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by D T
Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:43 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 4
Views: 16153

Re: Happy New Year

Happy new year,and thanks Jim B, for your work here
by D T
Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:18 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: Desert Shrub fluourescent green "flowers"
Replies: 3
Views: 23079

Re: Desert Shrub fluourescent green "flowers"

Black turtle.us will most likely know,go to dvplants.com
by D T
Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:33 am
Forum: Lost Mines and Buried Treasure
Topic: Lost Mines/Digs
Replies: 4
Views: 41517

Re: Lost Mines/Digs

Im about as far from an expert as you can get,but they would usualy build 4 stone carins,marking thier claim, and inside one of the carins would be the paperwork,almost always in a prince albert can or like you say,a glass jar
by D T
Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:14 am
Forum: Lost Mines and Buried Treasure
Topic: Lost Mines/Digs
Replies: 4
Views: 41517

Re: Lost Mines/Digs

Look for carins,with prince albert cans,that was typical in the day
by D T
Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:59 am
Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
Topic: desert cooking
Replies: 10
Views: 32755

Re: desert cooking

one of my next projects will be a manifold oven,a metal box attached to the exhaust manifold of your car,that heats your food as you go to other locations ,they have a cook book also,called manifold destiny
by D T
Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:53 am
Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
Topic: desert cooking
Replies: 10
Views: 32755

Re: desert cooking

this guy at the health food store built a small trailer he tows with a bicycle,on the trailer is a large bowl shaped unit(built from a warehouse light) with a spot in the middle that is the "burner",then inside the bowl are mirrors,that are refractors or reflectors that are all concentrate...
by D T
Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:23 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Pegleg Smith Liars Contest.
Replies: 7
Views: 20889

Re: Pegleg Smith Liars Contest.

Happy belated 45th wedding anniversary, a milestone indeed
by D T
Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:46 pm
Forum: The Lost Dutchman Mine
Topic: Are there other maps made out of stone?
Replies: 5
Views: 40804

Re: Are there other maps made out of stone?

Paper is old,possibly invented by Egyptians or Koreans,in the first 100 years after divinity.The Chinese were producing it early in history(13th century).But this would have been on a small scale ,all hand made,possibly made for each specific use, you would not go purchase paper,it was not common pl...
by D T
Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:38 am
Forum: The Lost Dutchman Mine
Topic: Are there other maps made out of stone?
Replies: 5
Views: 40804

Re: Are there other maps made out of stone?

OK,I am not a treasure hunter,and have never even seen a
picture of these stones.my question is could these stones be used for rubbings ,in other words could these be originals that copies could be taken from ?
by D T
Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:23 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: Bees
Replies: 9
Views: 35412

Re: Bees

A couple of years ago I was in Joshua tree n.p.,I spilled a small amount of water on a pad in my camper and it was on.I got swarmed like never before,a few then,then hundreds,then thousands,and I remembered an old bee keeper I knew told me to be still and not make aggresive movements,so I didnt,but ...