The day before we left, I got a new metal detector. So I had to bring it with and see if I would get a chance to try it out… All from the same hole, I pulled a .22 shell, an old W.R.A. .250-3000 case, and, a silver dime!
So, it has been over a year since I’ve posted anything here on coyotestuff. Wow, time flies. And I’m lazy.…
…my Jeep emitted a NASTY snapping, grinding, breaking and broken metal sound. This can’t be good…
The White Pine district got it’s legs in the late 1860’s when the “White Pine fever” created the “White Pine rush”, with 13,000 claims filed in two year period. Spawning many short lived but colorful and vibrant camps and towns, including the Belmont mill, Shermantown, Eberhardt, Hamilton and Swansea and many others. At it’s peak in the early 1870’s the district was home to over 30,000 men.
So, off we went, navigating two tracks to get to the area that had looked promising from a distance. And eventually, we arrived. The Chuck Cathedral…
Problem… Truck was wedged/high centered front and back, stuck in the mud, under the water, absolutely no moving forward or back. Twenty miles to the nearest occupied ranch. Dang…
…drive from the three corners to the four corners. As much of it on dirt as possible. With a slight twist – no route planning ahead of time, just wing it…
We hiked a long way on this day, over 15 miles, but the payoff was that we got into a lot of cool stuff…
This year, I had one day that I called in seven coyotes. But, I went back again to that spot just recently, and got skunked…
…we spent five days playing in the Arizona Strip/North Rim country. A little over 400 miles of dirt. Had a great time!