Hambone
Jr. Member
- Jan 4, 2005
- 44
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- Detector(s) used
- Mine Lab Excalibur
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I have been doing historical research on a ghost town in Texas for three years. The town was completely gone by 1910 but had a population of 1200 in 1875. It was in existence for 60 years before the mill closed down and it was abandoned. It covered approximately 400 ac and had 2 General Stores, saloon, train depot, drugstore, office buildings, church and many houses. This property was owned by several generations of the same family and they would not let anyone on the property. Recently the property was sold to an elder man. I have always THed outside the property lines of the town, and have found many relics from the 1800's including a pocket knife that is approximately 125 years old as well as many bottles from the time. Here is the strange part, two weeks ago I was hunting my normal areas when the owner walked up behind me and ask what I was doing. I was really nervous and didn't know what to expect. I explained that I had been THing outside the town for several years and I was careful not to tresspass into the location. To my surprise he was more intrested in my metal detector than anything else. After I showed him how it and the GPS unit worked, I could not get away from him. After we talked in the woods for about an hour he invited me up to his house to look at something. He had 27 photographs taken of the town from atop the water tower. The pictures were taken in 1887 and showed the layout of the whole town. He let me make copy's of the pictures and gave me permission to hunt the entire town site, just not to come in during deer season. The great part of this story is that this is a virgin site that has never been hunted. I guess the moral of this story is there are still some great sites out there, I almost missed the opportunity to hunt this one because I would not ask for permission assuming the answer would be NO! Deer season ended in Texas last weekend, It's Friday night and I got all the gear loaded in the truck, sandwiches made and the water bottle full. Tommorrow will be my first day inside the ghost town. Now if I could just go to sleep!
Good luck to you all!
Hambone
Good luck to you all!
Hambone