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Went on a little exploration in the verde today to a spot I found some old rimfire shells years ago. Top 3 shells are early center fires bottom are all rimfire and the longer ones I’m not sure what the caliber is. The pocket watch back is engraved with DUPLEX but I can’t quite date it and...

Hello, I'm new to TreasureNet. I've been looking for any possible ideas on Google and elsewhere what this could be? My husband found it on his property in the house he grew up in, in Northern Ohio, and my father in law had it made into part of his fireplace. The story goes that when my...

Hey everyone, Hoping ya'll can help me understand the difference between a meteorite and natural iron. I doubt that I'm lucky enough to have found an actual meteorite but how does one tell without being able to cut it in half to look at the internal structure? I've attached images of a "rock"...

Hey everyone, Hoping ya'll can help me understand the difference between a meteorite and natural iron. I doubt that I'm lucky enough to have found an actual meteorite but how does one tell without being able to cut it in half to look at the internal structure? I've attached images of a "rock"...

The most iconic highway in Arizona, the Apache Trail, is currently closed between Fish Creek Hill and Apache Lake Marina. We need your help reopening it! In 2019, the 123,832 acre Woodbury Fire burned the Superstition Mountains. Starting at the Woodbury trailhead in the Superstition Mountains...

Hello and welcome to my first thread. I'm a casual off-trail explorer and NOT a very good reader of trail signs, Spanish treasure markers, etc. In the past I've stumbled upon old mining operations (tunnels, pits), Indian ruins and the occasional obvious marker here and there. While exploring...

Hello this is my first post here. I live in Buckeye with the white tank mountains in my back yard. I do a lot of single track dirt biking in the white tanks, and then all the mountains over by lake pleasant in Morristown. While riding in a wash in Morristown I seen a small opening in this over...

Hi all, I'm heading out the end of this month with my Father he is 78 years old and has always wanted us to go metal detecting for gold nuggets.. Do any of you guys know of any washes or land that is available for us to metal detect and maybe have a little luck? just want him to find...

I found these live .50 Caliber Browning Machine gun rounds in the Arizona desert at the end of last season. I had found several casings before but these were the first live rounds I had detected. General Patton trained his troops all over the Western deserts of Arizona and Eastern California and...

I plan to move to Tucson in early-mid Aug. Do you like that area? And are there easy legally permitted areas to metal detect that you would know of? I want a detector soon after I relocate from Carson City .

AFTER FAMOUS ADAMS DIGGINGS. ----- A pretty story is being told in Albuquerque today to the effect that Gov. M. A. Otero and Secretary of Territory J. W. Raynolds have gone south to hunt for the famous lost Adams diggings, which, some prospectors say, are located in the Cuchillio Negras of...

Legendary Mines. -----♦----- The Daily Alaska Dispatch of recent date contains an article about "Legendary Mines." The writer mentions Chris Keyes "Lost El Dorado," which as the story goes is in [the] Bear Paw mountains in the Choteau country, says the Western Mining World. The mine has...

Lost Mines of Arizona and Sonora. ------- [Dan De Quille in the Mining Industry.] Almost every mining region on the Pacific Coast has its “lost mines” legends. In Nevada, California, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Idaho — everywhere — we find stories of lost mines. The lost mines, whether of...

Hello wonderful fossil-people! I usually hang out in the Native American Artifacts forum but today I'd show up here instead. If you and you're gang enjoy solving a groovy mystery, I have a post for you! This rock was found in an area of Northern Arizona that is very well know for producing lots...

I plan to buy a metal detector but only after I leave FL and live in AZ. I admire the awesome civil war, etc finds people get down in the SE USA. I am wondering if I would be disappointed with types of finds in the SE in AZ.

My grandpa use to help me identify my finds this and my previous post shows the two we were working on identifying when he died in July. I thought I should continue what we started. The first he thought was a diamond based on our tests. He thought this (shown in attachment) was corprolite...

Found this in the same spot I found a nice in-tact Point last week. Private land minutes from some historical sites. Cave Creek, AZ area. It looks a bit like a hollow scraper, but I’m no expert. Both edges are still fairly sharp.

I found this chain detecting in a wash in Arizona. I would like to know what it is and how old it is? Its 12 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide. Its Not magnetic, possibly brass. I dont see any markings on it. The ends have rivets, but no material was attached to it when I dug it. Looks like...

Hi. I'm kinda' a "new old guy" here. Yeah, I'm new to this forum, but kinda' an old hand in using a detector. (Not a "new" guy in terms of age either! :laughing7:) I started out my long, strange trip in Ohio and have seen a fair bit of this country...not most, by any means, but my share I...

So I'm not only new to metal detecting but I also just moved to willcox arizona from pennsylvania. Looking for something to do I decided to get a metal detector. Where are some places in willcox I'm allowed to go ? Is there any clubs in willcox that anyone knows of?

Are these artifacts or broken rocks? I’m trying to learn to identify artifacts, and I’m not sure what I’m seeing. Thanks.

Looking forward to a great summer!!!!

For the last few weeks I've been really fascinated by the Roy Gardner story and the possibility that he buried some of his loot at the top of a volcano near Flagstaff AZ. I've been finding plenty of articles etc. about his many escapes from prison and his prison escorts but not a whole lot...

I'll post some newspaper clippings from a time period a little closer to the events than today. Some very different perspectives. I'll leave to our resident experts to try and separate out or explain the Adam's placer versus the Adam's Lode, the number of men in the original party, landmarks...

I was searching online to find information about workers finding a large amount of money inside of the walls of a house they were demolishing in my Texas hometown in the 1970s when I ran across this article from 2013. ~Texas Jay...

Hello, I am a new member. This is the only forum I have ever joined. I live in Arizona USA. I am wondering if anyone has first hand experience using the Mega Scan Pro? I am interested in a detector that can find cavities as well as valuables. This machine in particular advertises that it...

Hi all! I wondered if anyone who is familiar with Arizona has ever heard tell of placer gold in the San Tan mountains (southeast of Phoenix)? I am aware of the old mines in the area such as the famous "lucky strike" (gold and copper mine) in the northern face of that range that most locals...

When I was a young buck, I used to always visit my dad in Arizona. I always heard about the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountain. Legends have been something I've always been interesting. It's something I would be interested in looking for, as well. Would it be worth it? If I would...

I recently found a pretty rare Globe-Miami District Mine Rescue Crew Member No. 8 badge. From my research i could find 2 others, and mine is the oldest dated example. Here is a video of that days finds plus the badge.

Hello all! I live in Arizona and have been detecting for a couple years now. Unfortunately, I haven't found any coins older than 1910...and even then, I only have a couple. Arizona does not have nearly the history or finds that say Pennsylvania, Georgia or some of the much older states. Now, I...

Hi all, I am new here and new to prospecting. Me my wife and 4 kids have been giving it a go with no luck, we recently tried Gold Basin with no luck, I have looked at maps, LR2000, Youtube videos and i am really confused on how to find locations in Gold Basin to dry pan that are not on claims...

Brought back several kilos of quartz with iron streaks, pyrites, coarse crystal structures, etc. Dug them out of horizontal veins from the entrance to two small shafts. I have crushed up a bunch and gotten lots of shiny (pyrites and mica), but nothing I can identify as gold. Am I just wasting my...

I'm getting close to my dads stuff (buried) I ran across a box of his old maps. The original box fell apart & the maps are rough stains, moth eaten etc. stored a lot of years. So I started throwing them out, then it occurred to me that somebody might want them (might help pay for the website I...

I found this interesting stone near the Sierra Ancha Wilderness in Arizona and would appreciate any help in identifying what it could be. In case ya'll didn't know, the Sierra Anchas are home to a ton of Indian ruins and although this wasn't found at any particular site, I had initially thought...

I usually hang out in the "North American artifact forums" but I found this interesting rock near the Sierra Ancha Wilderness in Arizona and would appreciate any help in identifying it. My first thought was that the rock was painted but the red "pattern" (if I can call it that) looks like it...

Here's the majority of what I found at the Airfield

Hello everyone! I live in Maricopa County Arizona, more specifically South Scottsdale. I am looking for people to go metal detecting with.

Hello, I live in South Scottsdale and wanted to find a partner or just some friends to go metal detecting with! I'm new to the location so I have yet to find any public areas (or private areas (with permission)) to detect on. Have a good day and happy hunting! -Zack

Hello, I live in Tempe Arizona near Papago park and I want to metal detect in locations nearby. Unfortunately, since the area is pretty populated the only empty land is in State Parks. I don't know if I can detect on that land and I have called and emailed the parks to see if I can or if there's...

Howdy All, I am new to this forum stuff but a friend at work sent me something from your site and I started looking around. I have spent most of my life looking down and around and "finding things" as my family calls it but I never thought of myself as a treasure hunter before. I guess...