Backthorne Resort Lost Treasure Weekend..

[CTDirtFisher]

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

[JTGOLD]

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..

[del]

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

[CTDirtFisher]

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

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)...

[POKIE73]

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

[leslie(nova scotia)]

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

[aloldstuff]

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.