Frank Fritz, the late star of the History Channel’s popular reality series “American Pickers,” roamed Massachusetts several times in search of rare artifacts and hidden national treasures.

Fritz’s death at the age of 60 was announced by his longtime co-host Mike Wolfe in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

Wolfe wrote that he had known Fritz “more than half of my life” and that the two had “taken countless trips and spent so many miles together” before the debut of “American Pickers” in 2010.

“Before the show, we set off together to places we never knew existed, with no destination in mind and only with a shared passion to discover something interesting and historical,” Wolfe wrote of Fritz. “Who would have ever thought that we would be sharing the cockpit of a white van in front of millions of people interested in our adventures.”

Fritz’s historical curiosity and sense of adventure took him to Massachusetts several times during the decade he appeared on American Pickers.

Below is a list of times Fritz came to the Bay State to discover hidden gems.

“The Mega-Pick” (Season 11, Episode 6)

In this episode, a Massachusetts couple, identified only as Charles and Nancy, collect European cars. The pickers made their way to their camp, which contained dozens of rare and eccentric rides. In the end, the collectors were unable to close a deal to purchase a 1961 Messerschmitt after the owner rejected an offer of $35,000 – and countered with $60,000.

“Legend Of The Lost Indian” (Season 11, Episode 9)

In 2014, the pickers visited Springfield, the birthplace of Indian Motorcycles. Indian Motocycles, then without an “r,” has a history in Springfield that dates back to 1901. At that time, George M. Hendee and Carl Oscar Hedstrom founded the Indian Manufacturing Company.

The Springfield factory continued to produce Indians until it collapsed in 1953 under the weight of foreign competition and a changing market. The pickers had to dig in the backyard of a home in Springfield’s Mason Square neighborhood, just a few blocks from where Indian Motocycles were once manufactured. Wolfe posted a photo of the unearthed bike on Facebook, saying the crew “literally dug out of the ground.”

“Let It Go” (Season 13, Episode 5)

Fritz and Wolfe met with Jay Herbert, co-owner of the now-defunct Paper City Brewery in Holyoke, to discuss the sale of several vintage Indian motorcycles.

The episode, which aired on February 11, 2015, showed the pickers visiting the brewery’s mill building overlooking the canals, where they purchased five of his antique motorcycles for $62,000.

“Roll Like a Rock Star” (Season 19, Episode 13)

In an episode that aired on July 30, 2018, the American Pickers found a piece of rock ‘n’ roll history in western Massachusetts. The pickers were tipped off that the original tour bus for the legendary rock group Aerosmith was on a property in Chesterfield.

Apparently the van was on the property when the current owner, identified only as Phil, purchased the land a few years ago. The pickers arrived in Chesterfield and purchased the van for $25,000 at the end of the show.

Another episode titled “Wicked Pickah’s” on IMDb states that Fritz and Wolfe “roamed New England in search of treasure from Maine to Massachusetts.” According to the website, the episode aired on September 4, 2017.

Fritz appeared in more than 300 episodes of “American Pickers.” The Iowa native had fewer appearances after suffering a stroke in 2022. According to TVLine, Fritz’s final episode of American Pickers aired in March 2020.

However, Wolfe returned to Massachusetts for another episode of “American Pickers” that aired in 2021, titled “Burgers and Ballrooms.” In the episode, Wolfe finds “the world’s most famous hamburger icon in a Massachusetts chicken coop,” according to IMDb.