Chilli
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Hi guys. Im curious. Has anybody here ever found a marker or something that lead them to a buried hoard or treasure?
Well I believe it does!!One of my boat crew partners found artifacts on the sea bottom which led to finding a Spanish galleon.
Does that qualify?
Don in SoCal.
Hey Mac, just a long shot question here - do you know a salvor in SoCal named Jeff K.?One of my boat crew partners found artifacts on the sea bottom which led to finding a Spanish galleon.
Does that qualify?
Don in SoCal.
SDCFIA,Hey Mac, just a long shot question here - do you know a salvor in SoCal named Jeff K.?
You mean like... ? 😁🤣Hi guys. Im curious. Has anybody here ever found a marker or something that lead them to a buried hoard or treasure?
Nice find!Long ago, I had a friend metal detecting while I chilled on a hillside and I looked up and noticed a wooden fence post that appeared to have a perfect crack line horizontally that went all the way around. I messed with it and after some tussling, it popped off like a cork top and an old mason jar with a cap that rusted straight through was wedged down inside. I think there were about 8 coins. 6 wheat pennies and 2 dimes. . 😆 but there were no trail leading up to my big find.. it was a fluke that I noticed it.
Big spenders hiding those big bucks!
Commercial, but he had an interesting connection to a recovered land cache several years ago as related to him by a leading West Coast lawyer/facilitator in the salvage disposal game.SDCFIA,
Sorry, never heard of him.
Is he a treasure salvor or a commercial salvor?
Don.....
Absolutely! We don't have anything like treasures or things like you guys found. It's a very alien thing to us here. There are some legends and things in Aus but all proved nothing. Nothing remotely happens here.One of my boat crew partners found artifacts on the sea bottom which led to finding a Spanish galleon.
Does that qualify?
Don in SoCal.
That's still a cool find though.👍Long ago, I had a friend metal detecting while I chilled on a hillside and I looked up and noticed a wooden fence post that appeared to have a perfect crack line horizontally that went all the way around. I messed with it and after some tussling, it popped off like a cork top and an old mason jar with a cap that rusted straight through was wedged down inside. I think there were about 8 coins. 6 wheat pennies and 2 dimes. . 😆 but there were no trail leading up to my big find.. it was a fluke that I noticed it.
Big spenders hiding those big bucks!
Your story reminded me of when I was a kid, and used to bury my childhood "treasures" in a canister behind the garage... 🤔Long Long Time Ago...We were having a family reunion at my Mom's house.
All my little nieces and nephews were there.
The day before. I collected some of my old marbles, pocket knife and other nicknacks which I had left behind at home, and I added a pile of those gold wraped chocolate coins which they sold back then.
I put them all in an old wooden jewelry box I had made in school shop, wraped a chain around it and used an old padlock to secure the lid, after that, I buried it in a local mound of dirt in the back yard, with just a little of the top exposed.
That night after our BQ, we sat around the camp fire where I told the young ones how Pirates once roamed these Praires and buried treasures in mounds of dirt just like that one over there.
I bet them, that if they looked close, maybe they might even ,find a buried treasure.
Well, they scurried off and it was not long before screams of glea were heard and they came dragging their treasure chest back to us.
I told them (knowing the combination lock's number) that I could probably pick it by listening to the tumblers.
I took my time and when it broke open there was a frenzy.
My youngest nephew grabed the pocket knife opening it up and running around with the biggest grin on his face.
The look on my sister's face was one of horror but she let him keep it, she told me later he slept with it by his bed every night until he left home.
The treasure was not one of gold, silver or jewels...but the look of excitement on those little faces sure was!
I liked that story alot !! 🫡🫡Long Long Time Ago...We were having a family reunion at my Mom's house.
All my little nieces and nephews were there.
The day before. I collected some of my old marbles, pocket knife and other nicknacks which I had left behind at home, and I added a pile of those gold wraped chocolate coins which they sold back then.
I put them all in an old wooden jewelry box I had made in school shop, wraped a chain around it and used an old padlock to secure the lid, after that, I buried it in a local mound of dirt in the back yard, with just a little of the top exposed.
That night after our BQ, we sat around the camp fire where I told the young ones how Pirates once roamed these Praires and buried treasures in mounds of dirt just like that one over there.
I bet them, that if they looked close, maybe they might even ,find a buried treasure.
Well, they scurried off and it was not long before screams of glea were heard and they came dragging their treasure chest back to us.
I told them (knowing the combination lock's number) that I could probably pick it by listening to the tumblers.
I took my time and when it broke open there was a frenzy.
My youngest nephew grabed the pocket knife opening it up and running around with the biggest grin on his face.
The look on my sister's face was one of horror but she let him keep it, she told me later he slept with it by his bed every night until he left home.
The treasure was not one of gold, silver or jewels...but the look of excitement on those little faces sure was!