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Yes. Maybe SPF, I'll know soon

4pt pushing does around today. Could only get to within 60 yards. Too many ears and eyes.

Been hunting this area a few years but never took a close look at these boulders till now. Jumped several does here as I approached, they were drinking rain water accumulated in these mortar holes and metates. This one still has the mano. Got more pics of petroglyphs from this site but unable to upload.

Rams and a lamb or ewe?

Keep in mind if you're out detecting with other detectionists, Keep a distance apart or the machines will interfere with each other. After all, you're swinging a radio transmitter around.

Now I'm curious what ya got. One thing the cheaper detectors will do is drive you crazy not being able to balance them.over varying mineralized soils or uneven ground. It's due to slow microprocessors not able to keep up with all the different returns the coil is sending.

Artifacts, coins, gold?

That detector is plug N play, not a huge learning curve. Best thing to do is bury some nickles at varying depths and coins on their side to see how well your detectors work. Nickles have low conductivity so if you can't find it deeper than 4-5" deep and on its side, save up for a better detector. I have a.Minelab 800 Equinox that's a good machine but it's also taken me a.long time to get familiar with it. They're around $400-500 used but nearly as good as the Minelab Gold Monster at finding small gold flakes about 5" down.

If you want to coin shoot, make sure you get a detector with a great discriminator to tune out the trash ferrous metals. This feature will also allow you to detect around metal structures like light poles or outdoor gym equipment and completely cancel those iron bearing metals out. Unfortunately, foil, lead and aluminum won't be canceled out but eventually you'll learn to discriminate different metals by ear. I bought a new Minelab for about $1K and mostly find lead and coins. But I picked up a used Whites Eagle II for $200 and it works super. Lemme know if you want to try one out.

Today's noteables...

Deer hunting near Rich Hill, lots of diggings and shafts dot the landscape. Old cans and bottle shards from the last two centuries. Spotted this 12ga. Shotshell brass, dates back 100 years. Next in a miners rock claim cairn monument, I dug down past the top stones and found this claim notice in an old bottle Still trying to get the lid off. It’s pretty beat up, doesn't want to give up its secrets easily.

Was my job today to mark new claim corners.for the company. Always amazed as I'm out in the sticks using satellite GPS, to find how accurate the old timers were marking corners with rock cairns using compass, chains and geological survey markers. Many of these old cairns were built only a few feet off.

Leave new claim markers, usually 5' capped pvc, alone. The old timers built rock cairns and put the claim papers in jars and tobacco tins to preserve them from rats and weather. The claims have to be renewed annually and that rarely happens over more than a few consecutive years.

Yes I have looked into this jars date, it's 1921Owens Glass. I found this Kitchen Boutique gravy bottle a week ago which is Owen's Glass Co and dates to 1924.

TTT Make offers

What brass?

I haven't gone pellet but I do a lot of smoking in the green egg. Mesquite or pecan for beef and citrus is good with fish and fowl.

All ammo sold New prices on rests/sled and pustol

I forgot about the 'law.' Knifes are considered tools for adults unless they're used maliciously. Folders only up to 21... seems a bit much.

Good deal

That's the law, including a blade under 4"

Toss up

Since it's bow season, I'm sure he's safe.