goldentruth
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- Nov 3, 2011
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- Detector(s) used
- "WHITES" GOLDMASTER "GMT" & "TESORO GOLDEN SABRE II" with silent search.
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
last Saturday in the Historic Northern California Gold Minning town of French Gulch, I took my M.D. a Tesoro Golden Sabre, a matock Pick Axe, and a bucket with my hand dig tools.
(I also had my survival "Rambo style" Knife along with my "Katana- Samurai" short sword for the local Bears and mountian lyon in the area.) (Better than nothing!)
After a hike which led me up a hill, I noticed many pieces of quartz, (A good sign for gold). I am trying to uncover a Gold Minning camp (Hopefully a chineese one or a French settler one.)
I found a high form or rock which is pointed up like thick fingers in formation.
I found a collection of large almost square boulders and a area next to the boulder was a flat area with a 5 foot wall of neatly stacked rocks, all of one type about 3 feet high. It looks like a person could sleep in that flat area or camp there. This area was hit by the minners 5 years after the original "Sutters Mill" find. and in 5 years 3 million dollars of gold was taken out of this town. (Claims by the historic society says 60% is still in the ground there!) I metal detected the area and I hit some hot signals about 5 inches deep and 3 targets were "Iorn Stapples" 1 foot another stapple? My question is what are stapples doing in the high area almost at the peak? I think minners had wood boxes with cargo.goods, food packed in boxes? Any other ideas?
Is this a indicator to dig deeper for possible buried treasure?
I am heading out soonm it is 1 Pm here and the high temp now is 60 degrees, soon to drip to 50 when is starts to get dark. friends, send your ideas, Thanks.![headbang :headbang: :headbang:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/headbang.gif)
(I also had my survival "Rambo style" Knife along with my "Katana- Samurai" short sword for the local Bears and mountian lyon in the area.) (Better than nothing!)
After a hike which led me up a hill, I noticed many pieces of quartz, (A good sign for gold). I am trying to uncover a Gold Minning camp (Hopefully a chineese one or a French settler one.)
I found a high form or rock which is pointed up like thick fingers in formation.
I found a collection of large almost square boulders and a area next to the boulder was a flat area with a 5 foot wall of neatly stacked rocks, all of one type about 3 feet high. It looks like a person could sleep in that flat area or camp there. This area was hit by the minners 5 years after the original "Sutters Mill" find. and in 5 years 3 million dollars of gold was taken out of this town. (Claims by the historic society says 60% is still in the ground there!) I metal detected the area and I hit some hot signals about 5 inches deep and 3 targets were "Iorn Stapples" 1 foot another stapple? My question is what are stapples doing in the high area almost at the peak? I think minners had wood boxes with cargo.goods, food packed in boxes? Any other ideas?
Is this a indicator to dig deeper for possible buried treasure?
I am heading out soonm it is 1 Pm here and the high temp now is 60 degrees, soon to drip to 50 when is starts to get dark. friends, send your ideas, Thanks.
![headbang :headbang: :headbang:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/headbang.gif)