Dimeman
Bronze Member
Old time TH'ers- Houston/Galveston Area
Some of you long time treasure hunters might remember VanFossen who had a detecting shop on OST. He was one of the friendliest detectorists who didn't mind helping newer hunters out. His shop had just a fraction of items he had found over the years, and he had a good selection of books, magazines, supplies and different detectors for sale.
In the early 1980's one of the first few times I was in his shop ,I had asked if he had ever found any real good finds. He just smiled, winked and said that, his shop was his hobby.
There was another treasure hunter who had a shop in Manvel, Richard Ray. He had articles written in Treasure, Treasure Found and Treasure Lost magazines. He had made a few trips to Costa Rica to try and find some pirate treasure. He also hunted around Galveston Bay and the Gulf.
In the 80's, he made his own detectors. In the late 80's he advertised that his home made detectors were so sensitive he could put a $5 bill, a $10 bill, and a $20 bill, each in separate envelopes that you could not see the bill and that he could tell you what denomination the bill was just by the sound of his detector. I remember he stated if he could not tell you the correct $ bill, he would give that $ dollar bill to you. He had an ad in one of the above magazines saying this.
If anyone has one of the Treasure magazines ( late 1980's-- possibly early 1990's) with this ad about the bills, could you please post a scan of the ad, on this thread.
Thanks!!!!
Some of you long time treasure hunters might remember VanFossen who had a detecting shop on OST. He was one of the friendliest detectorists who didn't mind helping newer hunters out. His shop had just a fraction of items he had found over the years, and he had a good selection of books, magazines, supplies and different detectors for sale.
In the early 1980's one of the first few times I was in his shop ,I had asked if he had ever found any real good finds. He just smiled, winked and said that, his shop was his hobby.
There was another treasure hunter who had a shop in Manvel, Richard Ray. He had articles written in Treasure, Treasure Found and Treasure Lost magazines. He had made a few trips to Costa Rica to try and find some pirate treasure. He also hunted around Galveston Bay and the Gulf.
In the 80's, he made his own detectors. In the late 80's he advertised that his home made detectors were so sensitive he could put a $5 bill, a $10 bill, and a $20 bill, each in separate envelopes that you could not see the bill and that he could tell you what denomination the bill was just by the sound of his detector. I remember he stated if he could not tell you the correct $ bill, he would give that $ dollar bill to you. He had an ad in one of the above magazines saying this.
If anyone has one of the Treasure magazines ( late 1980's-- possibly early 1990's) with this ad about the bills, could you please post a scan of the ad, on this thread.
Thanks!!!!
