Backthorne Resort Lost Treasure Weekend..

Hello all...

This past weekend was a great time at the 7th annual Lost Treasure Weekend at the Blackthore Resort in the Catskills (NY)...

There were 4 seeded hunts and 5 scheduled natural finds hunts... We also had a list of places (pages) to go anything we wanted...

The staff was great and food was good to amazing... I meet folks from all over the country (mostly Northeast)...

Friday we visited 5 locations with 2 school busses full of folks... We had from 60-90 minutes at each location with Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included... It was 90-93 - Brutal heat... I drank 100+ ounces during the day...

I was able to recover 11 items from the seated hunts including: $5 Silver Certificate, 1 Oz Walking Liberty Silver, Kennedy 40% Half, 1967 Mexican Un Peso (10% Silver), 1922 Mexican Un Peso (72% Silver), Silver War Nickel, 2 Merc's, 2 Buffalo Nickels, V Nickel, and a pocket knife...

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At the first Natural Hunts I recovered a couple of suspender buckles, an 1865 Indian head Penny, 2 Wheaties, a Makeup case...

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The next night's Natural finds hunt was at a pounded site called the Yellow House... We hunted right up until it was dark... 1918 Merc and 1919 Wheatie...

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On sunday after the last seeded hunt and lunch we hit 2 locations... The 1st one was a bust so we spent almost 5 hours at the next site until sundown and our tongues were dragging on the ground... We were dog tired... but it was worth it... I recovered 3 buttons, a Sterling Bracelet, 2 Mercs, a Buffalo, 4 Wheaties, and a pile of clad... I dug the most amount of pulls tab I've ever done at one location... The ground at this location was a wet very sticky mess... kind of like that plumbers stuff...

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I plan on going back next year... The social aspect was just as much if not more fun that all of the detecting... Not stop action, good food, toss in a bunch or raffles, and a few doubles of single malt scotch was the right recipe for a memorable weekend :-)

HH ALL!

Paul

sounds like a fun time,but it is a bit to far for me to go,it's nice to know your had a good enough time that you are going again next year..

Paul i'm glad you had a good time but i'm really surprised that theres any natural finds left in the area , they've been hosting these hunts for quite a few years now . hundereds of detectorists have been going to this resort each year but have heard that they do treat the folks very well while they are there.

Dan

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Originally Posted by del link=topic=13463.msg142467#msg142467 date=1370380433

Paul i'm glad you had a good time but i'm really surprised that theres any natural finds left in the area , they've been hosting these hunts for quite a few years now . hundereds of detectorists have been going to this resort each year but have heard that they do treat the folks very well while they are there.

Dan

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Hey DAN !! There are lots more goodies there for natural finds... I hope Matt chimes in... I know he recovered CT Copper, 2 1860's IH's, 5-6 buttons, buffalos... a very nice 1923 Bank Letter Opener, and other goodies... but yes we were treated well... The facilities are a little rustic room wise (50'-60's type camp rooms), but the dining facilities were more modern and the food was great... Alcohol was pretty cheap (they charged me $6 for ever double of a single malt scotch... Bottles of beer was $2)...

sounds and looks like a great time was had by all congrats on both dennis :perfect10: :perfect10:

From the land of the Bluenose.....
man that must have been a blast. Never too a seeded hunt before. Take care and good hunting. <;)

:congrats: on a great sounding weekend. The booze prices alone should get most people excited. Sounds like you went from sunup to sundown and were rewarded with some good finds.