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Daveman
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RESEARCH--RESEARCH--RESEARCH--RESEARCH--RESEARCH
Those of you who read my first post are aware that I was born in England and have been a avid treasure hunter for forty years...and still am. I have searched for lost hoards in Belize (Once called British Honduras) Spanish Galleon temporary watering places (In the islands along the Gulf of Mexico.) I have located Spanish armour and small amounts of pirate loot. One of my great treasure hunting friends is Robert Roush who lives in California and explores sunken Spanish shipwrecks. Back in the 1980, I had recently arrived as a new immigrant from the United Kingdom. and excited about my new home. I had married an American lady who I met while I was employed on passenger cruise ships. Living in California opened a new avenue of research....maps. I started my own project with topo maps. Using the 19th century editions, I produced a Manuel of comparison mapping. Not much access to computers then, so by hand my map books took shape. All in all 13 of them. In simple terms I had the oldest topo on the left page and the same current map on the right page. This oriented the reader an excellent view of today and yesteryear and could zero in on the exact spot for his/her metal detector. My greatest accomplishment was a series of three manuals, called the Northern California Mother Lode. Alas they are out of print, although a few prospector treasure hinting shops might have a couple left.
I am still out there with my old Minelab, searching for gold nuggets. Since the beginning I have put all my emphasis on research. No matter what form of Treasure Hunting you are doing, you must do the research first. Weather it's early newspapers for a hermits loot, a long forgotten heist from a stage coach, the answer is always in the research you do first. Go to your county library. Most have a genealogical reference section. Read books on your counties history. Find the maps of your counties past. The old county wall maps have so much information. Check to see if your library has a reprint of a county atlas. A county is made up of townships. Plat maps are another disguised place to search for leads and clues. Township maps are close-ups of your immediate area where you live. One map site I like really well is called, MAPS OF THE PAST. They have everything a treasure hunter needs. They specialize in Land Ownership maps. I first located them on E-bay. Now they have their own website. It is really neat. Now I am retired I have a lot more time to browse their website. I still do a little treasure hunting, so I need maps. For anyone interested in their collection, go to:
HTTP://WWW.MAPS-OF-THE-PAST.COM
They have county maps from all over the United States. They always seem to have a progressive list of images. There old mining maps are pretty rare. Once I was looking for a lost gold/silver mine in Nevada. Just couldn't seem to locate any early maps of White Pine County. Sure enough they had some maps of Ruby Lake in the 1860's. Unbelievable. I read about them and I think the owner is some old professor or something like that.
Well for anyone who needs some help, hints or anything, you can always email me. I'm 61 years old, but treasure hunting keeps me young and active.
Daveman
Those of you who read my first post are aware that I was born in England and have been a avid treasure hunter for forty years...and still am. I have searched for lost hoards in Belize (Once called British Honduras) Spanish Galleon temporary watering places (In the islands along the Gulf of Mexico.) I have located Spanish armour and small amounts of pirate loot. One of my great treasure hunting friends is Robert Roush who lives in California and explores sunken Spanish shipwrecks. Back in the 1980, I had recently arrived as a new immigrant from the United Kingdom. and excited about my new home. I had married an American lady who I met while I was employed on passenger cruise ships. Living in California opened a new avenue of research....maps. I started my own project with topo maps. Using the 19th century editions, I produced a Manuel of comparison mapping. Not much access to computers then, so by hand my map books took shape. All in all 13 of them. In simple terms I had the oldest topo on the left page and the same current map on the right page. This oriented the reader an excellent view of today and yesteryear and could zero in on the exact spot for his/her metal detector. My greatest accomplishment was a series of three manuals, called the Northern California Mother Lode. Alas they are out of print, although a few prospector treasure hinting shops might have a couple left.
I am still out there with my old Minelab, searching for gold nuggets. Since the beginning I have put all my emphasis on research. No matter what form of Treasure Hunting you are doing, you must do the research first. Weather it's early newspapers for a hermits loot, a long forgotten heist from a stage coach, the answer is always in the research you do first. Go to your county library. Most have a genealogical reference section. Read books on your counties history. Find the maps of your counties past. The old county wall maps have so much information. Check to see if your library has a reprint of a county atlas. A county is made up of townships. Plat maps are another disguised place to search for leads and clues. Township maps are close-ups of your immediate area where you live. One map site I like really well is called, MAPS OF THE PAST. They have everything a treasure hunter needs. They specialize in Land Ownership maps. I first located them on E-bay. Now they have their own website. It is really neat. Now I am retired I have a lot more time to browse their website. I still do a little treasure hunting, so I need maps. For anyone interested in their collection, go to:
HTTP://WWW.MAPS-OF-THE-PAST.COM
They have county maps from all over the United States. They always seem to have a progressive list of images. There old mining maps are pretty rare. Once I was looking for a lost gold/silver mine in Nevada. Just couldn't seem to locate any early maps of White Pine County. Sure enough they had some maps of Ruby Lake in the 1860's. Unbelievable. I read about them and I think the owner is some old professor or something like that.
Well for anyone who needs some help, hints or anything, you can always email me. I'm 61 years old, but treasure hunting keeps me young and active.
Daveman
