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« on: August 30, 2006, 05:05:05 am »
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Metal Detecting and Treasure Hunting Under Bridges

From the: Metal Detector and Coin blog of Bill Gallagher Hachita NM
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Under bridges are great places to hunt for lost items, but they can also be dangerous, for many reasons, not least of which is the boat traffic. Watch Out!


Many people hunt bridges with big treble hooks, and this goes for piers too: they drag the bottom using a nylon rope to swing the weighted hook out 40-50 feet, letting it sink to the bottom, then draw it back slowly. Some truly amazing things have been found this way, but a lot of hooks get lost too!


I have heard of bridge sites that separated areas of poverty from wealth, and many times there are all kinds of interesting things at either end of these bridges, in relatively shallow water.


If the area is tidal, its good to at least look, and preferably metal detect, at the base of the bridge on either end when some of the rocks are exposed at low tide.

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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2006, 06:33:55 am »
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Another Great tip Billder, thanks again... Smiley

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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2006, 07:15:12 pm »
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 Can you tell me what you have found or know others have found. I am interested in hearing more about this. Thanks

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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2006, 06:41:28 am »
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I have found artifacts from the train era, coins (nothing valuable yet) and have also found some flour gold in the cracks of a old bridge embankment

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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2006, 07:25:45 am »
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 what did you find with hooks

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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2006, 08:30:01 am »
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Everything I find is by diving I don't use hooks to drag the bottom.  I use a underwater metal detector, airlift, hand dredging and basic Search & Recovery methods.

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« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2006, 04:58:01 pm »
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I know that under bridges are a good area to hunt.but I have found a lot of crap there also...remember...bridges may have been a bit lest to ther left ot right on the modern ones.

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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2006, 06:09:11 pm »
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Yes Dean thats the case down here the one bridge I hunt is the site of a old RR Bridge and another one is where the old bridge was, the new one is 500 yards north of the old site and the  water is 25 feet.

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« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2006, 06:58:06 am »
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Good tips!!!!!!

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Great advice.  Thanks.

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