| Have you ever came upon an old building, | | | | When the ranch hand was coming into the building |
| foundation ora big tree with carvings on it while | | | | they cleaned their boots off by running them |
| you were hunting or fishing inthe back country? I | | | | over the T. |
| have, and I learned to bring my metal detector | | | | I have never gone back to that location with a |
| onmy trips. | | | | metal detector, but it is marked on the map. |
| During a hunting trip a few years ago, we had | | | | Over the years we have searched sights such as |
| four-wheeledit back into the hills of Southern | | | | the old line camp. When searching around an old |
| Arizona. We were about 2 milesfrom the border | | | | building such as a line camp, ranch house search |
| of Mexico. Southern Arizona has a lot of history. | | | | around it. Most of these old timers would dig a |
| Old | | | | hole outside by the building and pitch their trash in |
| Forts, Treasure Mines, Boot Hill, Tombstone. | | | | the hole. We have found some nice old bottles |
| Once we reached our hunting location, each of us | | | | and other items in the trash hole. |
| went in different direction, looking fora good spot | | | | If there is a fairly large tree close by, check it for |
| to wait for game. | | | | past activity. Carvings, old rope hanging onthe |
| I had hiked about two miles into the mountain | | | | limbs. Might be a child used it as a swing. You |
| when I came up on an old rock wall. This wall was | | | | want to search around the base. I remember |
| made of"stacked" rocks about 1 foot high. I | | | | doing one of our hunting trips, searching a long |
| imagine it was taller at one time. It was about 15 | | | | gone mining camp and a large tree next to the |
| feet long. I could not figure out what a wall was | | | | one of thebuildings. Up about 15 feet embedded |
| doing way out in this area. No visible road or trail. I | | | | into the tree was an old License plate. The tree |
| decidedto sit on the wall while I waited for game. | | | | grew around the plate where only half of it was |
| So did a Rattlesnake. Scared the living day lights | | | | visible. You could not see the date. We left it |
| out of me. I think I was uglier than he or she, so | | | | there. I did not wantto do any damage to the |
| it slithered away. | | | | tree. |
| After about two hours and not seeing any game, | | | | Look for fence post standing by itself. Miners use |
| I decided to poke around this wall. It became | | | | to use trees, post, walls to bury their items of |
| apparent this wall was actually a foundation of a | | | | value. |
| possible line camp, ranch or part of a fort. Usually | | | | At the same location, we found old milk glass, |
| when you see old buildings in Arizona, you | | | | square nails, old auto parts, old razor and few old |
| normally see corrugated roofing sheets, or wood | | | | coins. Research later indicated this mining camp |
| of some type. This site had none of those details. | | | | shut down in 1935. |
| Needless to say, I did not have my metal | | | | In summary, if your going on a hunting, fishing, |
| detector that day. Using a rock I started digging | | | | pack packing or some other trip where there is |
| around thewall. I came across an odd shaped | | | | anopportunity to find treasure don't forget to |
| piece of Iron. It was shaped like a "T" with one | | | | take your metal detector. For other treasure |
| end of the top curled. I later found out what it | | | | detecting tips and information please checkout |
| was from an old rancher. It was a "Boot" cleaner. | | | | Azmuletreasures below. |