Gary in Pennsylvania
Sr. Member
OK. In light of some recent permission & "Would you tell" threads......
I thought of a scenario. A big what if.....but interesting nonetheless.
So - Let's say that you got written permission to hunt an 1800's era home/property. Mrs. Dibble was oh so kind in signing your permission release form to keep whatever you find....and she even gave you cookies.
So you commence your hunt.
The Dibble's 10 acres wasn't always one chunk. Back in the 1880's to early 1890's.....the south west portion of the property at one time was a railroad throughfare with a station and even a small tavern/ hotel. The hotel/tavern burned down in 1908 and the rail line abandoned in the 1930's with the station demolished. If not for word of mouth and some old maps......you'd never even know about it.
So - cut to the chase. There is a great, distinguished, and very old oak tree right where the station/hotel would have been. You get a good, loud & deep signal right next to that tree.
You start to revover the item.
It is the obvious remnants of a wooden box. There is no integrity to the box. You removed the damp, decayed wood and find a thick animal hide with a satchel wrapped within.
It is 100 $20 gold pieces with a wax sealed glass bottle.
With the wax plug carefully removed, you remove the handwritten note that basically said that this treasure was a legit inheritance and was buried with the intent to be retrieved at a later date......but the author acknowledged that circumstances may prevent him from getting to recover it.
.....so......he closed the letter saying that he wills the treasure to whomever find it. And the letter was actually certified by a Notary Public whose number and existance were verified through records. The letter writer's name and existence are also verified, through records, as legitimate. It is all genuine.
In the meantime, Mr. Dibble find out that the missus permitted MD'ing and he gets upset. He claims that the house and property are solely in his name and he is the only one who can speak for who can or can not MD the property. He claims that Mrs. Dibble should never have granted permission and he wants whatever items you recovered from the ground.
So........REMOVE YOUR ETHICS AND MORALS HAT!
How do you think this would play out?
I think that even though all land home was in Mr. Dibble's name, his spouse would have power to permit you to MD. With that permission secured, I wonder how well the notarized "Will to he who discovers this...." will stand up.
You be the judge.
What are YOUR thoughts?
I thought of a scenario. A big what if.....but interesting nonetheless.
So - Let's say that you got written permission to hunt an 1800's era home/property. Mrs. Dibble was oh so kind in signing your permission release form to keep whatever you find....and she even gave you cookies.
So you commence your hunt.
The Dibble's 10 acres wasn't always one chunk. Back in the 1880's to early 1890's.....the south west portion of the property at one time was a railroad throughfare with a station and even a small tavern/ hotel. The hotel/tavern burned down in 1908 and the rail line abandoned in the 1930's with the station demolished. If not for word of mouth and some old maps......you'd never even know about it.
So - cut to the chase. There is a great, distinguished, and very old oak tree right where the station/hotel would have been. You get a good, loud & deep signal right next to that tree.
You start to revover the item.
It is the obvious remnants of a wooden box. There is no integrity to the box. You removed the damp, decayed wood and find a thick animal hide with a satchel wrapped within.
It is 100 $20 gold pieces with a wax sealed glass bottle.
With the wax plug carefully removed, you remove the handwritten note that basically said that this treasure was a legit inheritance and was buried with the intent to be retrieved at a later date......but the author acknowledged that circumstances may prevent him from getting to recover it.
.....so......he closed the letter saying that he wills the treasure to whomever find it. And the letter was actually certified by a Notary Public whose number and existance were verified through records. The letter writer's name and existence are also verified, through records, as legitimate. It is all genuine.
In the meantime, Mr. Dibble find out that the missus permitted MD'ing and he gets upset. He claims that the house and property are solely in his name and he is the only one who can speak for who can or can not MD the property. He claims that Mrs. Dibble should never have granted permission and he wants whatever items you recovered from the ground.
So........REMOVE YOUR ETHICS AND MORALS HAT!
How do you think this would play out?
I think that even though all land home was in Mr. Dibble's name, his spouse would have power to permit you to MD. With that permission secured, I wonder how well the notarized "Will to he who discovers this...." will stand up.
You be the judge.
What are YOUR thoughts?
I hate peanut butter cookies.
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