So where are the detector reports??

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7. Everything was in very bad condition, with holes. I found very long tablecloths too.

 

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Leon--cant say I have seen or used one of those. But I have found gold with the BH-505 and the Whites MXT-pro I have.

Iron yes, winters closing in. Been cold here and the grounds freezing up. Have a warm spell coming so may get 1 or 2 ops to go back out.

Poldigger- it appears what youve found (to me) looks like someones survival stash. Which would make sense back in those days. And even currently. While not hi-tech, it looks like the items were still in tact and useable. One wonders if the family that buried it survived or not? Ive been reading your other posts and checking the pictures. Very interesting, and as others have said most of us are also Historical hounds.

 

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Hit a few spots today. 3q,12d,1n,29p and a sterling skull ring. Found a duck decoy weight, some aluminum tags, and scrap. Kind of slim pickings today. Nothing very old. If the weather holds, may try again tomorrow.

 

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your list of finding stuff is never ending Rich..jeez... I may be able to get out tomorrow....it's 40ish out and light rain and the snow is pretty well melted. supposed to be mid 50's this coming week...going to make wife take me up to the hotel dig site tomorrow. no foliage, melted snow, open ground and i'll be able to dig the muck easily and the end of the creek where it gets all marshy/mushy (found a couple meds there).

Got a possible dig site from the weirdest location. Was at my therapist appointment the other day and she knows I like to dig and md and whatnot. She asks if I've ever been to Gibbs city near Iron River (45miles away). I'd never heard of it... turns out it's a "ghost town". small town that failed a few times. She grew up near there and said that you can still explore the old houses and buildings from it's demise. founded in 1890s and was off and on alive until '66 when a fire hit.

Was reading that she was right, you can still go exploring there. She said that you can tell where the outhouses/houses/outbuildings were located at. that'll be a next weekend project..here's a bit of info from a site I found: from this site: http://mi-roots.org/ good resource for old abandoned towns and such.

GIBBS CITY: Once called "Atkinson", back in the 1890's a saw mill was erected on the Paint River and operated here for a few years. There is still a portion of the Atkinson dam, about a half of a mile north of the site of Gibbs City, which was 9 miles northwest of Iron River.
In 1915, R.F. Gibbs started another saw mill company here, and the town grew up around it. They had running water to all the homes, a railroad station, company stores, and mills. When the mills closed in 1921, due to lack of timber, the town became deserted. In 1927, the population was about 100 people, with a daily bus service, grocery, general store, and supper club.
In 1948, there was an attempt to revive the town, with an idea to make it a resort center and rent out some of the vacant homes to tourists and hunters. This idea never took off, and in 1966, most of the town was destroyed in a fire. The old buildings and old time residents do still attract vactioners, who come to take pictures of the "Gibbs City Ghost Town."