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Beehive State

GEMS

Large specimen-grade, apple-green grossularite garnets have been found in western Beaver County. Two locations southeast of Mexican Hat, San Juan County produce pyrope garnets similar to the bright red pyropes from Arizona and New Mexico.

Deposits in the Wah Wah Mountains and the Thomas Range Mountains are the only known deposits in the world to produce fine-quality, bright red facet-grade beryl. Deposits in the State also produce facet-grade fluorite, scheelite, and sphalerites.

Colorado and Utah also have deposits of fine quality jasper, agate, petrified wood, and agatized dinosaur bone. These deposits are found over a large area of both States and on both sides of the continental divide in Colorado.

RELICS, COINS, & JEWELRY

Utah has a rich history of early settlements - the perfect spot for an energetic relic hunter!  Here's a few ideas to get you started:

  • Schools and College Campuses
  • Parks / Playgrounds / Picnic Areas
  • Foundations, Wells, and Cellar Holes of Old Churches or Houses
  • Downtown Construction Sites
  • Swimming Holes, Beaches, and Natural Springs
  • Camp Grounds, Boy Scout Camps, WPA Camps, and Mining Camps
  • Sports Facilities
  • Ghost Towns
  • Rodeo Arenas, Riding Stables, and Race Tracks
  • Old Fair and Carnival Locations
  • Old Town Dumpsites

LOST TREASURE

As in other areas of the US, there are several tales of lost treasure in Utah concerning caches buried for safety.  In many of these stories, people either died or forgot where they buried the stash.  Contributing factors include:  

    1.  Federal laws making possession of gold illegal in the early 1900s

    2.  Distrust of banks during the Great Depression. 

  • The Mountain Meadow Massacre treasure is said to be hidden about 30 miles south of Cedar City, Iron County. This dreadful encounter has been written about by Mark Twain and others, and it seems unlikely that any treasure was actually left behind by the perpetrators of this sad event, a very dark chapter in the history of Utah.
  • The "Wild Bunch treasure," about $28,000, was secreted at a cabin near Brown's Hole, San Juan County.
  • Train robbers' loot hidden near Bear River City, about four miles north of Corinne, Box Elder County; has never been found. Ditto for the take from the Corinne stagecoach robbery believed to be concealed near Corinne.

These excerpts are a sampling from American Coin Treasures and Hoards

References to Find More Treasure in Utah

Utah Metal Detecting Leads

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