UPDATE 2/25/10:  At the request of several members, the Treasure Hunting section of the forum has been closed to non members.  Again, signing up and participating in the site is free and easy!  JUST CLICK HERE! Our members provide a ton of info to help folks out with prospecting and treasure hunting and in return, all they ask is that you participate!  The rest of the forum is still open to public view, but only members can post!  The site is optimized to run best in Mozilla's Firefox (click here to download a copy) and it does run in Internet Explorer but will sometimes get errors and the site doesn't look as clean in IE.

I have also added a Colorado Forum to the Treasure Legends section of the forum.  More states and countries will be added as stories are posted pertaining to those regions.

UPDATE 2/14/10:  I have added a section to the glossary for treasure signs, symbols and their meanings.  This is basically a reference guide and a copy of what is in the forum for the same topic.  Since I have done this, the glossary is now a members only section of the site.  If you would like access to this and any other members only areas, sign up, it's free and painless and only takes a minute or less.

UPDATE2/13/10: Added a 2 new sections to the Treasure section of the forum that are for members only - Signs & Symbols Only! and Monuments & Markers Only! These sections are for the discussion and education of the various signs and symbols and monuments that we will see out in the field or on maps.  Why is it for members only?  Because I feel that you should be a participating member of the forum to be able to access that kind of info!

Hehehehe, so, people are wondering what is happening to the site, so many changes so fast!  Well, I am working very hard behind the scenes to make this the best damn place on the web for folks that are interested in Treasure Hunting, Prospecting and pretty much anything Outdoorsy!

Now on to the number one question my e-mail box has been getting as of late, where did the videos section go?  Well, it is still around, but, it has been transferred to the members Only Lounge area which registered members can access via the main menu under "The Lounge".  Why did I do that you ask?  The video section of the site was getting hit by thousands of people a day that are not members of the site and I felt that it was unfair for those of you that take the minute that it takes to register for a free membership and participate in the site to have to suffer from slower speeds due to unregistered users using up all the bandwidth.  So, videos are now in the Lounge area for registered members to enjoy and share.

I am considering pulling the chat section of the site as well.  When you enter the lounge or the forum you may have noticed a chat bar along the bottom of the page, I think that I may just switch to using that for chats since it gives members the ability to go to a chat room, vreate a new one, or have one on one chats with people in their friends list.

I am going to be adding a cookbook application to the site pretty soon as well so that you can share some of your favorite recipes for while you are out in the great outdoors with each other or heck, just any recipe will do if you want!

There is now a banner exchange on the main menu.  You can grab our banner and add yours to the exchange page.  I added this because no one seems to want to use add to the web links section and it just may be because they want to add a banner, so, have at it!

Thats about all I have for now.  Most of the new additions have been to the members lounge, heck, it's like a whole second site in there, hope you like it.  Folks, this page is set up for you, so that you can interact in various ways, make new friends, learn something new and teach others a little of what you know too!  You just got to use it.  We are as friendly as we can be in here and I will do my best to make sure things stay that way, so come on in and stay awhile, were sure glad your here!

Sunset in the Rockies! by ExiledAngel

We as treasure hunters seem to catch a lot of flack from many sources when we use a legend as a basis for our search. These legends sometimes are the starting point for some of the greatest adventures we will ever undertake in our lives.

We must realise that the finding and documenting of proof is part of the endeavor.

This article, was written by my good friend Roy Decker. A superb and successful treasure hunter in his own right. In this article he gives some sources that may help find some of that obscure documentation we so desperatly seek, as well as good definitive arguments in the positive for the mineral exploration and exploitation in this countries past.

Been awhile since I updated the site so I thought that I would drop by with some updates.  First off you may notice the addition of the calendar at the right side of the page along with the addition to some events related links in the user menu.  The ability to add events and venues is only available to registered users as are many of the newer functions of the site.  My opinion on this subject is that if you do not wish to become a member and participate and contribute, then you shouldn't have access to all that we have, or are going to have to offer!  I am planning on adding a ton of new stuff over the winter and I know that Thom has been thinking of adding a ton of stuff as well.  Some of this info may be open to the public, some may be for registered members only and some may become accessible to paid members only.  Time will tell.  We are also starting a group - The Prospectors, Adventurers and Treasure Hunters Association (PATHA)  And our current, active and contributing members will get grandfathered in with a lifetime membership once it goes paid.  The information that you will receive will be valuable beyond any annual dues that will be charged.  This of course will take some time as I need to add everything in to the site that the paid members will receive before considering doing it.  Lots of stuff to do!

I have added a directory to the menu where you will soon be able to find important contact information for places like the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service among others.  I have just started to add the info so hang in there!  The forum is starting to build up nicely and I would love to have your suggestions to what topics you would like to see in there.  Click here to go to the forum and let me know what you want me to ad.  I have added a FAQ section to the site as well.  If you have a question for us just go to the Contact Us and click on the drop down box and select question.  There is also a new picture gallery section.  Just click on pictures in the main menu and you can view others pictures or add your own.  We also have added a new video to the video/movie section of the site.  It is just a fun little video of Bobby and me having a little fun in the mountains.  Here it is if you hadn't gone to see it yet: