Lost Treasure In Minnesota

Quite often a person sees someone asking just that.

The same question wondering about lost treasure in Minnesota.

Well,I suppose there are some lost treasures of some sort burried in the days when banks were not trusted,and perhaps that trend is starting once again,because I certainly don't trust the bankers.

Cash is pretty much printed paper these days,and when that goes belly up,I wouldn't count on the banks opening their doors to the patrons who had safety deposit boxes,to get their belongs either.

But anyways,and back to the article at hand.

The question remains,where to look for lost treasures in Minnesota.

Your guess is as good as mine..hahahaha :)

I'm not aware of any sunken ships here in any of the lakes,carrying a cargo of gold bullion.

I've never heard of any Native American Burial Ground accidentally discovered,that contained gold relics of any sort,and also believe no loot of any sort has been burried here.At least not any I'm aware of.

I believe the last glacier retreated a little over 7000 years ago,and that past humans after that time did not have an understanding of gold,and precious metals.It was survival at its best,and relics that were precious to them are long decomposed.However the artifacts made of flint & stone are still being found today,but to metal detectors that's a different ballgame.

However,when I do detect.I keep a careful eye out for an arrowhead,and try to do two things at once when out in the field.

With all this being said,the only thing that could be consider a lost treasure here in the state of precious metal standards,would be items of European in nature when the first settlers arrived.

So we're looking at the last two,to 300 years at best.

Did they lose any chests of gold,and silver back in those days?

Maybe had some stolen,and perhaps a bank robber might of burried some loot,but even when I look into the robberies that have happened here in the historical records.Most the bastards were caught,and loot is seldomed burried.

Pirates perhaps burried their treasures,but that's not a common traite for a theif here in the early days.

Yea,yea,yea..I've read the stories of boats sinking in lakes that had payrolls for the loggers,and some type of treasure burried by the Mississippi River.

They make great stories,and some of these tales are true,but if a person thinks he's going to unearth some of these lost finds with his metal detector,well I certainly wish them the best of luck.

Try reframing the word "treasure".

There are so many precious relics here in the state,that even if it's a rusted object made of iron,the find itself is interesting enough to me.

Not all iron relics I consider a glee of joy,but sometimes there is that unique item that makes a person dwell back in time,and wonder on its history.

I'm not plugging any books here,and have nothing to sell.

So you'll get more honesty here from someone,than those who do have something to sell.

So when it comes to lost treasure in Minnesota.I leave those stories for the kids.

It is what it is on what you find,and another mans trash,is another mans treasure.

I'll write more on this,and the feedback comes in.

Best Places To Metal Detect For Coins

I'd say your best bet now days for coin shooting,would be property where older homes are.

The problem is,we just can't jump peoples fences tresspassing on their property.

I've seen silly videos that offer hope,and one came with my White's Metal Detector.

It shows them driving around looking for old houses/farms.Then shows them go knock on the persons door asking permission to metal detect on their property.

The people allow them,and act interested in their hobby.

It's really a crock of bologna if you ask me.(the video)

I love metal detecting,but one thing I don't do is drive down roads on private property asking if I can metal detect their lawn/property.Nor would I go door,to door in a city asking if I can metal detect their backyard.

Not in this day,and age with all the nut cases out there.

But back to the subject at hand.

I believe your back yards are the best place to metal detect for coins.

The city,and state parks have been cleaned out for decades now.

Sure you still can find a silver coin,or some jewelry,but assure you that a majority of it has been cleaned out over the years.

Ask your friends,relatives,or co-workers at the break table to do their yards sometime,if they wouldn't mind you doing a little coin shooting.

In Minneapolis alone,and the older neighborhoods there?

It's a gold mine for lost silver coins over the many decades that house was there.

Parks,and beaches are your 2nd best bet,but as I have stressed before,these places are so cleaned out,that you'll be shaking your head in bewilderment wondering why you didn't find more.

But not all parks,and there is always hope.

Speaking for myself,I don't get overly excited checking out a park that I've never detected before.

The property around houses,that does get me excited.

My best finds for coins have always been a house in a town,or city.The best finds always seem to be in the backyard when it comes to jewelry,and coins both front & backyards are equals.

The best places to find coins with a metal detector are near the sidewalks.Which I'm sure most of you already know,and the other spot is where the cloths line hung.

People dried their cloths for decades outside on the cloths line.They may not be any sign of where the cloths line hung,but rest assured every backyard at one time,hung cloths for many years somewhere out in the backyard.

I know this is a little off subject,my next comment.

The redevelopment of land over many years,makes many locations that actually held a good quanity of silver coins,and other relics ,that these locations have been churned up so many times,and fill used,or garbage from 40 years prior in the ground that was relandscaped shortly afterwards as worthless areas to detect.

I was in a small town a few years back,and they redid their city streets in some locations.Ripping out the old road in the 1950's,and its sidewalks.

I snuck in their late in the evenings to detect on the torn out roads,and even dected where they brought all the fill,and even spread it out,because they were creating a trail system with the fill.

I never found a penny..and was sure I'd of turned up something.

One of the reasons why I express that the best place to metal detect for coins is property where a home is located,is it's basically undisturbed land.

Landscaping really has ruined alot of good locations.

Many parks get a makeover at sometime in their life,and so do beaches.Pretty much anwhere for that matter does.

So keep in mind,if you're wondering where to look for the silver coins.It's really all around you.

The problem is it's private property,and most likely that big find you're looking for is on someone elses property right under their nose.

I'll keep updating this article,as thoughts come in.

Metal Detecting Greenland

I've been day dreaming on some adventures,and one of them has always been metal detecting in Greenland.

More so for the metorites that crash land on the galciers there,or perhaps permanent snow tundra if that's what it's called there.

Some have looked for relics of when the Vikings landed there,and lived for some time.

I recall watching on PBS many years back,of Viking life in Greenland,and the hardships that they must have endured.

It went on to discuss theories on what happened to them?

They obviously moved on,after years of poor weather,due to a weather pattern change.I can't recall how many years they stayed,but it was at least for a few years I assumed,perhaps alot longer.

I'd have to read up on that again,and probably should have before writing this article,but the article here at hand is not solely about the Vikings.

It's about Metal Detecting Greenland for meteroite debris.

No,I'll never get there to to that.

I don't have the money for something like that.


What?..Not even the price of a plane ticket,and some pennies stuck away for lodging/food?

No..It's paycheck,to paycheck for me.

So adventures such as this,only take place in my daydreams.

Does anyone else like me get that fever to really get out there,and do some serious metal detecting?

I'm so sick of metal detecting the same old sandboxes at the parks.

Yea,yea,yea...I'm more creative than that,and have detected some great hopeful areas.

The bottom line is.."Minnesota is one disapponting state for metal detecting".

I suppose this is why I day dream of places that at least offer some serious possibilities of finding something.

Greenland is one of those places,and the deserts out west here in the U.S.

With the woods,or the fields of brush,and overgrowth...Most of us are forced to metal detect the beaches,or ground that's a freshly mowed grass.

Go off the beaten path,and it's difficult getting a hand shovel through hard rooted ground.

The bugs can be bad,and not the longest season for it either.

We're all stepping over eachother out here,and it's to many chefs in the kitchen.(smile)

So yea,I think alot of us yearn for virgin ground for our units to do their work.That's to find something to put on the wall.

I'm not in this for the money.

I'm in this for the thrill of the find,and I'm just not getting that thrill in my own backyard here in Minnesota anymore.

Maybe someday,I'll live in an area where I can put an end to this day dreaming.

It gets depressing living here,and reading about the possibilities of others have,where they can get out and can actually say every time they here their detector sing.."It could be anything".

Being in an area,where one would even dig up the junk targets they get,because it could be as good as gold.

A Greenland Metal Detector trip would be fun,but it'll be all I can do before I die,to even hit the Nevada Deserts.

Maybe some day :(

Metal Detecting Clubs In Mn

I have not personally looked into some of the metal detecting clubs here in Minnesota.

I do feel it would be a great way to meet new friends,get together for a pot luck type gathering,and share some stories.Perhaps even share some of the interesting finds,that some have been lucky enough to unearth.

Maybe even find a metal detecting buddy?

I know many in this hobby would love to have a friend in this,or perhaps a partner to hunt with.

I know there are quite a few families,that do this hoby together,and it is a rush when they are all out there on the hunt,and one of them makes the find of the day.

I know we'll be starting a club,or perhaps a small group where we get together for some beers,and a picnic.Maybe even some campouts,that will bordeline a party,with all acting as though we have come down with gold fever.

I think the Mn metal detector clubs would be a blast being part of,and alot of this hobby is the joy we get sharing our finds with others,even if the find is worthless money wise,some of us get a rush unearthing a relic from long ago,and the story behind that old chunk of metal.

I think many of these groups in Minnesota have some good laughs as well.Such as look at my nail collection,and funny slogans such as "I make more off the aluminum cans I find,than the change I find."

A person has to have a sense of humor in this game,and I think all of us enthusiasts have a sense of humor who enjoy the fun hobby of metal detecting.

So check back with us this early spring,and lets get some type of gathering going.

A feast,some good cooking,the bbq's a blazing,and a can of cold beer.

Maybe some of us would learn a few tips,or some pointers.

Figure out some places that would work for group metal detecting,and make a weekend camp out of it.

I would feel very uncomfortable with a dozen other people detecting a park,or some other state location where we'd get away with it.It would cause to much attention.So let me know your thoughts on this.

That's one thing I keep thinking of if we do get a detector club going.Maybe some of us would enjoy a bunch of us out in the field detecting,but just being alone I feel I'm pushing it,everytime I pop up a quarter.Someone drives by,and it would look odd? LOL

Let me know your thoughts on this :)