Return to Tuscazoar

Last spring Nate and I attended the Tuscazoar DFX only hunt in Dover, Ohio. It was a cool place to hunt and a lot of good finds were made. There were at least 50 people in the hunt yet most people got at least one silver. Anyway, Don lured me back to this site with talks of old silver back by the mines “where no one hit”. It seemed reasonable and we always had the fallback places. We met Don and Brian at the Bob Evans in Dover.
From left to right – Don, Nate, Beefcake (Brian), Bob (Mirage)


We noted that the mines were right along Icky’s trail so if we stayed on the trail we would be fine.
The trail:



Well, the trail was marked well until near the end. That’s when we got a little lost.




An hour and a half later we found the mine area:

Also found this pitiful Geocache:


I expected to find some kind of log in the box with some goodies. No paper, no pencils, no goodies. Junk!
Well, we tried detecting the area but the detectors were not behaving with all the iron. We still gave it a try but after not finding anything moved on. Nate and I pretty much headed back to where we knew we could find coins. It was the same spot we pulled numerous silver coins from last year. Don and Beefcake took there time and detected a few spots on the way back to the main camp area.

Within a few minutes of getting back to our “honey hole” Nate and I both had wheat pennies. Within a half hour we also each had silver.
A little while longer Don and Brian show up and Don shows me his nice find:

My finds for the trip:

Nates Finds:

It was fun being out and getting some exercise. I know I’ll sleep good tonight.