Five Incredible Metal Detector Finds

mom&dad

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In 1946, the postal inspectors used a mine detector borrowed from the U.S. Army found $153,150 buried in the deceased postal employee’s backyard, he has stolen the money years before. The money was hidden in jars and cans inside the stovepipe, and it was buried about nine feet deep.


In 1966, it reported that a group of treasure hunters using metal detectors rediscovered the lost San Saba gold mine in Texas. But the treasure hunting was abandoned by the Spaniards in 1758, because the relevant zones were seriously overrun by Comanche Indians.

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In 1966, in Detroit, a group of people unearthed a Model T Ford, it is said that a man buried it in his backyard back in 1926, in order to preserve it for posterity.


In 1976, James Garigues, one metal-detecting enthusiast, found alive.75 millimeter tank shell in Alabama, which officials believed may have been a World War II souvenir. Now the shell has been successfully removed by a military demolition crew.


In 2008, Mike DeMar found a gold chalice with his metal detector when he was driving off Key West, and it's probably very likely come from a Spanish treasure ship which sank in 1622.
 

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can

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Nice finds
 

kcm

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Very interesting! Thanks for posting!! :thumbsup:
 

Captain Caveman

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Cool stuff and nice read. Thanks! I'm just wondering who would have dug such a loud and large hit as a car would make, and then keep digging and digging and digging.....
 

Tom_in_CA

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Love the citation of the 1946 find. Those WWII mine detectors were notorious performers. Could not find coin sized stuff. Only jar or hubcap sized type stuff. Hence about the efficiency of a 2-box detector (despite being the standard rod & loop setup).

And I question the "9 ft. deep" ! That's a feat for even a top-notch 2-box of today ! So that must have been a BIG stove-pipe hiding container.
 

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