Fun hunt

[dano91]

We went to several sites today, and didn't find anything good. I did find one of those glass inserts from a mason jar.
The fun thing was how beautiful the area we were in, it's ruins of an old coal town south of Boulder Colorado.
You wont find many coins in a coal town but you will find store tokens. The stores were owned by the mines and they wouldn't give you cash that you could leave with just tokens for their store only. A form of slavery really, We didn't find any tokens but a friend of ours did and thats why we were up there, and I'm still gonna go back. Heres some pics of us.
Dano

 

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[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Dano,

nice country.

have a good un.............
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS

 

[stoney56]

Nice pics. Some of those old coal scrips and tokens are worth more than a lot of old coins. Also you're right about the so called slavery bit. The company store would jack up the prices quite a bit and use only their script or real currency and give their script out in change. A win-win proposition for the owner.

 

[ClonedSIM]

Looks like everyone had fun! Happy Hunting!

 

[Raisinkain]

Dano do you ever venture around central city or any of the old gold mines in that area? Or how about the Estes Park area?

 

[mchamby]

What a beautiful area to hunt.
Mchamby

 

[DiggerDude101]

Go Hunt the Minturn Area (just East of Vail)....while your there stop in The Minturn Saloon......An old John Wayne hangout.

 

[birdman]

My grandfather was killed in a coal mine in Kentucky,you are right it was a form of slavery. I have some old store script that they were paid in. It was of course only good at the company store.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Beautiful location, I would go hunting at that site just to see that scenery!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Monty]

I visited Cripple Creek before they turned it into a casino. It was beautiful then but now Wonder if there are any old goldmine tailings left there! JIM

 

[dano91]

I got up to Central city several times this year, and it's got a lot of potential for gold, the Casino's are nice too!
I was MDing and scouting around the hills, took lunch break at The Isle of Capri Casino, hit $150 on 2nd pull on a slot machine.
Got up and went home, good day

 

[Raisinkain]

Colorado is certainly a beautiful place no doubt. Jimmy Cripple Creek as a gambling town is just that now but the burros are still there and they still have a lot of mining history I bet you could do well around that area. Dano I still say visit that little lake in Estes Park just below the Stanley Hotel.

 

[GabbyGEP]

Dan091

I think I recognize that area. I have not been over there in a few years. Good luck and HH.

GabbyGEP(Gaylord)

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Beautiful site and potential, hope you find something nice! HH, Mike

 

[Visionquest]

Excellent site Dano, Co is still my fovorite state (born in denver) Sounds like you had fun, hunting with friends is usually a good time!

-Mike

 

[Monty]

I am very fond of the state of Colorado also and use to spend a lot of time there visiting relatives and elk hunting. As I posted before, it never ceased to amaze me that I would find a pristine meadow that I know no white man had viewed before and then I would find a beer can! I can't imagine anyone so desperate for a beer that they would carry one up to those heights! Also I found quite a few old rusted out model A or Model T frames where no road existed. Makes me wonder even more how they did it? JIM