1800s gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

[harpp]

1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

went back to my favorite spot again.... its an old saloon that burned down 3 times... the last time in 1914... when i go there its easy to get side tracked cuz there is so much stuff in the ground... lots of lead, iron, brass, marbles, buttons, clay pipes, tokens, barbers, seateds, V's, shields, injuns, copper melted globs, bottles, broken bottle "cryers", etc... i mean you cant even really detect because the machine just goes nuts!.... then when you decide to dig a target, you cant help but just keep diggin... and diggin, all kinds of stuff comes poppin out... anyway this time i was focused on one 4 X 8 piece of land... i brought a metal rake and went down around 6"... then took a few swings... got a nickel hit & out popped this 17 gram hunk of melted GOLD!!! as soon as i get a day or 2 off im goin back... i know there's more!

 

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[desertfox]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Good thinking on taking that rake with you. Congrats on a nice piece of gold.
Looking forward to seeing what you come home with on your next trip there.

HH

 

[goldguru]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Best Keep That spot close to your chest Nice JOB

 

[Deepdiger60]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Good finds thats a lot of silver and gold and copper that 1904 is in great shape hope you dont mind i re-sized your pics so i could see them better Good Hunt Dd60

 

[dfx willy]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

nice hunt! what did you soak the 1904 in sauce? they dont come out of the ground like that. willy

 

[Gator-Flea]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Wow!!!!

 

[mainer]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Now thats a great site. Congrats.

 

[harpp]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

nice hunt! what did you soak the 1904 in sauce? they dont come out of the ground like that. willy

i know you're not spossed to clean old coins but.... on those nickels a 5 min muratic acid bath seems to bring them back...

 

[mikewaz]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Nice!
It's gotta be awfully hard not to blow a day off of work to get back out there. Looking forward to your next batch of finds.
Good Luck!
Mike

 

[bula]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

That is a dream spot, I would be there every chance I could get.

 

[girardpaguy]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

All I can say is HOLY COW

That is great. sound like you have a great spot.
Congrats.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Thats what metal detecting dreams are made of !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[laralucine]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

wow! very cool find

 

[swent1]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

great site great finds

i bet there is more gold in there to i would say dig it all down and use a sifter or something

 

[wingmaster]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

Great finds congrats.

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

can you use a small sniper or maybe even a sunray for that ground?

 

[Mr Tuff]

Re: 1800's gold rush saloon burned down (GOLD!)

man i would be out digging for days . and sifting to boot.. nice finds!!!! MR TUFF