Didn't know where to put this, it ain't a trip (yet) so i thought i'd throw it out here for discussion...
I had another little setback, but that is ALL behind me know and I am going nuts waiting for the spring to arrive. We already have a trip set in stone to Vegas for the NASCAR race, and a trip to Oregon Dunes reserved for late June.
This entire winter I have been doing a ton of research.
Probably more than I have done since working a homicide case, or college.
I got the bug last year.
Nevada Ghost Towns.
I have about 50 new, "favorites" in a new folder on the computer, and about 100 bucks worth of new books.
Many of those ghost towns had one thing in common.
Gold, and silver....which spun me into reading a couple of tales of lost gold/silver coins...which sent me right into metal detecting, with a minor stop at treasure hunting.
Laugh if you will...but this has been some of the most interesting stuff i have done in years.
So I am reading, spending hours on Google earth, creating routes using the coordinates etc into some places of interest in northern Nevada to explore some way-out-in-the dingweeds ghost towns.
Most are not a place you can legally run a metal detector, (don't have one yet anyway) but the exploration and picture taking will be a blast, and I live in the middle of the Motherlode, so I can feed that need here.
I am working on one particular ghost town out there that is so remote that, according to a recent visitor (a UTV'er we met on the trail) the saloon in the town still has the swinging doors on it, and the piano is still in the corner.
The timing on a trip in to this place is going to depend on the weather, but when things warm up we are going. I need to find a safe place to park the truck/camper and trailer to stage, and then it is a good 35 mile run up and into the townsite.
I think my usual gang is gonna go hog wild when i present this plan, we had a blast on our trial run, found an old cemetery, some neat rocks, etc.
I hope to have some pics for you guys when it happens. If any of you folks want to get in on the fun and can get away and spend 3 days in Resume Speed Nevada, send me a pm and when the date is nailed down i will let you know.
If you are a history nut, there is some outstanding reading specific to Nevada ghost towns, i can post up some books and websites if there is interest.
I had another little setback, but that is ALL behind me know and I am going nuts waiting for the spring to arrive. We already have a trip set in stone to Vegas for the NASCAR race, and a trip to Oregon Dunes reserved for late June.
This entire winter I have been doing a ton of research.
Probably more than I have done since working a homicide case, or college.
I got the bug last year.
Nevada Ghost Towns.
I have about 50 new, "favorites" in a new folder on the computer, and about 100 bucks worth of new books.
Many of those ghost towns had one thing in common.
Gold, and silver....which spun me into reading a couple of tales of lost gold/silver coins...which sent me right into metal detecting, with a minor stop at treasure hunting.
Laugh if you will...but this has been some of the most interesting stuff i have done in years.
So I am reading, spending hours on Google earth, creating routes using the coordinates etc into some places of interest in northern Nevada to explore some way-out-in-the dingweeds ghost towns.
Most are not a place you can legally run a metal detector, (don't have one yet anyway) but the exploration and picture taking will be a blast, and I live in the middle of the Motherlode, so I can feed that need here.
I am working on one particular ghost town out there that is so remote that, according to a recent visitor (a UTV'er we met on the trail) the saloon in the town still has the swinging doors on it, and the piano is still in the corner.
The timing on a trip in to this place is going to depend on the weather, but when things warm up we are going. I need to find a safe place to park the truck/camper and trailer to stage, and then it is a good 35 mile run up and into the townsite.
I think my usual gang is gonna go hog wild when i present this plan, we had a blast on our trial run, found an old cemetery, some neat rocks, etc.
I hope to have some pics for you guys when it happens. If any of you folks want to get in on the fun and can get away and spend 3 days in Resume Speed Nevada, send me a pm and when the date is nailed down i will let you know.
If you are a history nut, there is some outstanding reading specific to Nevada ghost towns, i can post up some books and websites if there is interest.
