| If you want to have some fun and have an | | | | Standing on a small rise we thought it |
| entertaining treasure hunt, try the | | | | was approximately 50 yards away. |
| Western Ghost Towns. | | | | Fortunately there were other mounds of |
| The ones I'm referring to are the ones | | | | dirt and hills we good triangulate. We |
| you need a four wheel drive vehicle to | | | | actually were almost standing on top of |
| get to them. The key to finding these | | | | the saloon foundation. |
| ghost towns is "research". The first | | | | Looking at the old picture we determined |
| place most people start is buying a book | | | | where the front door would have been. |
| on ghost towns in the area they are | | | | Most of the building would have had |
| going to treasure hunt. It is best to | | | | wooden walks, with separations between |
| have a topographical map of the area | | | | the boards. If some one dropped a coin |
| also. Another good source is the local | | | | on the walk, most likely it would drop |
| historical society. They usually have | | | | through the floor. Since we didn't have |
| old photographs of long gone ghost | | | | a picture of what the saloon looked like |
| towns. | | | | inside we had to guess where the bar |
| Let me say something about old black and | | | | might have been. |
| white photographs. All the building | | | | Most of the buildings in these old ghost |
| depicted in the photograph appear | | | | towns are not very big, so you can set |
| further away than the actual distance at | | | | up a string search pattern area to make |
| the ghost town site. | | | | sure you cover every inch. It was a lot |
| We were searching a long gone town in SE | | | | of fun researching the site. |
| Arizona. We had to four wheel it for | | | | Our finds that day were over 50 100 year |
| about 1-1/2 hours to get to it. We had | | | | old square head nails, 3 "V" Nickels, |
| the Typo map; an old picture of the town | | | | one worth $35-$50. Older pennies, and a |
| dated 1888. There were some visible | | | | few quarters. We were hoping for a Gold |
| adobe foundations at the site. We were | | | | coin, but maybe we will find it over the |
| looking for the old saloon site. | | | | next hill. Happy treasure hunting. |