Drooling time....ever go Geocaching?

[Pete in MI]

Last summer I started researching geocaches ( http://www.geocaching.com ) for my area. Here is one of the places a caches was hidden:

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That's me BTW. This is in an old town - long gone. At the time the weeds around there were about waist all. Found a lot of dips in the ground which indicate where old buildings used to be. This was the only place with concrete.

Here is a view of the area:

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There is one 'used' road coming and going from the area...a 'U' type road that connects to yet another dirt road.

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Here is something to look at and think about:

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Can you see what I see? It appears to be an old road that has overgrown with weeds over the years. See how the trees along the open space form a line on either side of the 'road'? Many roads in those old logging towns used to be 66 feet wide. Not too sure why other than logging wagons must have been BIG. I haven't had a chance to detect this area yet but is sure has potential. Its sandy so easy digging.

I can still feel the warmth of that day.

So, if you want to find some more old places to detect - try combining geocaching with metal detecting. You'd be surprised how many people bury geocaches in old places like this....and they love the outdoors and the challenge of finding those hidden caches...but most don't detect. They have already done a lot of research for you. Many include info on these old ghost towns, etc.

Happy Hunting

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Looks like a good site! Better hit that place in the early spring while all the weeds are down!

 

[Mike Chgo area]

let me know the nearest older town (not too far away) I'll see what is available on my old map site. Do you already know the name of the town or camp that was there?

 

[Magyar]

Wow! Those pics are great! How very interesting...I have never heard of "geocaching"

 

[Pete in MI]

It's lots of fun...and sometimes can be a bit risky. One person hid a cache (a peanut butter container) with jewelry in it. Casey (my step-daughter) and I went to find it and find it we did. Seems the guy hid it inside a hollow in a tree. This tree has claw marks and the tree broke from the clawing. Clawed through it til the top fell over. There was another tree nearby with claw marks too.

If you don't understand this....it is a bear marking his territory. To put a geocache in an known location like that is wrong and very dangerous.

Other than one foolhardy cache, other things are critters like snakes, etc that one has little control over. Always be careful. Prety much like detecting...it can be dangerous as well if caution isn't taken.

 

[Magyar]

Oh, I understand better now...like the time after my 99 yr.old father -in -law passed away, I found an old box with some small tile samples in it ...in the cellar; the tiles were colorful so I picked them out of the box to arrange them in a pattern..just for a fun thing to do...in the bottom of the box were (5) one-hundred dollar bills!! Think I was surprised?????