Long shot, but told money buried in my yard

[Holly_squirrel]

My question is, if someone was to bury money , about 50 plus years ago.. What sort of container Would they have possibly used?
When we bought our house , 18 years ago, the then owners told us to be on the lookout for $ 17,000 that they were told was possibly buried here.
The original owners who built tbis house owned 300 some acres around here. They sold it off in lots. One elderly neighbor told me how they sold her 3 acres for 4,000. So anyhow , it's quite possible that alot of money was moving through their hands. However I doubt tbe story seriously, because how could one saftey bury money in heavy clay soil... And expect it to be safe...
So anyway, say it was true.. What signal should I be looking for on my ace 250? My whole yard lights up as iron, due to coal and slag... So digging every hit is impossible.

Also, can this detector detect through cinder block? Lol. We got this bump out on tbe basement wall that makes no sense ... No real purpose we can imagine for it... But I'm not willing to rip a foundation wall apart ... Unless I had good reason

 

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[Peyton Manning]

Ok here's the deal as I see it. There have always and always will be hoarders, robbers, eccentrics and misers, all of whom are prone to cache money. They did it in the past, they do it now(look at the doomsday people- you think they aren't caching gold and silver?), and they'll continue to do it as long as there are people on this earth- as an example- they just found 7 million in gold pieces- different denominations from all over the world- in cans in some guys house. He had a bunch of cans of tuna fish cached too. Died with only 200 dollars in his bank account. Nobody thought he had anything. Anyway, point is they exists. The real question is not so much if the cache was made but is there any reason to believe that they failed to recover it. People go back and recover most money they cache. First question to ask is there something that would have prevented the owner's from recovering it. Did they die suddenly, were they overcome by dementia or senility, were they displaced without warning and unable to return as in hurricane Katrina. If there is no reason that they didn't recover the cache, then they did. I have no doubt that your neighbors were right about the people being the hoarder/eccentric/miser type- it's not hard to tell. Now if there is a reason not to have recovered it then you might have a hoard. Now 17k is a lot of dough- takes up space even in paper. So might have been split up into sub-groups, mini-caches if you will. If you're hiding paper- probably indoors. I used to live in a house where the previous owners father hid 9,000 $ in paper money behind a brick he'd loosened in the fireplace. He got real sick, thought he was dying and showed the son his hidey hole. Then he got well and retrieved and son thinks it's still hidden- I think he spent it before he died. Anyway loose hearth stones , fireplace bricks, etc have always been classic hidey holes. I knew a guy who cut a hole in the wood floor in the corner of one of his closets and made a hidey hole then touched wood back up and you would never notice unless you really looked. The problem with finding hidden paper is there are plenty of containers, wooden box, leather or canvas bag which can secrete the cash without registering on detector-plenty of metal ones too though. Also don't discount that they could have buried in coins. Lots of people who hide money- don't trust paper money. Wouldn't be the first time someone buried that much coinage. If that were the case, almost certainly in separate mini-caches and probably within eyesight of house, especially as someone mentioned earlier- the bed room window. Can your ace go deep enough? Don't know, you'd probably need to be able to hit 2 to 3 feet deep to be safe. Never used an ace but you're looking for a large target, quart jar size or larger per cache. I think it would get there on something that big, but not sure. If you can hit on it, I imagine that it would overload the heck out of your meter or whatever kind of I'd you have. You should be able to tell it's big. Good luck, it might just be there.

somehow I missed the story on the guy finding 7 million in gold in his house. could you show me the link? I 'd love to read about it.

 

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Excuse my crusty basement ... But that is the bump out. Totally fireplace size and shape. Those house is about 60 years old . Tbe basement is a complete rectangle .. Rancher shaped and that is the only place along all tbe walls that is not flat. The septic well or whatever it's called was on opposite side of the house.. It was original, we replaced it when we built on.. So it's not septic related. Tbe wall it's on was the side where the attach garage used to be ... The basement did not continue under the garage.
It also was not any sort of fireplace ... They original owners had a wood stove about 8 foot from it... That the owners we bought it from removed . If anyone can give me an explanation for the bump out... I'd love to hear it.

Holly, It sort of looks like basement wall might have had cracks and I wondered if blocks were laid in front to hide them. I had a wall do that once and the builder wanted to put false wall in front of it even though it did not add any stability so to speak.

 

[dieselram94]

Yeah, I think the wall is hiding something...Just not money.

 

[Bum Luck]

Yeah, I think the wall is hiding something...Just not money.

Yeah, that's why my belly sticks out .............. ya busted me, diesel!

 

[dieselram94]

Yeah, that's why my belly sticks out .............. ya busted me, diesel!

LOL!!

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Yeah, that's why my belly sticks out .............. ya busted me, diesel!

Lol

 

[Gold Maven]

I doubt if there is anything there, but it would be easy to check. The cap block on top are solid, but the rest are probably hollow, grab a hammer and knock a hole. Much better than wondering what's there.

Is there an old barn or out building there? I have seen some nice caches come out of barns.

Good Luck. Knock that hole. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If your hubby teases you when you find nothing, just tell him to shut up and patch the hole.

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Well I do wish I had a more precise detector... Cause I do get beeps throughout the walls... Just a lil more concentrated in that patch. I know it's probably a nail or something... And man the repair work that needs to be done around here is beginning to build up... I hate to add another mess: /. Cause I'm thinking...nothing.. Ever goes easy for me.. Something I think will take 2 hours.. Becomes a whole day.. I could see something going horribly wrong.. Lol..
But then again there is always that remote chance.. But my damn 250 is just so unpredictable... Something is there if it says it is... But this thing will register an old nail from iron to the end of tbe spectrum n back again.
If I was a man, and knew what I was doing with a drill that could go through concrete... I'd be less hesitant... It's me not knowing how to use the thing, along with messing with tbe freaking foundation that is scarey.
I mentioned it to a trusted older neighbor that's been here all his life... And he is a logical thinker ... He said they did have money and owned the barn over there ... The house over there... The woods there ... The horse pasture.. Ect ect... But our house was the one they built and died in... So it's plausible

 

[dieselram94]

Holly , could your husband help?

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Holly , could your husband help?

Technically he could... Lol. Would he... Doubtful, even though it was his suggestion

 

[wainzoid]

Have you tried to call Ric Savage?

 

[dieselram94]

Technically he could... Lol. Would he... Doubtful, even though it was his suggestion

Your husband won't help? Wow! Is he to busy fixing things around the house or something? If it was his suggestion is that as good as permission? Maybe just take matters into your own hands.
If my wife asked me to help with that I would be right there!

 

[Holly_squirrel]

He's too busy from working and to cranky from it. So today I decided to map out the area. Figuring where it's signal is strongest and where it stops n starts... And today the damn thing was differnt with new spots going off . My ace 250 does that crap alot.. I blamed it on soil changes.. But wall changes? I had x's all over that wall today... Same relic mode , same sensitivity... Annoying. Needless to say, my doubt has grown incredibly ... I'm still hoping for Jimmy Hoffa

 

[dieselram94]

He's too busy from working and to cranky from it. So today I decided to map out the area. Figuring where it's signal is strongest and where it stops n starts... And today the damn thing was differnt with new spots going off . My ace 250 does that crap alot.. I blamed it on soil changes.. But wall changes? I had x's all over that wall today... Same relic mode , same sensitivity... Annoying. Needless to say, my doubt has grown incredibly ... I'm still hoping for Jimmy Hoffa

Try turning your sensitivity down some. It sounds like it is falsing a lot.

 

[dieselram94]

Try turning your sensitivity down some. It sounds like it is falsing a lot.

The detector that is lol!

 

[Holly_squirrel]

The detector that is lol!

Lol...my sensitivity button burned out , from over use years ago

 

[dieselram94]

Lol...my sensitivity button burned out , from over use years ago

LOL! That is awesome Holly! It's great to have some laughs on here!

 

[Holly_squirrel]

LOL! That is awesome Holly! It's great to have some laughs on here!

I wasn't kidding.. Lol

 

[FreeMindStuck]

Lol Holly, you have the treasure bug bad. I suggest you tear up other peoples houses, not your own.

 

[goldentruth]

Have you tried to call Ric Savage?

Rick Savage? Do ya think ya got to feed him in the deal even though he looks like he eats all his profits, lol
Rick Savage? Oh Brother!