The following resources are available to CCTHA Members:
Coin Books
- World Coin Catalog 1982-1983
10,000 coins with detailed descriptions with 3,000 photos, and 1,400 pages.- A Guide Book of United States Coins Edition 2004 and 1989
The RED BOOK from 1616 to 1989, fully illustrated coins, tokens, gold, silver, commemoratives, and state issues etc.- 1996 Official A.N.A. (American Numismatic Association)
Grading standards for U.S. coins for striking, coloration, cleaning, mistreatment, etc...- 1999 American Guide to U.S. Coins
Early American coins, Civil War tokens. Commemoratives, gold and silver coins, proof set etc...- 1999 Standard Catalog of World Coins 26th Ed.
Complete listings by date and mint since 1901 with over 45,000 actual size coin photos.- 2001 American Guide to U.S. Coins
Information on early American coins, Civil War Tokens, Commemoratives, Gold/Silver coins, Proof Sets, mint errors, buying and selling, etc...- US Coins - A Guide Book 2004
Booklets
- Eagle II
Operators manual, dealer training guide, and Jimmy Sierra's prospecting with the Eagle II. - Prospecting for Gold with the Eagle II HS and SL
- Quantum XT and Quantum II
- Spectrum XL T Engineering Report
- Surfmaster PI and Surfmaster II
- Understanding the Goldmaster V/Sat
- Understanding the Pro Series
- Whites Classic
- Whites Guide to Accessories
- Whites "How Metal Detectors Work"
Collectables
- Bottle Pricing Guide 1988 300 Edition
Pictures and prices. - Collectable Machine Made Marbles
The 1989 price and Identification guide. - Everett Grist's Marbles
Collections and value of machine made and contemporary marbles. - Kovels Bottles Price List
10,000 up to date prices and 400 photos. - Official Guide to Beer Cans and Collectables
Pictures, descriptions and prices. - Price Guide to Coca-Cola Collectables
Descriptions, photos, and prices. - The Standard Old Bottle Price Guide
Descriptions, pictures, and 1989 price guide. - The Where to Sell It Directory
Lists dealers and collectors who will buy almost anything. - Official 1985 Price Guide to Bottles Old and New
- Descriptions and pictures.
- The Complete Book of US Coin Collecting
- Major Varity and Oddity in US Coins
Ghost Towns
- A Guide to Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the Yuma and Lower Colorado
Region
Maps and Descriptions - California-Nevada Ghost Town Atlas
Maps and descriptions - Death Valley Ghost Towns Vol. I
Maps, pictures, History and descriptions. - Death Valley Ghost Towns Vol. II
Maps, pictures, history, and descriptions. - Eastern California THR's Ghost Town Guide
Alpine, Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, with 1881 folding map. - Ghost Towns of California
Map, listings, history, and descriptions. - Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California
Pictures, maps, and histories. - Ghost Town Album (No.2 of Western Series) Florin
Pictures, history, and town listings. - Western Ghost Town Shadows (No.4) Lambert Florin
Very good pictures and written descriptions. - Ghost Town Treasures (No.5) Lambert Florin
Towns, history, pictures, etc... - Guide to Western Ghost Towns Lambert Florin
Alaska to Texas, with maps, listings, and descriptions. - Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Maps, pictures, history, directions, etc... - Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps Atlas Vol. I
Maps, pictures, descriptions of ghost towns, mines, gold sites, historic places, etc... - Nevada Ghost towns and Mining Camps Atlas Vol. II
Same materials as listed above. - Nevada THR'S Ghost Town Guide
Folding 1881 map of Nevada with a glossary of 800 place names and 1887 in book map. - Northwestern Arizona Ghost Towns
Many great pictures and lists 25 Ghost towns with directions to get there. Also gives desert travel precautions. - Nevada Treasure Hunters Ghost Town Guide
- A Treasure Guide Including 101 Treasure Sites
- A Guide to Treasure in Texas
- The International Treasure Hunter, Vol. 1 & 2
- Shipwrecks Near Wabasso Beach - Florida Wrecks
- The Search for Treasure Vol. 4
- The Sport Divers Guide to Sunken Treasure
- Director of Buried/Sunken/Lost Treasure
- El Dorado Colombian Gold
- A Guide to Treasure in New Mexico
- A Guide to Treasure in Utah
- A Guide to Lost Treasure in United States and Canada
- The California Mission, a Complete Guide
- Treasure Under Your Feet, Metal Detecting
- Back Roads of California
History
- Adventures of the Misfits
Campfire stories. - Ballarat
Facts, folklore, pictures and maps. - Early Yuma
A history of life and places on the river. - Historic Land of the Rio Bravo
History of the Kern River Valley and places. - Imperial Valley Historic Markers
Maps and stories behind the markers. - Legends of the California Banditos
About the Bad Boys of California. - Niland, Gateway to the Valley
Histories, pictures, and stories. - Parade along the Creek
San Luis Obispo 1920 thru 1960, with pictures Maps, and stories of the area. - Peter Aguereberry, Death Valley Prospector and Miner
The biography of a gold miner. - San Luis Obispo Discoveries
Old maps, photos, and information on the city. - Santa Barbara County
History of Santa Barbara County. - The Earth Is Our Mother
A Guide to Indians of California, Their Locals, and Historic Sites Maps, pictures, and history - The Story of Borax
Modern history booklet on Borax, California. - The Valley Imperial
Pictures, stories, and history of the area. - Up and Down California
Traveler's journal of California and places from the mid 1800's. - The Sterling Legend Lost Dutchman Mine
Maps
- Death Valley Jeep Trails
List of 16 trails, directions, some pictures, and of course a map. - Back Roads of California
Lists 65 back road trips with maps and directions to out of the way places in California, with a little history of each area.
Mining
- How and Where To Prospect for Gold
Maps, tools, directions, descriptions, etc... - Mines of the High Desert
History, pictures, and maps of the mines. - Mines of Death Valley
Histories, maps and descriptions from 1849 thru WWII. - 200 Trails to Gold
A guide to old mines and hidden lodes throughout the west. - The Rough and the Righteous
Gold mining the Kern River. - Where to Find Gold in California
Maps and directions.
Miscellaneous
- Forts of the West
Forts, presidios, and posts west of the Mississippi until 1898. - Rails across the Ranchos
Southern Pacific Costal Line, with maps, pictures, and histories. - The Land That Time Forgot
- George Patton's desert training camps.
- Frommers' Dollar wise Guide to Cal/Las Vegas
Products
- Jimmy Sierra Products
Tokens
- Nevada Trade Tokens
Gives text description, token material, rarity scale, and guestimated value. - California Tokens by Charles Kappen 1976
Treasures
- Hidden Treasures
Tells how to look for and find a treasure in all possible forms. Has a description of lost treasures to watch for from Faberg'e Eggs to Religious treasures. - Nevada "Lost Mines and Buried Treasure"
Lost treasure legends retold as faithfully as possible, with Pictures and maps.
Videos
- Quest for Treasure "The Goat Doctor's Silver"
Narrated by Clint Walker - Secrets of the U.S. Mint
- C.C.T.HA. Treasure Hunt July 1995
- Diving for Pirate Treasure
- Goldmaster GMT Instruction video
- Hunt at Ivanpah
- In Search of the Lost Dutchman Mine
- Collection:
Lost Dutchman
Kokoweef Peak
Polynesian Treasure
Quest for the Atocha
Cahuenga Pass - Pismo Bill and Frank Yuma Arizona
- Rendezvous VII West Coast Prospectors and THR's Association 4/70
- Spectrum DFX Instruction video
- Spectrum Instructions:
Eagle SL 90
Goldmaster
Quest for Treasure - Big Park Trails of Life Vol. 1 and 2
- Collection:
Treasure of Maravillas
Manilla Galleon
Treasure Wrecks Bermuda
Treasure that is England
Quest for Treasure
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