Southern California anything good?

[dax82]

Hi guys,
I have no doubt this isnt a new topic but Im from OC and im looking for somekind of treasure or interesting thing to look for. Options as far as I can tell are quite limited. Any help would be awesome. Thank you very much!

 

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[lookingharder]

First, Welcome to the site. It all depends on what you consider treasure or an interesting item. As you will read on this site, there are many treasures that excite people, Coins, Civil War relics, Bottles, Rocks, Fossils and the list goes on. Being that your from OC you have a lot of choices. The mountains to your East where there could be gold, to the beach to the West where there could be anything from coins to rings to watches, to smokin hot babe's in the sand. Second. I don't see any equipment listed in your bio, so do you want to metal detect, prospect, dumpster dive, or hunt yard sales? Third and in my opinion, how committed to your hobby do you want to be? When you figure out what you want to find, let us know and these fine folks here will give you great advise on how to start.

 

[sprailroad]

In S. Calif. one possible treasure that comes to mind is something called "Tom in CA"

 

[BLK HOLE]

Welcome from Northern Virginia

 

[Red James Cash]

The best thing to look for in California is a way to leave

 

[Tom_in_CA]

In S. Calif. one possible treasure that comes to mind is something called "Tom in CA"

Haha. I'm 4 to 5 hrs north of Los Angeles area.

All the parks have been hammered hard there. And at present, the beaches are probably lame. D/t no swell action (that I know of). Unless you want to stick to dry sand.

If a person had a lot of time on their hands, they could research out the high desert mountains east of there. For defunct resorts, camps, etc.... And travel route stage stops, springs, etc...

 

[trdking]

SO Cal has been very active since early times. There are Indian artifacts, fossils, gold, coins from 1600's on. We have the missions and the El Camino Real The kings highway that was heavily traveled from the 1700's on. Lots of stuff to find here

 

[Tom_in_CA]

....the El Camino Real The kings highway that was heavily traveled from the 1700's on......

I would not call it heavily-trafficked in those years. Do a study on the population of European incomers during anytime preceding the 1820s and 1830s. You will see that we were on the remotest parts of the earth even into the 1830s.

Also, a lot of the history that you speak of is under asphalt unfortunately. But yes, it is possible to find coins from the 1700s down there. I've gotten a few from down that way