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Archaeology at southern Oregon’s Fort Rock Cave is central to debates on when the Great Basin region was first colonized by Paleoindian peoples. In 1938, archaeologist Luther Cressman discovered dozens of sagebrush bark sandals beneath a layer of ash that were eventually radiocarbon dated to...

I'm hoping someone here may have some leads for me. I'm coming up very short on relevant info regarding my safe here. Thanks in advance! Labeled "Portland Safe Company, Portland, OR" Handle # 6031 Lock "Pacific" No other details really yet, unless you are interested in the measurements.

By Erik Neumann - Jefferson Public Radio, Juliet Grable JANUARY 13, 20241:46 PM ET Originally published January 12, 20246:23 PM ET The largest dam removal in U.S. history entered a critical phase this week, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs on the Klamath River. On Thursday, the gate on...

Found These Two Artifacts In Oregon, On Some Farmland Dating Back To The 1800's. I Believe It To Be A Buckle, And A Button But Not Sure. Can Anyone Help Identify Them Please? Front side of buckle. The buckle is 2 inches in length and 1 inch 5/8 in width. When My Nokta Makro Simplex+ detects...

Hi All, cleaning up the deschutes river you find alot of trash but you also find alot of WWI/WWII and Logging Relics. Today we found this cute little white jar. We thought it might be an old pill container from pharmacy. Can anyone identify? The Substrate is white glass. Thank you!

Hello from the Deschutes River. My crew and I like to clean up the river one or twice a week and pull out all sort of things, like old bottles, logging equipment, plastic, clothes, but we do find the occasional treasure. My buddy Jarrod found a 1930s Old Spice after shave lotion bottle. Half of...

Hi All, I wanted to get some opinions about what you guys consider a good load (oz. Gold/ton) of pay dirt? What would be considered worth while to stake claim? I'm here in southern Oregon, and am new to the area.

If I wanted to find old coins or rings where would be the best place in Dallas Oregon for that? Thanks for the help I kind of new to metal detecting

Hello, My name is Benji, I'm 15 years old and live about 25 miles north of Portland, Oregon. I've had a Garrett Ace 250 for a few years now, but really haven't found anything special yet. I'm interested in just about everything on this site. I'm hoping I can learn a few things about where to go...

Hey treasure dudes, I'm brand spankin' new to hunting. I've done some metal detecting in the past along with a bit of gold panning but I'm looking to step up my game. Are there any clubs in the SW Washington / Portland, OR area that you can recommend to get started?

Heya everyone; Now that I have a dredge, its time to start planning some trips to Oregon but I have no clue where to go or how things work up there. I do know that permits were limited last year but are all streams that Salmon are found in still off limits all year round? Does that mean that...

Howdy Tnet Guys and Gals! My family and I are headed from Seattle to Mount Shasta for a family camping trip. I am hoping to do a little prospecting on the way, and my wife is all for it. I am looking for some advice on public/permissible locations that my wife, our 14 year old son (my...

Anybody out here in the Central Oregon area that would be interested in meeting up? My main interest is finding, exploring, and metal detecting out of the way homestead, battle, or town sites. I did hit a park though and had a pretty good time. I just got my first metal detector and I have...

Greetings from Eastern Oregon! I've been exploring the desert country (basically everything south and east of Bend, Oregon) for most of my life. I have located so many interesting historic sites. There is a lot of history in this country. Everything from homesteads, homestead era townsites...

So I just bought a 3" dredge that needed some work, and I almost have it running, and I only need to build the pontoons as well. But I keep reading stuff online that they may ban dredging in Oregon? I know there's already one in affect in California, so the closest i can go is oregon, does...

Oregon Miner's clubs sponsoring rally THIS THUSDAY, 2/28/2013 Please join the miner's clubs and other anti-govt regulation groups this Thursday at the Oregon state capitol building, north side steps, 1-4 (or 5) pm. The goal is to educate and show the Senate Environment and Natural Resource...

These Brass Ballarina on the moon pins were found in storage, They say 1900 Souvenier, Street fair and harvest carnival, Pendleton Oregon Sept 18-22. we cant find any information on them anywhere other than the packaging they came in was from Schwabb stamp and seal co out of Milwaukee. Does any...

Attached are 2 items I found on the Oregon coast. The pitted item is not fossil imprints-appear to be ground into the stone with a circular manner. There are also several chip marks-as if someone/thing pecked away at it with a tool of some sort. They are also not made by pebbles that ate...

A short and informative video on basics of finding gold on the Rogue River, Oregon.