August 2017 - Adventures In Dirt

My First Gold Coin – Sorta/Kinda

This gold coin came up out of the ground and put my butt right on the ground. After an awesome morning dirt fishing with a buddy of mine on one of his permissions, I was on my way home when I decided to go by a brand new farm permission I received recently and poke around for an hour. As I swung my Teknetics Patriot Metal Detector, in between a couple trees, I got a signal that was strong and repeating and after digging down about 5 inches, I pulled up this coin. As I brushed some of the […]

In Search of the Forrest Fenn Treasure

alt=”Forrest Fenn Treasure Chest” The Forrest Fenn Treasure has been hidden for many years and to date, nobody has been able to find it and the millions of dollars in riches it contains. My wife and stepson joined me on a treasure hunting trip in search of a bronze treasure chest hidden over 7 years ago by art dealer and author, Mr. Forrest Fenn. We go to the spot that I have come up with as being the location of the treasure after deciphering the clues noted in Mr. Fenn’s poem. From Wikipedia: Forrest Fenn operated an art gallery with […]