California drought exposing gold rush towns

jktnet8

Newbie
Feb 17, 2013
3
2
central New Jersey
Detector(s) used
bounty hunter lone star
Primary Interest:
Other
California is suffering through the worst drought in 40 years. Man-made lakes are evaporating to the extent that long-lost gold rush towns are visible above water again. This seems like a rare opportunity for some lucrative metal detecting and treasure hunting activity. Any California detectorists wish to comment? I'm on the East coast, so I can only do some "California Dreamin' "8-) Thanks, good hunting, JK
 

Tom_in_CA

Gold Member
Mar 23, 2007
13,837
10,360
Salinas, CA
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Explorer II, Compass 77b, Tesoro shadow X2
I've got one I'm heading to as soon as I can make time. Was a stage stop, that's now exposed. And this one aint one of those fed or state ones. It's a different entity :) Will report eventually, if it turns out to be good.
 

Msbeepbeep

Gold Member
Jun 24, 2012
15,787
24,131
MA
Detector(s) used
M-6, pro pointer, pistol probe
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Welcome! Ya I'm on the east coast too.

Well Tom_in_CA, good luck to you hope your successful! Remember to post pics for the rest of us!
 

TerryC

Gold Member
Jun 26, 2008
7,735
10,996
Yarnell, AZ
Detector(s) used
Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
DON'T get caught with items covered by CA's silly antiquities' laws! Keep it quiet! TTC
 

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