southern california

  1. 1922 photo of the last college game of the rose bowl.

    Does anyone know the value of the pictures I'm posting. This is an original 1922 Hiller Mott Rose Bowl Game photo featuring Washington Jefferson Southern California. The photo measures 39.5" x 9.5" and is a rare vintage item
  2. Southern California metal detecting help

    I got into metal detecting when I lived in Latvia in Europe. You could walk across a field and find coins from the 1500’s with ease, Viking jewelry, world war 2 relics. I would love some advise on where to go here to find SOMETHING interesting. All I seem to find is new pennies at the park...
  3. Searching for California's Lost Viking Treasure Ship

    Our own pegleglooker is featured in this very interesting article! He posted a modest link to it in a more general thread. I think it deserves a new thread of it’s own! “In the rugged Colorado Desert of California, there lies buried a treasure ship sailed there hundreds of years ago by either...
  4. SoCal Noob

    Hello everyone, I am new to the forums and to metal detecting. I am a CEC (Corporate Executive Chef) for a small chain of restaurants in Southern California. I love to go on off-road adventures in my 1998 Land Cruiser. I am often accompanied by my long time girlfriend and our two young boys. I...
  5. "Pegleg Was A Liar" - The Pegleg Smith Chronicles, Continued

    PEGLEG IS A BLOOMING LIAR. His Mine Proved a Myth by Returned Prospectors. Ex-Sheriff Aguirre and a Party Return from a Fruitless Search. All Peg-leg's Old Landmarks Found and the Place Where the Mine Ought to Be, But No Gold Was to Be Found There. If the historical Pegleg...
  6. The Peg Leg Smith Chronicles

    The Peg Leg Smith Chronicles - 19th Century Newspaper Articles Peg-Leg Smith.— Nevada Gazette gives the following biographical item, which is characteristic of this old mountaineer : Peg-Leg Smith, whose death was recently announced, as most of our readers are aware, was an old mountaineer...
  7. In Los Angeles area, would like to try prospecting

    Hello all, I'm an active duty military member stationed in Long Beach, Calif. I'm really interested in going panning (never been before) in the region and through my research I found you can go to East Fork Rd. in Azusa Canyon. I actually rode up there a while back but there were so many...
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