Better Late Than Never!

Mescalero1

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Hi all. I joined last year but have been so busy I finally came back around to showing up. Been in the entertainment industry for years, also spent many years as a touring guitarist. My love has always been lost treasures. When I was 7, I was taken up to the Superstions by my mom. My sister and I were sitting on a rock with a crack. I looked in the crack and there was this old piece of hose. I wanted to see why it was in there so I grabbed a stick and started poking it. The hose came alive, it was a Gila monster and jumped out at us. After that, I knew I belonged there :laughing7:

I have known a lot of people with my time in music. One I had the great pleasure of knowing was Warren Jones. For those who don't know him, he started the Venice Lapidary Guild. This guy was like Indiana Jones, an amazing nose for gems and minerals. He showed me a pic once of him, some guys in suits and a bunch of federales. They were at some entrance to a mine and their feet were on these boulders. It was quartz and gold impregnated rock. He found this place of course for the Mexican Government. Before Warren died, he wanted me to hook up with one of the Venice guys (Mike Avina) and go to a location in the state of Guerrero. He outlined exactly where to go. He said it was the richest silver mine he had known of. The entrance was under the pulpit of an old Spanish mission. The locals prevented everyone from getting in there. He was going to contact the Mexican government and let us be a liaison between the villagers and the government for a percentage. He ended up dying of cancer before he could take care of it.

He always pushed me to go after these lost treasures as there was some validity to a lot of them. Now that I am considering retirement, I think I just might go back to home in Tucson and start looking around!

Thanks for having me!
 

Why wait til Tucson, Mescalero?
There’s plenty in SFV to be found, including more of that gold and quartz mess, usually has some green in with it. And fossils just about anywhere you look, silver, copper, tourmaline, garnet, chrysocolla, turquoise, agates all over, artifacts (but don’t go hunting those to sell, that’s our ancestry and already too much is lost for good.)
All ya gotta do is find a field and start poking things. Eventually one will be interesting! Preferably it won’t have teeth though... a tarantula wanted to fight me for a seashell a couple weeks ago, she won. If you ever need ideas for spots to hunt hit me up; OC now, grew up in AV, so I’m pretty familiar with the area!
RJ*
 

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Welcome Back! If you haven't already - take a look at Forum:California for information (i.e., clubs, etc.) directly related to your state.
 

Welcome back! :wave:
 

welcome to Tnet .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... :hello:
 

Welcome!
Jon from s/e Michigan 8-):cat::occasion14::headbang:
 

That's a great idea. No place to hunt best but home. See you around!
 

Welcome to the forum!

Have a great season of hunting!
 

Better late than never! Welcome to the forum.
 

Welcome back! Great story. I wish you the best of luck out there. BTW, I’ve had GAS all my life concerning guitars. From being a luthier and building my own archtop to buying some iconic guitars (at least to me). The latest gassing has been for Gretsch guitars.
Here’s a picture of one of the latest acquisitions. Or two...
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@ Rusty OMG I’m drooling. Nice guitars!!! I’ve bought and sold several over the years. Only have a couple Martins left. Keepers for me.
 

Anyone need a singing drummer? }) Actually, I've got a group. Well, just me, bass and guitar. Power trio is what it's called...

Welcome aboard and GOOD LUCK OUT THAR!
 

Welcome to the forum from the state of Oregon! Good luck with your future hunts! Look forward to your future posts.
 

Welcome back, from Fredericksburg, VA
 

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