montana

The Lost Keyes Diggings - Montana Perhaps because it was never part of the Spanish Empire; perhaps because it was settled later than much of the American West; perhaps because many who journeyed from the east passed through rather than settling there, Montana does not have as many lost mine...

My wife was checking out a place with her new Minelab Vanquish 540(great machine by the way) and came across what I first thought was a Dore bar as we were in country the old timers had found a lot of gold in and we’re off a main trail they would of used to transport between the mines and town...

Hello everyone, This is my first full season of prospecting. I started late last season without much luck. I first started finding gold last year on the outside bend (yes I know wrong area) and stuck with that spot, thinking there wasn't much else in the area. Yesterday I came back to that...

Hello everyone! My name is Mason, and I'm excited to be apart of this forum. I just started gold panning/prospecting the tail end of last season. Looking to use this forum as a learning resource, and to possibly meet new prospectors in my local area. Thanks, and I will see you out there.

My dad and I have a spot we like to go to where we find a ton of Septarian Nodules as well as these yellow rocks. We can't figure out what these are, as they sort of look like wood, but they're the wrong color to be petrified wood and are fragile and like to crumble apart if you're not careful...

Good afternoon, My family owned a great deal of land in Montana, on the outskirts of Great Falls along the Missouri River from 1890 to 1994. My uncle found this anchor in the river, can anyone give me insight into what era and it's worth? We thought it could have been Lewis and Clark's missing...

A friend and myself went out and dug some dirt in hopes of finding something heavy. We created a video of our little (9hr) adventure. If you would like to watch it and subscribe to our channel we would greatly appreciate it. It is a big long, but feel free to jump around. We had a great time...

Hello, First time poster. Me and a friend were out scouting, sampling, sifting material. We are new to the game and happy with our early results. Was curious as to what this awesome forum thought? The colors on the right were after running 2, full 5 gallon buckets of 1/2" classified material...

Went back to Deadman's Cove in central Montana and found this shell cast. Some outer casts of baculites with it but the center seems soft so they wash away. I had to put stabilizer on it to hold it together. Any ideas on a specie?

While hunting in my favorite fossil leaf site I came across this. I don't know if it's a leaf or snail. It's got quite a spiral to it. It was in Fort Union layers in central Montana. Notice the leaf with it. Any ideas? Salvageon

New to helena!!! Obsessed!!' Hello, My name is jason, I'm new to helena. I came from Florida and used to hunt the beaches. I am obsessed with GOLD! I never used this site as I used a different one that was all about the beaches and 1715 fleet in vero beach Florida! I'm looking for someone to...

Hello, I just ordered a Gold Bug Pro and will be hunting soon! Cheers!

Found in my yard right here in Butte, MT. I need help identifying this token, no luck on the net.