madfranks
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For those of you who know me, my favorite detecting places are the many old ghost towns that reside in the rocky mountains. I don't get out detecting as much as I want, but that's where this story begins...
Most of the ghost towns nowadays are on private property, which sucks.
Well I was out looking for a certain ghost town and just as I got there, literally just as the road went up to the valley where the ghost town resided below, there it was, the sign that said "PRIVATE PROPERTY". Dang I thought, because I was looking into the valley below and I could see the old cabins and everything! It was a sight to behold (I wish I had my camera, I should start bringing it with me). However frustrating it was, the valley did slightly curve around the property line and I decided to go ahead and hike down the valley and see what I could find. A bit out from the main area of the ghost town I found the remains of a cabin not even a mile from the rest of the town, but this one was different, this wasn't on the private land!!! Holy cow! I pulled out the detector and over the whole area and as far as I could tell an old path from the house, I found six cents. Five Indian heads and one... Flying Eagle! I've never seen anyone find one of these before (I could be wrong though), and I was stoked to high heaven! I need to stop using a screwdriver as a probe, because you can see under the word "America" where I scratched it. The Indians are nice, one is slightly green, one is slightly red, one is kind of bronze looking, and two are black.
Some MDing friends and I are heading out this weekend to another potential ghost site, as long as the weather stays good (it might snow). I hope I find cool stuff there too.
Madfranks
Most of the ghost towns nowadays are on private property, which sucks.
Well I was out looking for a certain ghost town and just as I got there, literally just as the road went up to the valley where the ghost town resided below, there it was, the sign that said "PRIVATE PROPERTY". Dang I thought, because I was looking into the valley below and I could see the old cabins and everything! It was a sight to behold (I wish I had my camera, I should start bringing it with me). However frustrating it was, the valley did slightly curve around the property line and I decided to go ahead and hike down the valley and see what I could find. A bit out from the main area of the ghost town I found the remains of a cabin not even a mile from the rest of the town, but this one was different, this wasn't on the private land!!! Holy cow! I pulled out the detector and over the whole area and as far as I could tell an old path from the house, I found six cents. Five Indian heads and one... Flying Eagle! I've never seen anyone find one of these before (I could be wrong though), and I was stoked to high heaven! I need to stop using a screwdriver as a probe, because you can see under the word "America" where I scratched it. The Indians are nice, one is slightly green, one is slightly red, one is kind of bronze looking, and two are black. Some MDing friends and I are heading out this weekend to another potential ghost site, as long as the weather stays good (it might snow). I hope I find cool stuff there too.
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