Tuberale
Gold Member
It is likely that some caches have been found. Not everyone wants to admit they personally were responsible for that (for obvious reasons). If you know of your own knowledge that a cache has been found, please let us know. Similarly, if you know a possible treasure story needs to be debunked, let us know as well.
Here's 2:
1) Nearly certain a 4,000 lb. meteorite from the Willamette Valley, Oregon was fictional. Found a stone which came close to the coordinates and closely matched pictures of same, but turned out to be "basaltic andesite", according to spectroscopic analysis. The person who claimed to have witnessed the fall later died in the Oregon Insane Asylum in Salem.
2) A well-known cache from Union County said to contain $20,000 face value in $20 gold coins likely was found already. A container from the cache was located on the property, as well as descriptive rock pointers and other iron objects named in the cache. Only thing not found was a slimly reported multi-quart stoneware jug, supposedly containing some gold and silver coins. No indication of this was found on the property, but that could have accounted for the $1,100 in small gold and silver coins found near the homesite after it was torn apart by treasure seekers after the principal died in 1917.
I do not propose to provide the names of either of these caches/treasures. But if you have done any serious treasure research in Oregon, you probably already know of them.
Here's 2:
1) Nearly certain a 4,000 lb. meteorite from the Willamette Valley, Oregon was fictional. Found a stone which came close to the coordinates and closely matched pictures of same, but turned out to be "basaltic andesite", according to spectroscopic analysis. The person who claimed to have witnessed the fall later died in the Oregon Insane Asylum in Salem.
2) A well-known cache from Union County said to contain $20,000 face value in $20 gold coins likely was found already. A container from the cache was located on the property, as well as descriptive rock pointers and other iron objects named in the cache. Only thing not found was a slimly reported multi-quart stoneware jug, supposedly containing some gold and silver coins. No indication of this was found on the property, but that could have accounted for the $1,100 in small gold and silver coins found near the homesite after it was torn apart by treasure seekers after the principal died in 1917.
I do not propose to provide the names of either of these caches/treasures. But if you have done any serious treasure research in Oregon, you probably already know of them.
I fink the person you are referring to got 'excused'.
