82 Pound Gold Bar Cache Found

[gollum]

Yes, I know this is from the mid-1980s. I had read the article back then not knowing I would eventually get to know the author.

I think this story needs retelling because it is one of the very few I believe actually happened.

Enjoy:

http://1oro1.com/jesuits/rqfind.html

Best-Mike

 

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[bigscoop]

And that is what it's all about, the exploration and the adventure. Exercising the body and mind in something that you thoroughly enjoy.

 

[tapoutking]

Stories like this give me goose bumps.

 

[gollum]

TOK,

See, not only is it a story about someone that actually found some loot, it is also a warning to people who think that they can just go out and find a buttload of gold.

My friend got out of the military in 1956. He spent some of the money he had saved on a new Willys Jeep (he still drives that same Jeep to this day). Him, his brother, and two partners spent thirty years looking for treasure. His net was about $125,000 for thirty years of searching. If it were just about the money, it would be considered a very poor return on investment of time and money. LOL

Mike

 

[tapoutking]

Did they ever say where this was?

 

[gollum]

My friend has told a couple of people, but not many.

Mike

 

[hombre_de_plata_flaco]

Wow. That would be nearly 1.8 million $$$ today.

 

[tapoutking]

Stories like that keep me hunting.

 

[TheRandyMan]

Beautiful in its simplicity...the markings and the thinking of the treasure hider and the treasure finders.

Got to love it.

 

[Tanneyhill]

Yes, I know this is from the mid-1980s. I had read the article back then not knowing I would eventually get to know the author.

I think this story needs retelling because it is one of the very few I believe actually happened.

Enjoy:

http://1oro1.com/jesuits/rqfind.html

Best-Mike

Mike you have a name for the cache in that link I can read up on? The link is now dead. Appreciate it. Ty.

 

[sdcfia]

Here's a post that summarizes the gist of the story. There are a number of threads that discuss the topic. The finder's name was Ron Quinn.
https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/treasure-trove-site-found-from-1984.638700/page-2#post-6648274

 

[Dirt1955]

2 sources for those who want to read more about Quinn's find. "Treasure" magazine story and Ron's book titled "Searching for Arizona's Buried Treasures".