This forum is for folks with an interest in finding ghost towns in their own area. H. Charles Beil will moderate this forum and answer your questions. http://www.findmall.com/list.php?52Sat, 18 May 2013 22:22:26 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1905275,1905275#msg-1905275 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1905275,1905275#msg-1905275http://www.weather.com/travel/creepy-abandoned-churches-20130430]]> ohio fred American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 06 May 2013 08:59:22 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1884960,1884960#msg-1884960 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1884960,1884960#msg-1884960 Searching Ghost Towns/Mining Camps with lots of rusty iron/tin/steel. I have 8x11 DD coil, 5x8 DD and 4 1/2" Super Sniper Coils. Suggestions on which one or ones to use appreciated. Thanks Len Mc]]> Lenmcgold American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:38:12 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1881981,1881981#msg-1881981 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1881981,1881981#msg-1881981
1 - old pocket watch missing the front and back found at 3". Has a gold color to it around the edge ... maybe brass?
1 - unknown gold colored non-magnetic ring about 3" in diameter at 2"
2 - Rem-UMC (NITRO CLUB) shotgun shell base 1911 - 1923 at 4"
1 - Crown Made suspender clasp in very good shape at 4"
1 - old ceramic button
2 Tons of railroad spikes and Prince Albert cans :-)]]> NVGrndPndr American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:56:17 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1880463,1880463#msg-1880463 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1880463,1880463#msg-1880463BEAN BLOSSOM CREEK, Brown County, Indiana

Village of Bean Blossom is on Bean Blossom creek, at the junction of SH 135/45, five miles north of Nashville (south of Indianapolis). Placer gold mining took place along this creek from the 1870s-early 1900s. Whether or not any small mining camps developed is not determined.]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:37:44 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1875563,1875563#msg-1875563 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1875563,1875563#msg-1875563
She was just one of the many seeking "emeralds, diamonds and rubies and sapphires" that 82-year-old author Forrest Fenn claims to have buried. In his book The Thrill of the Chase, he wrote a cryptic poem with lines like: "Begin it where warm waters halt and take it in the canyon down not far, but too far to walk put in below the home of brown." Fenn says he's sold almost 3,000 copies of the book, which he wrote to leave a legacy after being diagnosed with cancer. "I guarantee you, when someone finds that chest, theyre gonna be shocked," he said.]]> ohio fred American Ghost Town Hunters Wed, 15 May 2013 12:13:19 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1874283,1874283#msg-1874283 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1874283,1874283#msg-1874283http://www.drive-ins.com/database.htm As time passes people forget where they were located.]]> ohio fred American Ghost Town Hunters Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:42:44 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1872139,1872139#msg-1872139 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1872139,1872139#msg-1872139 kayden American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:42:54 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1871583,1871583#msg-1871583 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1871583,1871583#msg-1871583
Today I thought that I would show you how I go about finding these cellar holes in the first place. It dawned on me that you can't search them unless you can find them. I hope this article helps.

How to Find Cellar Holes and Other Productive Metal Detecting Sites]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:11:57 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1871043,1871043#msg-1871043 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1871043,1871043#msg-1871043
Thanks.

How to Read Old Homesteads and Detect Around Cellar Holes]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:57:31 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1870151,1870151#msg-1870151 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1870151,1870151#msg-1870151
I was told that the Vista Gold would be a good choice if the iron was only small but we know that is not the case.

Thanks for your info.]]> El American Ghost Town Hunters Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:04:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1868415,1868415#msg-1868415 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1868415,1868415#msg-1868415 Deusdigger American Ghost Town Hunters Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:58:46 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1864999,1864999#msg-1864999 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1864999,1864999#msg-1864999ADIRONDAK, Essex County, New York

An old iron/titanium mining town. The last residents moved out in the late 1940's early 1950's. The oldest building goes back to 1830's. It is off County Highway 25, north of Newcomb, NY.

N 44.088279 deg W 74.056064 deg.

The town is also known as "Tahawus" It is accessible to the public; there is a trailhead parking lot there for one of the hiking trails. This is probably the best example of a ghost town in New York State. The road is closed but people can still enter by foot. Most of the original buildings are still standing though in very poor condition and are not safe to enter. Most impressive is the original Iron Ore Mine and furnace still intact.]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:17:01 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1864982,1864982#msg-1864982 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1864982,1864982#msg-1864982AMOSKEAG, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

This old milling community was located on an island in the middle of the Merrimack River inside the city limits of Manchester. This is one that we'll have to search for as I could not locate any record of exactly where it was.]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:50:42 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1863653,1863653#msg-1863653 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1863653,1863653#msg-1863653(This message does not contain any text.)
]]> LabradorBob American Ghost Town Hunters Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:46:51 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1863606,1863606#msg-1863606 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1863606,1863606#msg-1863606also, please state either public or private.
if you do not state which, i will post it on the Forum.

Public is on the Forum,private will be an e-mail so i will need your e mail address.
This is so i can send pics to you.
Thanks,

LabradorBob]]> LabradorBob American Ghost Town Hunters Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:39:46 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1862645,1862645#msg-1862645 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1862645,1862645#msg-1862645I live in the San Bernardino area of Southern California and would love to know what ghost towns in this area you have personally detected and what have you found?...your best items?
I'm primarily a beach hunter, also I detect parks and suburban areas mostly but want to venture further out into the deserts around here.
I am also very interested in caches found, gold dust or nuggets or coins etc;.
With the many bank and stagecoach robberies that have happened over the years, there still has to be much to be detected so please share your experiences with the ghost towns here in the SoCal area. I'm always happy to share tips and contacts that I have as well!! H.H.]]> Goldstrike American Ghost Town Hunters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:24:40 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1862473,1862473#msg-1862473 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1862473,1862473#msg-1862473
Here is the thing.......How does one locate old hobo campsites? They were called Jungles back in the day, and they were off of the train lines.......mainly.

I have never seen this topic on here, ie specifically researching to find hobo jungles.

I hunt old ghost towns a lot. But I would really like to locate some old hobo campsites. They existed, and for all we know, still exist.

I have tried googling, google books, maps, all sorts of things....but nada......

So, imho, it is related to ghost town hunting....as a hobo jungle is like a ghost town.....I think it probable that they hid what little wealth they had at night sometimes......

Comments?]]> gitterdug American Ghost Town Hunters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:07:21 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1862203,1862203#msg-1862203 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1862203,1862203#msg-1862203



Ghost Towns]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:07:36 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1861975,1861975#msg-1861975 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1861975,1861975#msg-1861975
thanks!]]> DetectorIsMyCoPilot American Ghost Town Hunters Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:47:11 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1861512,1861512#msg-1861512 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1861512,1861512#msg-1861512
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Browse/North_America/

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/maps/maps.cfm#revolutionary

http://showmystreet.com/

http://usgwarchives.net/

http://mapper.acme.com/]]> kayden American Ghost Town Hunters Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:12:05 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860945,1860945#msg-1860945 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860945,1860945#msg-1860945(This message does not contain any text.)
]]> LabradorBob American Ghost Town Hunters Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:29:27 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860902,1860902#msg-1860902 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860902,1860902#msg-1860902 homestead hunter American Ghost Town Hunters Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:54:04 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860854,1860854#msg-1860854 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860854,1860854#msg-1860854 Dirtyray American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:31:26 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860180,1860180#msg-1860180 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860180,1860180#msg-1860180ALBANY HILL, Nemaha County, Kansas

An 1857-1871 era railroad town about 2.5 miles north of Sabetha, a half mile south of the junction of X4 Road/208th Road, and a mile west of US 75 (Acorn Road) at a point three miles north of Sabetha. Sabetha is a mile west of US 75, seven miles south of the state line, 65 miles north of Topeka. The aerial photo on GNIS shows what appears to be a cluster of several farms where the topo shows the Albany School. The cemetery is located on 208th Road, about 0.3 miles west of the junction.

SE¼ of the NW¼ Sec 25, T1S, R14E, 6PM (6th Prime Meridian & 40° Base Line), Berwick Twp.
Latitude: 39.9369449 / 39° 56' 13" N
Longitude: -95.7980448 / 95° 47' 53" W]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:27:55 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860081,1860081#msg-1860081 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1860081,1860081#msg-1860081Mud]]> mudpuppy American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:03:52 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1859865,1859865#msg-1859865 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1859865,1859865#msg-1859865Here are a few in Yavapai county.]]> LabradorBob American Ghost Town Hunters Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:54:13 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1859338,1859338#msg-1859338 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1859338,1859338#msg-1859338(This message does not contain any text.)
]]> ohio fred American Ghost Town Hunters Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:42:17 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1858970,1858970#msg-1858970 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1858970,1858970#msg-1858970ALPINE, Cook County, Illinois

Located 30 miles southwest of Chicago and three miles south of Orland Park. It was originally established as a Wabash Line Railroad station in 1891 (possibly as early as 1881). In 1910 Alpine was at its peak. In 1912 fire destroyed the store and two saloons, putting the town in a tailspin and by WWII it was a vacant site.

It's now a subdivision with the same streets and street names]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:24:11 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1858956,1858956#msg-1858956 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1858956,1858956#msg-1858956CAMINADA, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

A seaport town on the mainland side of Caminada Bay was destroyed in an 1893 hurricane. It never recovered, and today the barren site is difficult to find.]]> H.Charles Beil American Ghost Town Hunters Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:21:18 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1858215,1858215#msg-1858215 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?52,1858215,1858215#msg-1858215http://www.airfields-freeman.com/]]> ohio fred American Ghost Town Hunters Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:06:40 -0600