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Central Texas Treasure Club - Officers for 2018 At our January 2nd C.T.T.C. meeting, we elected a new slate of officers for our club. Our goal is to make this year the best and most fun ever, for our members, in our club's 36-year history. With all of our members working together and...

Some early photos of Indianola, Texas on the Gulf Coast. I've briefly visited the area a few times in the past but I only metal detected along the beach near LaSalle's Monument around some picnic tables so I only found a few modern coins. I'm sure that if someone could locate the exact site of...

While researching some treasure leads a few nights ago, I ran across this article about some treasure that was said to have been buried by members of Quantrill's Guerrillas, including the James and Younger Brothers, near the Red River. Since that is a little out of my area of operation, I...

I just read a fascinating article by M. J. Tatum entitled Treasure at Hendricks Lake in the February, 1971 issue of Long John Latham's True Treasure magazine. Apparently Mr. Tatum had been researching and studying this long-lost treasure of millions of dollars worth of silver bars and gold...

I read about this little-known battle in a book I'm currently reading titled With the Border Ruffians by R.H. Williams who began his service to the Confederacy as a member of the Knights of the Golden Circle. I first read about Williams in Donald S. Frazier's excellent book Blood & Treasure...

Here's an old photo postcard (date unknown) of Downtown Belton, Texas during cotton season. ~Texas Jay Central Texas Treasure Club

I am including a link to a dropbox folder where there are photos of artifacts found in Central Texas that appear to be much older than all the other sites I have been on in my life. Nothing about the site fits any others. The tools are well worn and greasy when first pulled out. Many have...

This is a photo postcard dated 1916 of Gibson Wells, in Mineral Wells, Texas. ~Texas Jay Central Texas Treasure Club

This old photo postcard shows part of the courthouse square in Comanche, Texas in 1907. Outlaw John Wesley Hardin shot and killed Brown County deputy sheriff Charlie Webb in 1874 near this site. That was the crime that sent Hardin to prison. ~Texas Jay...

Some of the gold was found in the 1960s but much still remains lost. Click on the link to read the whole article. "We took on the challenge searching for the gold. Driving down dirt roads we found the Lee cemetery and where Lee lived. A creek 300 yards from the cemetery was where some of...

Hey everyone I'm new on here, and I have a artifact that I'm not quite sure about, I was hoping for some opinions, advice, any kind of knowledge. It was found in the hill country in Texas. It's quite large, made of sandstone, it's a sculptured head. I'll attach a couple of pictures and I look...

I found this excerpt that I saved to my hard copy files several years ago and had forgotten about. If the $17,000 was all gold, the treasure would be valued today at over $1 million in gold melt value alone, not to mention the numismatic value of the coins if the gold was in coin form. I don't...

I live in Round Rock TX and the most I've hunted here are local parks. Considering my area is pretty new, I'm itching to hit some older towns/locations within driving distance. Preferably under 3 hours of driving. My main focus is coin shooting, but relics are great as well. Any suggestions are...

I live in Round Rock TX and the most I've hunted here are local parks. Considering my area is pretty new, I'm itching to hit some older towns/locations within driving distance. Preferably under 3 hours of driving. My main focus is coin shooting, but relics are great as well. Any suggestions are...

I dug this heavy little piece and several other nice bones out of a dark orange clay bank (modeling clay). I think that is why this piece and the other bones is well preserved? This piece is 1.75 and .25 thick, the back is concave. It weighs 16g. Is this a Chunk-o-saurus or maybe a...

Hey all! I dropped my phone on Port Arnansas beach a week ago. It fell out of my pocket very close to Caldwell Pier in Port Arnansas, Texas. When I went back that night to look for it it was already covered by sand and unfindable with my eyeballs. If anyone is interested in doing a little...

The best single book I've read on the subject is clearly The San Sabá Mission: Spanish Pivot in Texas by Robert S. Weddle. It is first rate and highly recommended. Also very interesting is THE SAN SABA PAPERS. A Documentary Account of the Founding and Destruction of San Saba Mission. Edited...

Hello so I'm new to metal detecting, always wanted to do it since I could remember. Finally picked it up and was wondering if anyone knew any good places to metal detect in the Laredo tx area?

Hi All- anyone heading to Round Top, TX Antiques Week? Thoughts on timing and tips?

What appears to be Sam Houston's pocket ledger My treasure story starts February 22nd 2013 when my Mother and I are discussing removing from her home some of the items left by her deceased husband. During this conversation she mentions she had tried to get him to have his Sam Houston book...