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The State of Nevada has a long history of lost or forgotten treasure. The great many lost mines are the most common lore but did you know that there are dozens of stories of treasure that was hidden or lost all throughout the state? In this article we chose the seven most intriguing and...

Its extremely hard and pretty heavy, very sparkley and has little pockets of quarts around the outside the red/purplish areas look very glossy or something

Thrilled to have joined this site. I am a late bloomer to this. Always loved watching shows, learning about history. I am now 50 y/o with a Jeep, no kids or husband, but a huge desire for exploring. With free time for the first time in my adult life I am anxious to get started! Have been out...

Hello, I'm new here. I just found this website last night and was hoping someone could help me identify these rocks that I found on my property in southern Nevada. Are those real gold spots? Etc. Thanks in advance.

I am from Missouri and am planning on spending a couple of months in nevada metal detecting for nuggets. Does any body have any advice on some good locations to hunt? I am looking for areas that are very remote, so not to be detecting over areas that have been over hunted. Any advice would be...

I found quite a bit of these rocks halfway between Las Vegas and Goodsprings, Nevada. Looks like pseudomorphed iron pyrite to me but I will yeild to the experts. I took one of the samples and polished the edge down for no real reason other than just to do it. Has a hardness similar to my...

Here's an interesting article about buried treasure and a mysterious carving in Nevada. Local News: Monumental mystery: Man says he has information on Church Hollow carving, treasure (2/24/11) | Nevada Daily Mail ~Texas Jay

My name is Kimberly. I'm from Southern California. I enjoy screening for beach treasures. I am also currently dry working on a patent claim. I found this site when looking for different plans and pictures of trommels for a possible future equipment build.

I checked out a site I saw on an episode of The Meteorite Men. Man did I hit the jackpot. A total of approximately 222 pieces of Diamond Valley meteorites. I say approximately because some are still iffy. I sent for some chemicals and supplies to check for nickel in the iron. After that they...

I'm in SLC, I'm thinking it would make for a nice fall trip. Prefer nuggets but if anyone wants to chase treasure or relics I'm game. Better to start planning early. Let me know if your interested. M

Has anyone spent any time in the Delamar Ghost Town in Nevada. We took a trip there last year, but only spent a half day wondering around. It's easy to get to and one of the largest old ghost towns we've ever seen. Any information or a different look at this old mining town would be great...

Hi, my 1rts post about FINDS and its in RECENT FINDS.. I did some research on a 12 acre parcel about 3 miles from my house, the mobilehomes from the ealy 70s are now GONE...so are the people...its now abandoned, anyways, the owner went off to Redding Calif to retire, so I wrote him, he had no...

Hi everyone. I'm kinda new to metal detecting and have been doing a lot of it with my garret ace 350 since I got it a week ago. Found a lot of pennies and iron here in the area. I'm looking for a metal detecting buddy in my area of nevada mo. I'm very willing to travel and have a couple...

Hello my name is Michael and I am interested in learning how to dredge and was wondering if anyone in the CC Reno Tahoe area would be willing to accept labor for knowledge and learning. I have Sundays and Mondays off and I'm willing to assist for free in order to get a better understanding of...