i just got permission to hunt land purported to have a revolutionary war cannon stuffed with gold and jewels buried by hessien soldiers supposedly in dalton mass.this property was being cleared in the early seventys while cutting down a tree two colonial era rosary beads were found inside a hollow part of the tree this story made headlines in the seventys after talking to the man about his find he tells me the government gave him 500 dollars for each test hole he would allow them to dig on his property.they dug ten holes. then just the other day he tells me that many people have come to him asking to search his land for the missing cannon.the g men said they were looking for gas deposits.the holes are still visable.i cant wait till snow is gone. any info on this story would be great . anybody in this area that has good detectors and wants to help this spring let me know.its at least ten acres.kiddrock33
When the Hessian troops marched from Saratoga to Boston, to take ship
after Burgoyne's surrender, they were in wretched condition-war-worn,
ragged, and ill fed,--and having much with them in the form of plate and
jewels that had been spared by their conquerors, together with some of
the money sent from England for their hire, they were in constant fear of
attack from the farmers, who, though they had been beaten, continued to
regard them with an unfavorable eye. On reaching Dalton, Massachusetts,
the Hessians agreed among themselves to put their valuables into a
howitzer, which they buried in the woods, intending that some of their
number should come back at the close of the war and recover it. An Indian
had silently followed them for a long distance, to gather up any
unconsidered trifles that might be left in their bivouacs, and he marked
the route by blazes on the trees; but if he saw the burial of this novel
treasury it meant nothing to him, and the knowledge of hiding-place
was lost. For years the populace kept watch of all strangers that came to
town, and shadowed them if they went to the woods, but without result. In
about the year 1800 the supposed hiding-place was examined closely and
excavations were made, but, as before, nothing rewarded the search.
I go a great distance,while some are considering whether they will start today or tomorrow
Wow awesome traesue story! Good luck on it I should start looking into caches and stuff around here in Ma...unfortunatelly i cant really ravel anywhere to look for them though
Thanks kiddrock! I live in westminster, its in worcester county. I also have a house in west yarmouth on the cape, love the area. I doubt the cave was owned by someone related to me, there are many phelps' families around here, 4 in my own school and none are related!
Interesting. Lets see what it looks like lightened up. I don't know if you can see it but there are 3 orbs in this photo. Two more are on the right hand side. They aren't as pronounced as the one on the left but you can see them if you look close.
DOWN WITH AMERICAN DIGGERS, SAY NO TO SPIKE TV! THEY MAKE ALL OF US LOOK BAD!
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kidd, you are ornery. Don't make me beg. What EXACTLY wasn that hole? You had to have seen something down there that you can tell us about.
How is your hunt going over at the other place, for the artifacts?
i ill let you all know now that i was threatened with federal prison time and 5000.00 a day in fines if i tried to recover these objects without the permits.
Since I am new to this, what kinds of permits do you need if this sits on/under private land?
Also any updates? I know this time of year its getting cold but this is amazing!
Would it be possible to repost the images in your last few posts that you have
posted here today with higher resolution images? The images you've posted here
today are a bit hard to make out the detail with a resolution of about 5 KB each.
It would be great if you could repost them at up to 256 KB resolution for each
image if possible (for 5 images in a post about 50 KB per image as there is a
limit of 256 KB per post).
Also, if you have more images on video would it be possible to play the video
on your TV and take a picture of them with a digital camera and post them here?
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I should start looking into caches and stuff around here in Ma...unfortunatelly i cant really ravel anywhere to look for them though 
I see the "ghost" but where are the cannons?
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