Starr Adventure Ranch
Florence, TX
“Sharing the ranch with friends and new friends is a blessing and a gift for our family”, says owner/operator Craig Hiles.

Email Contacts: Craig Hiles
$60 for your first visit, then $55 second and $50 there after

THE DAY STARTED OUT WONDERFUL AND COOL! AND EARLY! CHECK OUT HAL'S WATCH
AND YOU CAN SEE BEFORE WHERE I WAS WORKING WAS EVEN
CLEAN - I GOT A FEW GREAT INSITU PICTURES OF THIS BEAUTY ! THERE WAS ALL THE
RIGHT RECIPE OF ITEMS IN THE WALL: 8-22-2011
SNAIL - BONE - FLINT AND 2 WORKED POINTS ALL AT THE SAME TIME!

 HERE IS A OVERHEAD SHOT OF THE DIG AREA - THERE IS A NATURAL SPRING
RUNNING ALL DAY - EVERY DAY! NICE AND CLOSE TO THE DIG WHERE YOU
CAN JUST WALK OVER AND COOL OFF WITH A LITTLE SPLASH OF
COLD WATER ON YOUR FACE AND HANDS! WHICH IS A PLUS FOR ME
BEING A YANKEE AND WITH THIS TEXAS WEATHER KEEPING DIGGERS
AWAY FROM THE DIGGING AND ON THE COUCH! THIS IS A COOOLLL MIDDEN!

ETHAN AND KATY WATCHED OVER THE COOL WATER AND FROGS AND MINNOWS WHILE WE DUG
THEY ALSO SCOUTED AROUND A BIG AND RAN ACROSS SOME SMALL HOGS!

I THINK MY INSITU IN THE MORNING MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST FINDS OF THE LITTLE
BUNCH THAT WERE THERE TODAY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO START OFF !


HERE IS WHAT LOOKS TO BE A BROKEN BELL THAT ETHAN FOUND IN THE MORNING
THAT ETHAN ALREADY KNOWS HOW TO SWING A PIC! WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE ! HE IS GOING
TO HAVE A LARGER COLLECTION THAT HIS DAD BRENT WITHIN NO TIME!

HERE WAS A LITTLE FALSE ALARM! BUT BRENT - TOM - HAL - ETHAN AND KATY ALL CAME TO SEE!
THIS LITTLE TIP WAS JUST STICKING OUT OF THE WALL! I WAS AMAZED THAT I DIDN'T SNAP
IT RIGHT OFF! WE WERE ALL HOPING FOR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL!!

IT WAS BUSTED 8(

BRENT WAS WORKING HIS FINGERS (AND PICK!) TO THE BONE! THIS WAS THE FIRST DIG THAT
THEY HAVE HAD OUT HERE AS WELL SO WE ALL STUCK TOGETHER AND HAD A DAY OF IT!
BRENT I BELIEVE DID VERY WELL TODAY! CHECK OUT THE "HAND FULL" OF FINDS!

ONE OF THE POINTS THAT BRENT GOT WAS A VERY NICE LONG PERD! DIDN'T GET OUT THE TAPE MEASURE KNIFE
THAT HAL MADE, BUT LOOKS TO BE ABOUT 3 1/2 INCHES LONG ! VERY NICE ! CONGRATS BRENT!!

TIME TO COOL OFF AT THE SOURCE! I VISITED THIS AREA ABOUT 20 TIMES TODAY!
NOTHING LIKE SOME COOOLD WATER RIGHT OUT OF THE SPRING TO GET YOU
BACK IN THE DIGGING MOOD! I KEPT A COOL TOWEL ON MY NECK ALL DAY! BEAT THE HEAT!

HAL DUG IN THE SHADE ALL DAY ! HE SAID THERE AS SO MUCH FLINT THERE HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ACT!
THERE IS JUST SOOOO MANY FLAKED AND FLINT IN HERE AND SNAILS.. IT REALLY MADE IT A JOY TO DIG!
THERE IS FLINT IN EVERY SCRATCH IN THE WALLS! MUST HAVE BEEN ALOT OF INDIANS RUNNING
AROUND THIS AREA ! AND WITH THE SPRING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS .. NO WONDER THEY CAMPED HERE!

HERE IS A INSITU OF A POINT HAL FOUND - A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT IT WAS A NICE CRUDE FAT KNIFE.

WATCH OUT MINNOWS! THE MINORS ARE WATCHING YOU! ETHAN & KATY STAYING COOL

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF SOME OF THE DIGS - ALOT OF THE THROW DIRT IS PUSHED
OUT OF THE WAY OF YOUR DIGGING. THERE IS ALOT OF EDGE EXPOSED AND LOOKS
PRETTY GOOD! I SCRATCHED AROUND THE EDGE A BIT AND GOT A GREAT MANO!

CRAIG CAME AROUND TO SEE HOW WE WERE DOING AND WAS NICE ENOUGH TO TAKE ME FOR A
TOUR AROUND THE PROPERTY. FLINT EVERYWHERE !!!!! AND BEAUTIFUL VIEWS TOO!

TOM WORKED SO HARD TODAY IN HIM WHITE SHIRT! WELL, WAS A WHITE SHIRT! THIS MAN IS A TRUE DIGGER!
DUG IN THE DIRECT SUN ALL DAY AND OTHER THAN KEEPING A EYE ON KATY TO MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T RUNNING OFF
THIS TOM IS ALL BUSINESS! HE WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO COME HOME WITH SOME FLINT!
THE BOSS ENDED UP WITH A FEW - A WICKED WHITE BEAUTY AT THE END OF THE DIG AND A FEW OTHER PIECES.
HE FOUND A DRILL THAT IS ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG ALSO


HERE IS MORE OF MY HAUL FOR THE DAY - WHEN EARLY AFTERNOON CAME AROUND
I DID SOME LOOKING AROUND AND SOME COOLING OFF THE REST OF THE TIME

HERE IS THE AREA WE ALL DUG IN TODAY - LOOK AT ALL THAT MIDDEN ROCK FOLKS
MAKE THE TRIP - ITS WORTH IT - ABOUT A HOUR FROM AUSTIN - ITS  A NICE COUNTRY DRIVE!



YANKEE THAT I AM - OFCOURSE I HAD TO HAVE SOME SHADE! IF YOU GOT ONE BRING IT! KEPT ME
COOL ALL THE MORNING ! AND A COOL RAG KEPT ME COMFY TOO!

KATY HELPED WITH A FLINT BACK DRIP FOR THE PICTURES -
katy dig her fingers to the bone in the morning so the took the afternoon off and had
a great time playing in the mud and catchin minnows in the water!

WHERE IS WALDO ! CAN YOU SEE WHAT HAL DID?? GOTTA WATCH ALL THESE ROCKS OUT HERE AS WELL!
YOU SURE DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON ANY ENSIZED ROCKS! THIS ONE IS A KILLER!
SO BE CAREFUL BEFORE YOU JUST CHUNK THOSE ROCKS OUT OF THE WAY OUT YOU MIGHT JUST
LOOSE A OPPORTUNITY TO OWN ONE OF THESE FOR YOURSELF!

HERE IS HALS HAUL FOR THE DAY

WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME AND WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK CRAIG FOR THE DIG SITE
AND OFFERING IT OPEN FOR US DIGGERS TO ALL COME OUT AND ENJOY.

MAKE IT OUT TO
Starr Adventure Ranch IN FLORANCE, TEXAS FOR A DAY OF DIGGING!
Email Contact: Craig Hiles

HERE IS A PRESS RELEASE FOR THE PROPERTY
A New Adventure Ranch Opened To The Public On August 6, 2011

THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE !
 Fishing - Hiking - Arrowhead digs - Scuba Diving - Camping - Hunting -Photography