Am I being watched or just paranoid ?

[10pan]

Recently I started hunting an area I believe contains several pots of buried gold. The area is about 2 square miles and 5 locations are marked as having "something" there. The first spot I try is across the river so I decide that one can wait till summer. At the next spot I find a large rock turtle looking upstream toward the next location. I spend a few days searching around the turtle but want to go to the next spot as I feel it has the best chance of being gold. In the next day or so I get a call from a man that said he is interested in buying a piece of equipment I have for sale so we meet. Instead of asking about the equipment , he wants to know if I ever do any gold mining or treasure hunting. I said sometimes and then he proceeds to tell me that when he was a boy his grandfather hunted for gold at a very specific location. He ask if I knew where that was and I said I did. He said well there is nothing there or his grandfather would have found it. He then left without even asking the price of the equipment I had for sale. The kicker is the location his grandfather dug was the exact location I was going to next. I don't much believe in coincidence and now I feel like I am being watched.

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

Recently I started hunting an area I believe contains several pots of buried gold. The area is about 2 square miles and 5 locations are marked as having "something" there. The first spot I try is across the river so I decide that one can wait till summer. At the next spot I find a large rock turtle looking upstream toward the next location. I spend a few days searching around the turtle but want to go to the next spot as I feel it has the best chance of being gold. In the next day or so I get a call from a man that said he is interested in buying a piece of equipment I have for sale so we meet. Instead of asking about the equipment , he wants to know if I ever do any gold mining or treasure hunting. I said sometimes and then he proceeds to tell me that when he was a boy his grandfather hunted for gold at a very specific location. He ask if I knew where that was and I said I did. He said well there is nothing there or his grandfather would have found it. He then left without even asking the price of the equipment I had for sale. The kicker is the location his grandfather dug was the exact location I was going to next. I don't much believe in coincidence and now I feel like I am being watched.

Well, since you asked, I'd side with "paranoid".

And curious : how were these areas "marked" as having "something there" ? And what's with "turtles" ?

 

[lairmo]

Spanish turtles....

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Spanish turtles....

Huh ? He said "rock turtles". And talked about "searching around a turtle". And you're saying "Spanish turtles" . What's up with "turtles" ? Why not Bunnies ? Or Ponies ? frogs or kittens ? Why not Canadian or Chinese turtles ?

 

[lairmo]

Spanish "Treasure Signs"..Turtles, hearts, turkey tracks..etc...Hit up the Spanish or KGC forum on here some time...if nothing else it could waste your entire winter/spring...lol

 

[10pan]

Well, since you asked, I'd side with "paranoid".

And curious : how were these areas "marked" as having "something there" ? And what's with "turtles" ?

Only one turtle so far and the "something there" was marked with a cross at four locations and what I believe to be a pot symbol at a fifth location.

 

[lairmo]

Good Luck 10pan....

 

[uglymailman]

Just cause you're paranoid don't mean they ain't after ya. Remember to find it one coin at a time. Good luck.

 

[Quinoa]

Pretty obvious someone hit you up for info and let you know they are on to your searching around. Probably after the same thing.

 

[Icewing]

Huh ? He said "rock turtles". And talked about "searching around a turtle". And you're saying "Spanish turtles" . What's up with "turtles" ? Why not Bunnies ? Or Ponies ? frogs or kittens ? Why not Canadian or Chinese turtles ?

You should check out the book called "Shadow of the Sentinel"

 

[N/A]

Go back to the area with a shovel, paper and pen. When you get to a semi clear area draw it on your paper and place a few "x" marks on the paper. Tack the paper to a tree in an obvious area then find those "X" spots on the ground but don't dig them, just clear the area like you're prepping to dig and then leave for a few days. If anyone is watching you they will come in and dig the spots after they see the map on the tree and you will know you are being watched

 

[Rawhide]

All paranoid means is your paying attention. Yes seems some caches are watched. If folks even see a metal detector they think your after their gold they havent found yet lol.

 

[Tiredman]

Set a wildlife camera

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Well no wonder I haven't found many gold coin caches. I was supposed to be detecting around Turtles, hearts, and X's. Silly me: I was detecting around bunny shapes, kitten shapes, and squares.

 

[XLV]

i guess heart and turtle rocks and rock carvings are out west usa i guess those ancient tribes all thought alike or maybe it was aliens ...the ones i seen are about a thousaand years old ...lets see 1492 ...1942 ....i guess everybody smokes the same plants

 

[10pan]

Well no wonder I haven't found many gold coin caches. I was supposed to be detecting around Turtles, hearts, and X's. Silly me: I was detecting around bunny shapes, kitten shapes, and squares.

A bunny can be a good place to search. Maybe your not as silly as you thought you were.

 

[ARC]

Usually...

Repeat... usually...

When I see turtles pointing "the way"...

I tend to either...

Quit detecting... or quit drinking.

Just me I guess. :P

 

[huntsman53]

Well no wonder I haven't found many gold coin caches. I was supposed to be detecting around Turtles, hearts, and X's. Silly me: I was detecting around bunny shapes, kitten shapes, and squares.

That seems to be the case with many folks in California and why it is such a screwed up state.

 

[huntsman53]

I believe you have every right to be paranoid because it definitely sounds as if the man has been watching you and was fishing for information. You might want to pack some protection when you go to that location in the future because you never know what state of mind the gentleman is in and especially so if his grandfather searched for the treasure and he assumed the mantle and feels that the treasure belongs to him or his family.

 

[ARC]

***ARC begins buying any kind of rock turtles and placing them strategically in his "honey spots" pointing in directions AWAY from spots***