Look What I Found Treasure Hunting!

I told you in my last Treasure Hunting post that you would be amazed at what you will find with your metal detector. I walked across a dry lake bed (Lake Shastina, Ca) to see what I would find. Here’s the result:

• $.45
• 6 golf balls
• Assorted rusted fishing lures and weights
• 1 horseshoe
• 1 abandon sluice box!

Notice not everything on the list is metallic. Treasure hunting gets you out of the RV and exploring your surroundings. I would never have found a great photo opportunity like this one without my Tesoro metal detector. (I’ll bet there’s a great story behind a sluice box in a reservoir lake bed.)

The next day I tried my luck around a fire ring at Pilgrim Creek Sno-park. I found 16 coins ($1.47) in 45 min. Two other fire rings only netted me 1 penny.

To get you geared-up and out treasure hunting check out Treasure Hunting Tips.

Until the next post: Remember Ben Franklin’s famous words; “a penny found is a penny earned”.

OR_Maverick
Pilgrim Creek Sno-Park, Ca N 41° 20.20’ W 121° 59.75’ 3,170 ft

Need a Hobby? Try Treasure Hunting!

Okay so you have been to every antique store on your usually route. You have seen all the usual old stuff. You have read all your favorite books twice. Now what?

You Need A Hobby. Be a modern day Treasure Hunter; get a Metal Detector! It’s easily transported in your RV, simple to use and cheap (once you find a metal detector) just a battery every once in awhile. Go find your own old stuff and pick-up some laundry money as a bonus. You get sun, fresh air, exercise, some spare change and its fun. The fun part is you never know what you will find.

Being an RVer you have a new source of treasure at each campsite. Just take out your metal detector and poke around fire rings, picnic tables and beaches. Or turn it in to a serious hobby. Pack a picnic lunch and go in search of old homesteads, mines, logging camps, etc.

To get you started I put together some Treasure Hunting Tips. (Mom click the link.)

Until the next post: Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers. Or is it One Mans Treasure…?

OR_Maverick
Lake Shastina, Ca N 41° 30.33’ W 122° 23.56’ 2,720 ft