What’s the coolest thing you found in the back country

[RubiconJoey]

I've found the remnants of a couple meth "labs". Maybe not cool but, probably one of the more interesting finds.

 

[kpk]

I always think it's cool coming across these - but I really don't know what they were.
First 2 pictures are close to a road in Medicine Bow in WY. The last 2 pictures are from northern MN near the Canadian border.

 

[Rotnguns]

I’ve found some neat things over the years, but the coolest find was a cliff dwelling in Arizona. Picture is through my spotting scope, unfortunately I didn’t go check it out. I watched too many Indian Jones movies.

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Now that is an amazing find! I wonder if you're the only one that knows about it?

 

[mtg]

So unexpected cool views for sure. Also, found son cool, old school survey/geo markers/stakes

 

[maxk777]

I was a big fan of the creepy thread that’s been going around on here, but wanted to expand this discussion beyond weird/creepy/paranormal. So what’s the coolest thing you’ve found?

Unfortunately not an elk so far

 

[lyle_destroys]

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What elevation was this at?

 

[Fireman03]

What elevation was this at?

11k

 

[GoBirds]

I was a big fan of the creepy thread that’s been going around on here, but wanted to expand this discussion beyond weird/creepy/paranormal. So what’s the coolest thing you’ve found?

A pair of vortex bonos that were obviously there for a few years.. sent them in a for a brand new pair.

 

[magtech]

Found this in a rock ledge when i got cliffed out.

Apparently, the guys father died and he hid this in a spot so whoever found it would have had to work hard to get it.

Two shots of scotch and his fathers flask. I messeaged the guy a pic of what i found and put it back. Hopefully, it will be found again someday.

 

[danwolf]

Now that is an amazing find! I wonder if you're the only one that knows about it?

Don’t know. It was in some country I’d probably need a bit of rope to repel down, and how to get out of that hole, I don’t know.

 

[bigunit]

I thought this rock was pretty cool. Not sure why but I brought it home to put on my weird stuff shelf. Found it on the edge of a canola field while listening to bulls bugle in the background.

 

[Sitkaspruce]

Found this stuck in a tree when out for a hike with the dog.





Cheers

SS

 

[Tbrien21]

Found a single paw from a dead bear while out hiking yesterday. Have never seen anything like it before

 

[The Harbor Master]

Way way back in the day, in the mid sixties, there actually was sort of a "back country" in the hills of Castro Valley, California. While exploring as a ten-year old, I found a femur that was later identified as belonging to a camel. Turns out that there was a short-lived population of them stemming from a brief experiment by the US Cavalry; didn't work out and many were turned loose.

Funny enough, I grew up in Hayward/Castro Valley and when we'd see cows grazing hillsides off 580 my dad would jokingly say, "Look, camels!" I guess he was closer to being right than we thought.

 

[Mojave]

A friend of mine flew back for a month of R&R home leave and spent 3 weeks with some nurse he met while backpacking and her dog. He got emotional about her and she flew out here a few months later. Then she flew home creeped out by him.

He is a highly effeminate photographer creepy type guy. Doesn't bother me as someone I worked with but my wife said she could smell the sleaze on him a mile away.

He is a sweet talker, but they always run. I wonder what the back story is.

Big guy too, like 6'3. He PCS'd to Oklahoma and I have not seen him in 6 years.

 

[Mojave]

Found. a plains bison horn west of Casper in s school section.

Found fossils galore.