PatrickD
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- Jul 23, 2012
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Hi Everyone,
Can anyone substantiate this information or provide some advice on further research?
A close friend of the family is 80+ and dying. He shared a lot of his treasure hunting research materials with me. A very disorganized collection of papers, magazine articles, notes, 3x5 cards, etc. It is a pack rat's dream and might qualify for an episode of hoarders.
In the collection, there is a hand drawn map in the vicinity of Weatherford Texas. There is some basic information about an old man who distrusted banks and was known around the town to always be seen in dirty overalls and most people thought him to be nearly destitute. He had a piece of property and apparently kept his money in cans of gold coins buried around the property. The guy wasn't very popular and could probably be described as slightly agoraphobic and misanthropic. He died with no heirs and the house has been torn down (probably by the county.) The property is empty now and in the vicinity of Wanda's Restaurant on the Fort Worth highway. (Locals know where that is.)
My friend doesn't know much about it and did not remember where he got the map and the notes are not in his handwriting. I am not going to post the map or the guys name. The map isn't much to look at anyway, just a weird shaped rectangle which I assume is the property boundaries and four areas with Xs on them. The map indicates a building that I am assuming was the house that is now torn down.
Is there any way to validate the base information, legally gain access to the property behind a barbed wire fence, or to determine if the information is B.S. and a waste of time? The paper with the crude map looks old and is brownish and brittle. So, its old. That doesn't mean it is true.
I have driven past the property that sits on the highway and it is pretty overgrown with what looks like unfriendly Texas plants (cactus, mesquite, brush, stickers, briars, etc.)
Any thoughts?
Patrick
Can anyone substantiate this information or provide some advice on further research?
A close friend of the family is 80+ and dying. He shared a lot of his treasure hunting research materials with me. A very disorganized collection of papers, magazine articles, notes, 3x5 cards, etc. It is a pack rat's dream and might qualify for an episode of hoarders.
In the collection, there is a hand drawn map in the vicinity of Weatherford Texas. There is some basic information about an old man who distrusted banks and was known around the town to always be seen in dirty overalls and most people thought him to be nearly destitute. He had a piece of property and apparently kept his money in cans of gold coins buried around the property. The guy wasn't very popular and could probably be described as slightly agoraphobic and misanthropic. He died with no heirs and the house has been torn down (probably by the county.) The property is empty now and in the vicinity of Wanda's Restaurant on the Fort Worth highway. (Locals know where that is.)
My friend doesn't know much about it and did not remember where he got the map and the notes are not in his handwriting. I am not going to post the map or the guys name. The map isn't much to look at anyway, just a weird shaped rectangle which I assume is the property boundaries and four areas with Xs on them. The map indicates a building that I am assuming was the house that is now torn down.
Is there any way to validate the base information, legally gain access to the property behind a barbed wire fence, or to determine if the information is B.S. and a waste of time? The paper with the crude map looks old and is brownish and brittle. So, its old. That doesn't mean it is true.
I have driven past the property that sits on the highway and it is pretty overgrown with what looks like unfriendly Texas plants (cactus, mesquite, brush, stickers, briars, etc.)
Any thoughts?
Patrick
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