Gold coins found

[MichiganRob]

I was doing some research on a local watershed here in Muskegon that I was going to hunt and I stumbled accross this article in the New York Times...

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archiv...91339E033A25751C0A9679C94649ED7CF&oref=slogin

guess I better get after the others...huh?

 

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[MichiganRob]

BTW

If I find one of his hidden caches you won't be reading it in The New York Times as I'm sure these two youngsters did not get to keep the loot.

I live in this town and I never heard anything about it and it was just 3 months ago

HH
MichiganRob

 

[deepskyal]

I think that article is a little older than 3 months. Published: January 2, 1895....but nice lead to check out still. You never know.
Al

 

[MichiganRob]

1895 oh no!

I guess I should have scrolled down to the bottom...LOL

HH
MichiganRob

 

[scrapdoggie]

Great story ....I would like to read about another finding...go get it Rob!!!

 

[drywasher]

If GOLD was found there once.......you can bet they didn't get it all. go spend the summer get to know every tree,hill,ditch,rock in the area,
after you learn the area you will be able to look at it thru the eyes of the person that wanted to hid things and then you will find the good stuff.
this is the method i use and it has served me well in regard to finding caches.
respectfully george

 

[wanting rings]

Any Luck yet? I hear the area is pretty torn up already. I have even driven by but the apt complex across the street is always packed in the parking lot and really haven't pushed my luck. Alot of area in that neighborhood to check that could be very beneficial if a group could go in at one time for a big hunt. Not the best idea for any one person to play around with if you know what I mean.

 

[Higgy]

Any Luck yet? I hear the area is pretty torn up already. I have even driven by but the apt complex across the street is always packed in the parking lot and really haven't pushed my luck. Alot of area in that neighborhood to check that could be very beneficial if a group could go in at one time for a big hunt. Not the best idea for any one person to play around with if you know what I mean.

This is good advice. I dont care if your name is Dirk Pitt, no treasure is worth your life.

 

[Roger Mn.]

It says the gold coins were found going down hill at Ryerson creek.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/R...2!3m1!1s0x88197d6585cab7f9:0x2fc1e2b71b425806

 

[releventchair]

Any Luck yet? I hear the area is pretty torn up already. I have even driven by but the apt complex across the street is always packed in the parking lot and really haven't pushed my luck. Alot of area in that neighborhood to check that could be very beneficial if a group could go in at one time for a big hunt. Not the best idea for any one person to play around with if you know what I mean.

Got permission? A launch near my old neighbor hood would allow water access and better yet, a way to leave.
Slide in early on a week day morning and check it out.

 

[wanting rings]

Got permission? A launch near my old neighbor hood would allow water access and better yet, a way to leave.
Slide in early on a week day morning and check it out.

not a bad idea. If it were to happen, a group of 5+ would be the way to do it. small enough to share/split but not to many to draw to much attention. Are you to from muskegon?

 

[wanting rings]

There is no permission yet, but would it be that difficult to find out who owns it? Tax records should show who owns it now and then hope from there permission is granted. I am currently working a few extra hours but I think a couple hour search might be arranged if the owner got their share. Am I off base here or do you agree?

might help
https://is.bsasoftware.com/bsa.is/TaxServices/ServiceTaxSearch.aspx?i=3&appid=1&unit=478

 

[BC1969]

OK let's go...there's enough of us...I'll bring the keg heh.

Mike

 

[releventchair]

Lived a dozen years there ,say near Laketon schools. Plat books come out every few years listing owners of properties in townships. Tax records exist at township halls for individual properties telling who paid taxes last. Often when asked politely and without treasure being mentioned a phone number can be obtained,or a last known address of the owner of "a property you have interest in.." Imagine it is all private near water. Permission being asked does not need to include an offer to split with owner on hunters behalf or suggest anything unusual is there. If owner brings it up shoot low offer. Should the owner suspect a cache why did he,she, they not attempt a recovery?If they suspect one is there then they need to be there when site is searched or how will they believe it if you find nothing of value? The world is full of tales and few finds. "Just looking around the water and there is plenty of shoreline if it upsets you getting only a quarter of my nails and normal junk. I do want the first square nail though if there is no more alright? If a one in a crazy low odds valuable find occurs the person who made it possible should always see an improvement for themselves from it of course. But a recovery must be made by their help first." One search site the permission granter brought it up not me, and wanted half the jar of gold.(What?) I countered with ,fine but I get to keep the jar!. No recovery of a jar of gold and not what the site request was for but saw an old timer detecting there a while ago from a distance. May have been the permission giver....