Cache hunting again today...FOUND ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[diamondjim]

Went back out cache hunting again today. The story goes the crazy old guy who lived here from 1920-1960 loved to stash stuff everywhere. Last trip I pulled the KKK token in the woods out back too...so this guy was into way more than fixing cars and burying loot...

Well, get out there this morning and the woods are soggy, nasty mess...then it starts pouring AGAIN. So we turn our attention to the outbuildings. Fortunately for us, the current owner has granted us full acess to everything...we did give the buildings a quick check awhile back and did find a hidey-hole under a trap door in the floor. EMPTY of course, by very cool evidence the stories could be true.

Then Bruce notices something odd in the back of the barn...an extra cinder block mortared into place on top of a wall. It served no purpose either structural or decorative. Passed IDX over the block and get a loud clear tone...something DEFFINATELY in there...

Maybe the extra block was for lag bolt or something, always run into those in buildings...BUT the top to this one was open, the tops of all the other blocks were covered with concrete. Reach in the holes in the center of the block, left hole filled with dirt...right hole was empty.

I'm really trying NOT to get my hopes up at this point...

Found a spoon to start to dig the dirt out of the block...which was above my head on the wall. Then I hit something solid. Reach my hand in and there's BOX.

HOLY F****** Dude there's something in here, Bruce reaches into the hole and his eyes get real wide "Oh Boy."

Have to dig a little more to loosen up box...ofcourse, by now you KNOW what I'm thinking!

Double eagles, come on double eagles....

Finally free the small orange box...

 

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[diamondjim]

Bruce mugging with our treasure...

 

[diamondjim]

All Right already...what's the stupid BOX!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bartman]

So....what was in the box?

 

[diamondjim]

CAR PARTS.

Crazy old dude placed these in a hole in the wall and buried them!

More stashes to found for sure! Totally exciting hunt, absolutely LOVE hunts like this...that moment of realizing there's a box hidden in the wall? PRICELESS.

Tell me little orange box hidden in the wall didn't get you going for a minute TOO :-)

 

[diamondjim]

Thanks bro...THIS is why I hunt...that amazing moment of discovery.

Sure, it was just a box of car parts (though I bet the fine condition and age could bring a few bucks on ebay)...but it's not really about the content of treasure all the time...it's about the HUNT...and this hunt rocked

More to come...

 

[kimsdad]

Must have been a lode bearing wall.

Sorry.

Thanks for sharing the story. 

 

[crazyjarhead]

Engine bearings

 

[christ-first]

o.k..........you had me going pretty good with that one. i even found my self scrolling through the pictures real slow just to surprise myself. you ought to be ashamed good story though

 

[iwannafindsome]

hahaha u had me going man,i thought for sure the next pic was going to be gold and silver

 

[diamondjim]

Sorry just COULDN'T resist :-) I wanted to try to share the absolute thrill of the moment...

This is something I starting working on more seriously last year...trying to locate items that had been hidden on purpose, instead of just the stuff lost unknowingly.

I'm looking for the jar of coins, obviously, but I find all items stashed away on purpose ENDLESSLY fascinating. (Old "treasures" not geocaches or whatever)

This is only my 2nd purposefully stashed item recovered...the other is a "lucky" bullet (old hunters in a particular area used to stash coins or bullets in a particular spot for good luck on the hunt...another weird cool story to track down) I know, no "great" value in themselves, well not to anyone but me, just such a great adventure to try to track down the stories like this.

 

[axehead]

man, I bet those main bearings are priceless!!! if not the story is!!!!! WOW, you had me until the pics.
Better luck next time.

axehead

 

[DFXED]

Man that would have given me a total thrill and some let down . You just nevr know it could have been some real treasure .

 

[MD Dog]

Still, you did revover the nicest matching pair of whatchamacallits I've seen in a while.

 

[EDDE]

in before the iron oxidation sets in

 

[allen]

cool story...wish the boxes had gold $20 coins in them though...

 

[unclejesse67]

Those are rare Monmouth CX54-A2 bearings. Probably date from the late '30s. Better send them off to get graded and slabbed. Don't clean them. Nice find.

 

[Golden1]

jar head is right! crank shaft barrings for sure! nice find

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

One mans junk is another mans...treasure.... LOL

Bet that was exciting for a while.... till you opened the box.

Nice story, thanks for sharing it.

Ray S

 

[bill-USA]

You did re-check the block, didn't you?