Town Hunt
I go a great distance,while some are considering whether they will start today or tomorrow
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Aug 04, 2006, 11:39 AM
#26
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Gypsy,
Awesome, Awesome, Awesome...your story, finds & pics.
So happy for you and the girls.
River
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Aug 04, 2006, 01:14 PM
#27
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Great great story!! Really looking forward to reading more.
I'm sure you know this already, but just in case. Redwing is highly sought after by collectors. Some what like McCoy pottery is.
You're a real credit to treasure net. Congratulations and WTG!!! HH
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Aug 04, 2006, 02:15 PM
#28
 monty
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Don't make me loose the hounds! If you dig, Cover up your holes.
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Aug 04, 2006, 08:48 PM
#29
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Great pics. Do you travel with a dog? I have a hundred+ pound female cur cross. Nothing gets close to my camp without me knowing.
Just because it did not work does not mean it was not a good plan!
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Aug 07, 2006, 12:42 AM
#30
 Still a Treasure Hunting Fool!
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WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW. Gypsy I love the stories that you give us. They help me "be there". You are a great writer and did I say wow! Great Finds! I really look foward to more in a few weeks.
Good Luck & Happy Hunting
Hills Hunter
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Aug 07, 2006, 06:24 AM
#31
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WoW! The Queen of Iron!
What a great story and pictures!
Keep it coming. I'm feeling highly motivated.
Super cleaning jobs too.
My main site is a major historic location also. Due to the owners of the property, I can't tell who or what at this time. But I can say my location is one of the most important historically for the state of Michigan. It took me 13 years to locate this site. I only found it because an old timer (now dead) gave me a tip.
So far I've dug maybe 300 good artifacts. I'm estimating that there are as many as 2000 to 5000 more at the site. This was a very large and early lumbering camp few even know about. I even found what appears to be a large horse drawn wheeled plow. See, Michigan lumberjacks only did their logging work during the winters. They needed the snow to slide the logs out and to kill the insects. During the summer they farmed, hunted, and canned foods. The plow is buried about 3 to 8 foot deep. It would take heavy equipment to dig and remove it.
This stuff is great fun!
Badger
"Everything is an anomaly" Michigan Badger
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Aug 07, 2006, 06:47 AM
#32
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Glad you could share this with us- nice pics and great work!
"A culture truly grows great when old men plant trees in who's shade they know they will never sit"
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Aug 07, 2006, 12:26 PM
#33
 Gypsyheart~ Queen of Rust
Re: Gyspy's Ghost Town Hunt
 Originally Posted by Michigan Badger
WoW!  The Queen of Iron!
What a great story and pictures!
Keep it coming. I'm feeling highly motivated.
Super cleaning jobs too.
My main site is a major historic location also. Due to the owners of the property, I can't tell who or what at this time. But I can say my location is one of the most important historically for the state of Michigan. It took me 13 years to locate this site. I only found it because an old timer (now dead) gave me a tip.
So far I've dug maybe 300 good artifacts. I'm estimating that there are as many as 2000 to 5000 more at the site. This was a very large and early lumbering camp few even know about. I even found what appears to be a large horse drawn wheeled plow. See, Michigan lumberjacks only did their logging work during the winters. They needed the snow to slide the logs out and to kill the insects. During the summer they farmed, hunted, and canned foods. The plow is buried about 3 to 8 foot deep. It would take heavy equipment to dig and remove it.
This stuff is great fun!
Badger
Thanks alot. I am still waiting to post additional photos and the rest of the story. My camera died and I need to get a new one to take pics of all this stuff I dragged home.
As far as cleaning any of my items...I laid them on the concrete and sprayed with the hose....thats it LOL!
There is a ton of stuff still there and it would take me an entire summer to go through it all. I plan on going back in a week or two.
I also dug up a horse drawn hay rake,but couldnt get it out . Have arranged for a man to help me with a tractor. Because you know...you never know when you might need one....Lord someone stop me ....I have more rusted iron than I know what to do with.
I go a great distance,while some are considering whether they will start today or tomorrow
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Aug 07, 2006, 06:00 PM
#34
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Gyspy, all the luck with you,
have a nice time, waiting your post,
Digman.
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Aug 08, 2006, 12:37 AM
#35
 This aint no damn flea circus!!!
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Gypsie, your are an awesome writer & one kick ass treasure hunter! Unbelievable story & great pics too! This needs to go into the "Best of TN" catagory if Jeff hasnt put it in there already. Im hungry for more!
"Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation...... one is life, the other death."
-Ernestine L. Rose-
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Aug 08, 2006, 02:04 AM
#36
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A Hay Rake Oh my gosh, you're as bad/worse than me!
"A culture truly grows great when old men plant trees in who's shade they know they will never sit"
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Aug 08, 2006, 03:52 PM
#37
Re: Gyspy's Ghost Town Hunt
 Originally Posted by Mighty AP
Gypsie, your are an awesome writer & one kick ass treasure hunter! Unbelievable story & great pics too! This needs to go into the "Best of TN" catagory if Jeff hasnt put it in there already. Im hungry for more! 
I'll second that motion! Gypsy your finds are awe inspiring.Can't wait for the rest of the story.
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it." - Henry Ford
"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." -George Orwell
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Aug 13, 2006, 03:58 PM
#38
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Post number 19's picture is the swimming hole i swam in as a young Free. The little road is locally known as Moonshine alley. Thanks for the pictures from back home.
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Aug 13, 2006, 05:13 PM
#39
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You know Gypsy
It couldn't hurt to offer up one sacrifice to the detecting Gods.
C'mon! Couldn't we offer up a Pete sacrifice?
I mean heck! If it didn't appease the Gods.
I'm sure it would at least appease some people in here. 
HH
Holy mole
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Aug 13, 2006, 06:39 PM
#40
 Gypsyheart~ Queen of Rust
Re: Gypsy's Ghost Town Hunt
 Originally Posted by Zumbrokid
Post number 19's picture is the swimming hole i swam in as a young Free. The little road is locally known as Moonshine alley. Thanks for the pictures from back home.
You should have been detecting the old store site and the town around it instead of swimming ...hahha...you wouldnt believe the stuff I pulled out of there. The old bridge is gone and you cant get there the old way. Went in to the end of Mooshine Alley ,where the old logging camp was also. Great stuff. Took the canoe up river and tons of old places.
I go a great distance,while some are considering whether they will start today or tomorrow
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