Tired of damaging my Expedition doing those jeep road sorts of things, I procured myself a new ride this past Friday to get me anywhere I want to go! Picked up a Yamaha Big Bear 400 ATV and it performs like a dream! It's inaugural weekend was spent roaming areas of the old Cochiti Mining District of New Mexico (with a little bit of detecting). A few finds were had, including part of an old hand sheep-sheer, a few pieces of tack, and my first Indian Head (1906). I had a great time, got a bit...

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Last weekend, SNOW. It melted, but, it SNOWED. Today, still more SNOW! The lower elevations are clear, but there's still quite a bit of snow higher up, especially in the shade. The roads should finally be open, but...

Last weekend, driving in snow and mud, I almost ripped the running board off the passenger side of my Expedition when I slid just a bit and caught it on a boulder. So, I've come to a conclusion, I need better means of transport for these mountain hunts. Tomorrow...

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I headed up into the mountains again Friday. Thursday having been my Birthday, my wife allowed me a day to go and play. The forest roads are still closed, so that limits the places one can hunt. Since I know a lot of places I've been dying to search, I headed for one on the other side of the mountain range -- this site has the remnants of a foundation and chimney from an old log cabin built next to a small spring. Surely this place would yield a few old coins if nothing else.

Well,...

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I've been here at this site for two years, having joined at the same time I started detecting. Throughout all my hunts, TQ has been my detecting home base. I very much enjoy detecting, and I very much enjoy sharing what I've found here at TQ, and equally marveling in what everyone else finds! What a motivation!

For those who don't know, I live in the community of Los Alamos, built on the mesas of the Pajarito Plateau in the foothils of the Jemez Mountains of Northern New Mexico. That...

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