ben purnell and the house of david

lilpixie

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Hi I just wanted to post this story I heard about this man named ben purnell who toook over the house of david and didnt allow his followers to own anything he kept everything and I read that there is a legend of treasure posssibly 1 million.Just curious if anyone else had heard this or went searching?May be something for you southwestern ganders to look into.Good Luck and Happy Hunting
 

Jim C.

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Where abouts in Michigan did this take place? Jim
 

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lilpixie

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It was on the southwestern side of mi if you type ben purnell and the house of daivd it will come up when you search
 

Planet1mars

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LoL i called these people there still in existence, they laughed at me when i ask for permission but wanted me to vist and join,maybe that how i can search but here is the tale its said to be worth over 10 million and years ago king ben said to have burried it to one of his wifes. she said she seen pales of gold and silver bales of cash. he hid hit before going to jail on satutory rape 3 counts. i have pics of the house its huge and have a picture of him looks like a metalica fan from the 80s. call em and ask tell them you give them a %. its in berrian county Has to be outside the house though, if he didnt want anyone to have it he had lots of people in his house living there
 

SgtSki in MI

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The House of David also owned property up north on Beaver Island and it's said that Ben Purnell hid the loot up there. They also operated an amusement park in Benton Harbor for a long time. I don't know where it was though.

Beaver Island has a history of stuff like this though. Practically every treasure hunter in Michigan knows about King Jesse James Strang who had a Mormon colony there in the mid-1800s. Legend has it that that bunch hid gold on Beaver Island too.

Of course Beaver Island is off-limits to metal detecting, or so I heard......figures.

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SgtSki
 

fatsmahoney

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I went to a flea market a few years ago and a guy there had all kinds of items from this house of david Id never heard of it until then he had buttons postcards pamphlets and even a hat of some sort looked like a shrine circus type hat and alot of pictures
 

Sheldon J

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Went there as a kid, they had an amusement park with a live steam engine you could ride on... over in the St Joseph Benton Harbor area area if I remember corectly....
 

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