Help!!! I think I found something.

[Frank1960]

Has the site been dug yet or still thinking about it??

 

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[tammahawk]

many reasons why this box may be a half mile away, could be the camp or one of them, camps usually had personal stashes to take home and close by so they could be watched, also the mine you may have found may have run dry and a new one was started near by where you found the box , and it may be sealed and hidden, many possibilties with out knowing the area its hard to say

 

[taropatch]

There were enough "keep your mouth shut" comments on this thread to convince him not to report on his findings. Too bad -- a lot of us would like to know how this turned out.

 

[TheRandyMan]

Yes indeed, it would have been great to hear about this...

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Without mentioning the treasure hunter name, we would enjoy hearing about the finds.

 

[iansmom]

Um anything yet

 

[Chug And Red]

Dig it or use a little help (explosives for the stuborn roots) then use your detector!!!!

 

[Frankn]

Well I think everybodys leg is a little longer! Who would rent a deep seaking two box and go out without a shovel? By the way, for your safety, dynamite is basicly sawdust soaked with nitroglycerin.Over time the nitroglycerin leaches out and becomes extremely sensitive i.e. touching it hard can cause it to explode. It never becomes safe!!!

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[x.marks]

A possible treasure that could pay a lot of bills and if gold I could just plain retire......... Yeah, Two words for ya.......SICK DAY!

Other than a King or Pharaoh, did people bury gold/money with the deceased anyways?

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

Number One - nobody needs other people to help dig holes unless they are in a wheelchair.
Number Two - take a tip from the bottle diggers. Dig a trench out away from the tree and then tunnel in to reach the spot and you won't even need to hardly mess with the roots.
Number Three - If you really want three mouths talking about what you've found and causing you problems - just plunk the loot on the nearest bar and start buying rounds for the house. Maybe you could call the local paper too so that you can frame your smiling face on the front page so that you can prove you really did do that even though you will have nothing to show for it after the courts and lawyers and governments get done with you. But hey - 15 minutes of fame is 15 minutes. siegfried schlagrule

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Morning: Just what is this thing about bones or graves? Burial is basically a sanitary thing. If we were to respect the dead by leaving graves untouchable, we would now be running out of space.

Multi trillions have been killed or have died in Europe for example. So what do they do ? just scrape them out of the way or simply build over them.

What about our museums etc?

Soooo, if you find something valuable, take it, just as the Archaeologists or builders do! Putting things back into circulation benefits many.

The time to honor and love someone is 'WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE AND CAN APPRECIATE IT".

Don Jose de La Mancha

p.s. Has anyone ever come back and said "thanks for burying my loot with me"?

 

[Curtis]

I like it, sounds logical to me. If someone cared or knew about the guy(if he is under the roots) cared enough to remove his remains to a closer local it might mean something....they sure didn't care...its too late for him to care. Since I know my soul is going to be with Jesus, it wouldn't bother me if you checked my coffin/bones for treasrue! The old miners proably thought along the same lines!

Dig it man, dig it!

 

[Deepdiger60]

It would be nice to know what was in that hole if he ever went back ? out here in a very old field i was hunting i was finding some very old relics my Avatar is one of them 16th century bronze buckle along with some KG coppers and buttons lead balls etc. so i figured i would do some research on that field at the library since its local it turns out back in 1637 a gentleman from England came over here and payed 44 shillings for that 20 acre land from the early Dutch settlers who arrived here in 1617 he made a farm homestead raised live stock he married a lady from Salmon Mass . in 1647 and they raised 5 children ,it turns out somewhere on that field is many graves 3 of his children and himself and a few slaves ,since i found that out i have a bit hesitant to hunt it there is no markers to indicate where the graves are and if so i guess they are long gone and buried deep well beyond my detectors depth its just a matter of now its kind of creepy ? for a better word but the finds in that field are getting to my craw .Dd60

 

[pegleglooker]

Hey Deepdiger,
I know it would be a bit creepy.... but how cool would it be if you found the graves of someone from the 1600's.... Maybe the city would rebury them with honors ( early settler ) and besides who knows, maybe the bones got scattered by the farm equipment anyway, and should be reburied.. I just think it would be a once in a lifetime chance to " meet " a earlier settler and see how he was laid to rest. Archeologists do this all the time with Indian and other burials as well...

PLL

 

[Curtis]

I would get hold of the local historicalsociety, they may know of someone who has a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) unit that would donate its use to look in the field...the field looks to be a good area for the GPR. The Smithsonian may even be interested in excavation, same with the area Universities! That is so cool, after you are done MDing it turn the info over to the above, then ask them to let you help or watch. They will probablyleave the bodies undisturbed, but remove artifacts related. They will then mark the are with a Historical Marker to help identify it to anyone doing the kind of research you are ...keep up the good work!

 

[Wldbil]

Great post... Wish we had an outcome? Maybe he went back and found a cache of gold coins, decided to take
everyones opinion and stay quite.

 

[Skrimpy]

Great post... Wish we had an outcome? Maybe he went back and found a cache of gold coins, decided to take
everyones opinion and stay quite.

My thoughts exactly...either that or he hit old dynamite.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Many great comments.