Idaho Treasure Hunters

Yes, we have a winner in May’s drawing. We are starting again for the month of June, so be sure to enter!

The winner for May 2009 is:

Greg Beam of East Hartford, Connecticut. Greg will be contacted later today for his book choices.

He entered the drawing 30 times and is the perfect example of why you should enter daily if you want to increase your chances of winning! There were only 54 total entries for May, and over half of those daily entries were from Greg.

While typing this post this morning the first entry for June arrived. Keep them coming and good luck! Click on “enter drawing here” on the right side of this blog to enter.

I am working on a contest idea for subscribers only but will post more on that later. Thanks for stopping by.

There is still time to enter the drawing to win two of over 60 ebooks in the May drawing. To enter click on the link on the right hand side of this blog. The drawing will be held tomorrow morning, June 1, and the winner will be announced on the blog and with an email asking for their book choices.

Everyone can enter for June as well as the winner of the drawing in May, so keep trying!

Just a quick little note for those who haven't noticed, I have started to collect and post lost treasure stories from other states at a sister site. You can also click on the U.S. Map that is on the right side of this blog as well. I am adding new stories and new states as fast as I can, and hope that by the end of the summer several hundred stories will be available. If the state you are interested in reading about isn't available yet please check back. If anyone has a lost treasure story they would like to share, write me at Idaho Treasure Hunters.

There is still time to enter this month's drawing. A handful have entered every day, which will greatly increase their chances to win, but several have only entered once. To see the list of books available click on the link to the right of this blog and enter!

I had been searching Lakeview Park in Nampa, Idaho for several hours with limited success when I decided to try the vacant house that I owned across the street from the park. I found this hunk of lead about six inches down with my White's DFX metal detector in the backyard of the house that was built in 1947. This house had been built by Ernie Star, one-time mayor of Nampa. Stamped on the top of the piece is "BUNKER HILL PAT'D" in capital letters. It weighs almost 7 pounds. It is approximately 1.5" tall, 2" across at the top, and 2.75" at the base. It also has a hole .5" in diameter going all the way through the center of it. Obviously not a valuable find, (what does lead go for nowadays?) but an interesting one. You can click on the picture to enlarge it. If anyone can offer some information regarding this find it would be appreciated. Just leave a comment.

I have just added three new ebooks to the list of prizes in the monthly drawing which brings the total to 62 ebooks to choose from:

Atlas Of Colorado Ghost Towns
Coinshooting – How And Where To Do It
Relic Hunting Volume I

There is still plenty of time to enter. Make sure you enter daily to increase your chances of winning. If you don’t win this month, no sweat. You can enter again next month! To enter click here.