Anyone ever detect any old mining ghost towns?

GoldenEyeNumismatics

towns such as Rhyolite, NV or Rawhide, NV? Ghost towns in California? Other western states?

CROCKofCOINS

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Jerry

BobGreene

I remember going along with my dad and his friend on a metal detecting foray to a long-dissappeared town in Oregon called Whiskey Run, which was on a hill overlooking the Oregon coast off Seven Devils Road near Bandon. It was once a thriving town but had completely burned to the ground, and unless you knew where it was you'd never know by looking that there had been a town there. It seems like all we found there were old square nails... buckets and buckets full!

Caricon

I've done some old mining places in Colorado but never found anything. Maybe already hit years before that, not sure.

DesertRat

Only one I've searched is Ballarat up in the Panamint Valley south of Death Valley. Lots and lots and lots and lots of trash. Also the soil is very soft and heavily mineralized ( it sits on the edge of a dry alkaline lake) so I have not found much of anything worthwhile and I believe the reason is the stuff dropped back in the late 1800's and early 1900's is probably down a foot or so by now.

I did fly 800 feet over Ballarat last week at 400 mph though!

That's me in the back seat somewhere over the Panamint Valley

CROCKofCOINS

I can just see you drop a coil out the back of the jet and grid the place... LOL


Jerry

demodigger

i've detected a couple of mining towns. i used to live right near one. it was first established in the 1840's and ran until the 1970's. i dug a few seated quarters and loads of "relics". most of the stuff in this pic was dug at this particular place. its tough digging, due to bone dry soil, waist high grass, snakes, mountain lions and tons of shotgun heads.

CROCKofCOINS

Cool finds !

Jerry