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Mississippi
TREASURE HUNTING IN MISSISSIPPI Add what you know about this area to create a handy guide for other treasure hunters. Click
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Iowa
agates), jaspers, petrified wood can be found in the gravel bars on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.Clayton county is a good place to start
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Agates of the World
Mississippi Missouri Montana Montana Dryhead agate is just one of the well known agates found
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Treasure Hunters Guide
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Louisiana
amounts of material the Mississippi River and its tributaries have deposited in Louisiana. How to get there : Much of Louisiana has gravel bars
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Minnesota
be found on the banks of the muddy Mississippi below the dam at Royalton. How to get there : The following web site gives complete directions
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Alabama
and don't risk your life on steep slopes. How to get there : Just as you cross the Alabama border on HWY 72 from Mississippi look for the quarry
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Gold
crossing the Mississippi River during the settling of St. Louis and the westward expansion before bridges were built? How many homes were
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Events Calendar
, MISSISSIPPI: Show; AKS Gem Shows; Natchez Convention Center, 211 Main St.; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-4; adults $5; classes in beading, PMC, chain maille
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agates
Live in Mississippi, those pictures of the agates are very beautiful. Was wondering if you can suggest any places or if you know any places I can hunt for agates here.
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Jan 16 2009, 11:02 PM EST by
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arrowheads
I live on the Mississippi GulfCoast and was wondering if anyone can tell me if they know of any place to hunt for arrowheads or maybe in Alabama
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Jan 16 2009, 10:26 PM EST by
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Anywhere in Illinois
The banks of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.
That is allot of terrain to cover, but then again there
were allot of homes washed away back in the
flood of 1993.
Pick a spot.... any spot..... and try your luck.
Sand bars, islands, river banks, shallows.
Just be careful and take a few friends along.
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Jan 10 2008, 7:43 AM EST by
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Patagonianstar
"Dear Bill :
Weis Museum agate Show was amazing! We met old and new friends there. And people in Menasha made ua feel at home , although we were thousands of miles away.
Of course , you may post our pictures! Please , let us know how to find the web-site later.
And ... may we take a look at your Cumberland Plateau Agates?
All our best!
Ricardo & Claudia Birnie" Yes I will show some of my agates. A have a wide variety of agates but I have one of the better collections of the Cumberland Agates. They include Kentucky Agate, Tennessee Paint Rock, and Alabama Paint Rock. The agate are sedimentary agate of the late Mississippi Era in the Pennington formation. The Cumberland is a wide Plateau that is hundreds of miles long. Its sides are steep slopes and cliffs that blocked early pioneers moving west until Daniel Boone discovered the Gap in the Cumberland. It is one of the most wild and beautiful regions in the eastern United States. The agate are found between the sandstone Bluffs and the limestone . The interface forms a bench where the agate can be found, I have written an article on the agates.
Bill
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Jul 29 2008, 11:26 PM EDT by
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hunting locations near st. louis?
Often times treasure hunters and prospectors don't like to share
notes because it increases competition in the field. But in my case
my knowledge of such places involves allot of walking, and more
area to cover than I could ever hope to cover by myself. So I don't
mind helping out other people that are interested in it.
1.) Forrest Park
2.) Shodoe Island
(I-270 crosses it, It is the area between the Mississippi
and the canal bridge before you reach the Route 3 exit.
in Illinois.) This entire area used to be populated by
homes and trailer parks before the flood of 1993 which
pretty much whiped them all out. Good place to look
if you know where the towns and houses used to be.
3.) West Alton
Also ravaged by flooding in 1993, the slou areas back by the river
are good places to look as well. Just follow Hwy 94 off of 367 through
West Alton over the levy and around the curve to the stop sign and
make a right turn, followit to the river and you will see a boat ramp
and a parking area. It is safe to park there and go for a walk with
your metal detector. Just don't offend the locals of the Brickhouse
Slou Association which live in that area. They grow pot back there
in the Spring and early Summer. The stuff grows like... well, weeds.
Stick to the water's edge and display your metal detector to anyone
that drives by looking at you funny... and you should be alright.
4.) Royal Landing
Across Brussel's Ferry on the Great River Road. Used to be a
popular party spot. Good place to look.
In case you haven't noticed, I'm from the Bi-State region myself, .
I sold my last Metal detector when money got tight, but I am looking
to get back into it again. Maybe we should form a club?
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Dec 28 2007, 3:45 AM EST by
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9/11 remembrances and all things patriotic
i saw some of the services for 9/11 yesterday. i remember exactly where i was, and the first few things that i did after that.
i thought that maybe this thread could be for several reasons, but NO POLITICS, please.
1. a list of those family members that are in the service, were in the service, went to war, etc.
2. stories you've heard from those who have been in the service, like parents, sisters, brothers, friends.
ok. i'll go first.
my 18, soon to be 19 year old nephew, Evan Beuk, was in the civil air patrol as a junior member all through high school, and rotc in his senior year. last summer he joined the air force, knowing that a few weeks after he graduated from high school, he was going to basic. He's finished, i think, now finished at Lackland AFB, and is or will be off to a base in mississippi. what are his future plans? to be an air traffic controller!!
my dad joined the navy 9 months before the end of the war. Because he had a master's degree in biochemistry, they made him a pharmacists mate. dad used to tell us, as children, about sailing the high seas, being in huge waves, and being in such a big ship, that he never felt them. we sure believed that for years, until mom FINALLY spilled the beans, he trained at great lakes, and was stationed at every land-locked base in the US.
as a 30+ year old, we had a neighbor who was a lifer in the navy, and was out for at least 15 years. when i told him what dad did while in the service, he literally doubled over with laughter!!! i couldn't understand the laughter until he told me that dad was a p---er-checker!!! at the time, i was mortified! Bill, our neighbor, told us that i turned every colour red, and then turned absolutely white. when dad came to visit us the next time, i asked him about it. apparently it was just part of his duties. he also gave baths, passed out medications, took out stitches and things like that in the base hospital.
nan
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Putting a group together in the St. Louis, MO. bi-state area.
Also, I have done some research on what
I am preparing to do and I have discovered
that another good tool to have for hunting
treasure besides a metal detector is a
good light weight aluminum or fiberglass
canoe, to reach sand bars and islands on
rivers that would otherwise be inaccessible.
There were allot of homes washed away
in the Floor of 1993 by the Missouri, Illinois,
and Mississippi Rivers.
There is allot of terrain to cover, and allot
of things that were never recovered.
Finders keepers.
Yep.....I'm thinking big. This will be a serious effort
to recover any and all metal objects that may be of
value even as a raw material.
Think of all the silver plateware, jewelry, and other such
items that could be just waiting to be found out there
either on the river banks or other areas.
That is why I am putting the people and resources
together to go check these areas out. Because as
an enterprising entrepreneur I am almost positive
that there is quite allot out there to be found.
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Jan 6 2008, 4:30 AM EST by
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Brining out the big boys..April NFMS/LGMC rock & mineral show tomorrow
My great grandfather Wison Wallace fought in a number of battles. He was shot through the thigh at Corinth Mississippi but recovered to fight again. He was taken prisoner at Port Hudson Louisiana but after being released in a prisoner exchanger joined the cavalry. I am surrounded by battles. Just 15 miles north of my home is the Pea Ridge National Battlefield Park where 26000 men fought for control of Missouri. The losses were 3400 men. Eighteen miles west of my home is the battle of Prairie Grove where Federal forces suffered 1,251 casualties and Confederate forces suffered 1,317 casualties. My great grandfather Hartwell Reynolds is buried just south of here in a unmarked soldier's grave. If I was into relic collecting, I guess I could have a load of artifacts. But out of respect for the men who fought on both sides I refrain from plundering the spots were thousands fought and died. My great grandfather Wilson Wallace (whom I am named for) died in 1938 returning from the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.At the reunion Union and Confederate soldiers gathered together to remember the brave comrades and as men who have fought in battle; both sides stood together in respect for each other and as one nation. The big event was the dedication of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial (on Oak Hill), a ceremony highlighted by President Franklin Roosevelt’s speech and a joint Union/Confederate undraping of the memorial and lighting of its eternal flame. A sense of closure or finality pervaded the 1938 reunion. Everyone realized that the advanced age and frailty of the veterans would make further reunions of any decent size impractical, and that most of the old vets would soon be dead. The following link has rare film footage of the reunion.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/02/rare-motion-pictures-show-civil-war-veterans-75th-gettysburg-battle-anniversary
Db I thank you for your service in Nam. What branch of the service?
Bill
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Apr 20 2009, 10:54 AM EDT by
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sunstones
I am an avid viewer of the Cash and Treasure series because it has revitalized
my long held interest in prospecting and gold mining in particular. From what I
have gathered from watching the show and doing a bit of research on my own
is that "Sunstones" are a rare form of vulcanic rock that is only found in a certain
part of the state of Oregon here in the United States. That is why they are so valuable
and rare... because they are found nowhere else in country or the World for that matter.
If your interested in huntin for some there was a place located approximately in the
center of the state of Oregon that was featured on Cash and Treasure that is open
to the public... but I think it costs so much a day to hunt for all you want or all you
can find. People were pulling out 5 gallon buckets of the things.
It seems that the problem is not finding the stones themselves but
buyers that are willing to pay the going rate for them by the karrat.
The stones themselves and jewelry made with them tend to set
on store shelves for quite some time before being bought compaired
to other precious stones... or so I hear.
I stick to the basics, gold, silver, gem stones like Turmoline, diamonds,
ruby, specimens of petrified wood, Mammoth Tusk Ivory.
That last one is pretty controversial... but highly prized by wealthy collectors.
And it can be found all over North America if you know where to look.
Mammoths were big heavy animals, that often sank in mud along a river's
edge. As a river changed course, the mud solidified into thickly packed clay
or dirt. They are often found in flood plains of large rivers like the Mississippi.
Happy Hunting.
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