Devils Backbone Mountain

[localColumbus]

Devil's Backbone Mountain

Has anyone in the River Valley area hit this spot? Is it all private land?

 

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[DonDigger]

What state/area? I know of a couple of areas known as the Devils Backbone.

 

[localColumbus]

Arkansas

 

[localColumbus]

Jenny Lind Area

 

[DonDigger]

Sorry, my knowledge is more to Texas' Devils Backbone, an area where I had some of my best hunts back in the 70's/80's. Maybe now with clarification some of the Razor Back guys will jump in.

 

[localColumbus]

Appreciate it brother

 

[Tejaas]

Devil's Backbone Mountain

Sorry, my knowledge is more to Texas' Devils Backbone, an area where I had some of my best hunts back in the 70's/80's. Maybe now with clarification some of the Razor Back guys will jump in.

Mister, I don't suppose you'd care to show and/or tell about some of your Devils Backbone finds and adventures?

I have a few interesting stories/finds as well from the specific area...


~Tejaas~

 

[austin]

Lots of legends about our(Texas') Devil's Backbone. Silver ledge, Indian ghost riders, Spanish Padre's ghost. It's an unusual and pretty spectacualr place...

 

[DonDigger]

Mister, I don't suppose you'd care to show and/or tell about some of your Devils Backbone finds and adventures?

I have a few interesting stories/finds as well from the specific area...


~Tejaas~

Tejaas, hope were not thread jumping here but I can share my experience in the area. Pretty simple really. From about 1977 to 1989 I worked with my sons Boy Scout Troop and we frequented El Ranch Cima a couple of times a year. When the camp was first built the tent rows were up on the rocky ridge above the Blanco river bottom due to flooding I believe. Square rock foundations held wood floors on which the tents were pitched. Things the kids dropped went thru the cracks and were out of reach. Later the tent rows were moved down to the river bottom which had softer soil and was closer to the river for swimming. When I found those old foundations I was in hog heaven. Kids went swimming and I went detecting. From the number of finds I had to be the first to hit the foundations with a detector. In the first few years I had filled an old gallon pickle jar to the top with silver, wheaties, and nickels. Lots of pins, kerchief slides, pocket knives as well. Also got to know a few local ranchers who allowed me to detect their properties which I had some good success with for relics and a few old coins, mostly around old corrals. One old rancher bent my ear to no end telling me about outlaw caches, lost mines, and Spanish treasure. I never had any time to pursue any of the stories but can still see the twinkle in his eye as he told them. I love the area and still dear hunt not far from there between Blanco and Center Point.

Don

 

[Tejaas]

Tejaas, hope were not thread jumping here but I can share my experience in the area. Pretty simple really. From about 1977 to 1989 I worked with my sons Boy Scout Troop and we frequented El Ranch Cima a couple of times a year. When the camp was first built the tent rows were up on the rocky ridge above the Blanco river bottom due to flooding I believe. Square rock foundations held wood floors on which the tents were pitched. Things the kids dropped went thru the cracks and were out of reach. Later the tent rows were moved down to the river bottom which had softer soil and was closer to the river for swimming. When I found those old foundations I was in hog heaven. Kids went swimming and I went detecting. From the number of finds I had to be the first to hit the foundations with a detector. In the first few years I had filled an old gallon pickle jar to the top with silver, wheaties, and nickels. Lots of pins, kerchief slides, pocket knives as well. Also got to know a few local ranchers who allowed me to detect their properties which I had some good success with for relics and a few old coins, mostly around old corrals. One old rancher bent my ear to no end telling me about outlaw caches, lost mines, and Spanish treasure. I never had any time to pursue any of the stories but can still see the twinkle in his eye as he told them. I love the area and still dear hunt not far from there between Blanco and Center Point.

Don

Very cool, Don!

I wonder how many times we have passed each other on the road and didn't know it, haha.




~Tejaas~

 

[DonDigger]

Tejaas, we may have passed each other for sure. My oldest and youngest both went to South West Texas State as well. I really wish I could have retired to that area.

 

[civil_war22]

Has anyone in the River Valley area hit this spot? Is it all private land?

LocalColumbus,
I have been several times an know of many who have also but it's now mostly private land where the actual battle took place. A lot was tore out when 71 highway was brought through. I've heard that there was cannonballs found near cemetery on 71 hwy. I worked the backbone quite a bit whenever I was a deputy sheriff in Sebastian county but don't know of anyone who has gone out there since then. My buddies family owned some of it and that's where I found most of mine. A artillery shell found on it was the rare variety with find on it and it was found by a known associate of treasure cove