Confederate Gold

[N.J.THer]

The wife is out and the kids are asleep so I'm getting caught up on watching my DVRed history shows. I noticed that tomorrow night at 10pm the new Brad Meltzer's Decoded is on and they are searching for a hoard of confederate gold. I'm sure this will be just for entertainment but should be interesting.

NJ

 

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[mr_larry]

I've seen the show, and these guys are pretty good at getting to the bottom of things. In the preview to the show I saw a guy working a metal detector. It should be worth tuning in.

 

[21stTNCav]

Yeah, I saw the advertisement for it. That would be the History Channel at 10:00 Eastern, 9:00 Central.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

YEP! 10 pm/est, here in VA. Coffee?

 

[21stTNCav]

YEP! 10 pm/est, here in VA. Coffee?

Nah. Beer?

 

[mr_larry]

The episode was a bit of a yawn. They chased around some quack job and didn't do much of their own research. I left feeling disappointed.

 

[XL-PRO PRO]

Now some idiot will get caught digging up one of the gravesites!

 

[Rebel - KGC]

HA! Blame it on the KGC; Thank, HBB/BB for explaining the "clues"; have 'em up here in Lynchburg/Bedford County, Va., too. The Old City Cemetery has HUGE CSA "section" with the same kinds of signs on trees; the Beale Treasure is stated to be buried in OCC.
There is ALSO a RR track running next to OCC, too.

 

[Dave44]

I felt dumber after watching this show too. The best part was the weird chick who kept insinuating that the treasure could be used to fund a new war against the U.S. by some new KGC group. I think she was making a case for the interest of national security to stop the tea party. Oh yea honey, a million will fund it, YOU BETCHA.

 

[N.J.THer]

I also found the show a little boring and some of the connections between signs pretty far fetched. The gazebo they were looking at only looked to be 10-20 years old. There may have been a gazebo there over a hundred years ago but they never addressed that. I don't know Bob Brewer but he came across as a crackpot. I was wondering what caches he found that they kept referring to...Franklin, is that part of what he found? Did you work with him?

NJ

 

[21stTNCav]

Well I for one was not expecting to be told were a huge cache of Confederate bullion was. If BB or anyone else knew that info they would be silly to tell so I was not surprised by the lack of details. I had fun watching it although the girl was irritating. A thoroughly satisfying entertainment venture. Two thumbs up for the History Channel.

 

[N.J.THer]

I do like the History Channel and I did not expect them to find anything but I thought it could have been done alot better.

Albert,
Thanks for the information. What part of VA are you in? I've never hunted there but I sometimes hunt just south of VA in northern NC. Mostly beach hunting looking for shipwreck coins.
NJ

 

[goverton]

Looks like a Thunderbird and some letters above it...just not sure what letters they are other than an M M
I would take some tracing paper and lay over the letters and see if I could determine what they are.
Look for plat map for your area Might match up to
your letters on tree. Go the direction bird is looking. Holes may be woodpecker.......

I am new to this forum, joined because I was searching for information. I viewed Decoded the other night. Bob Brewer was explaining the carvings on Native Holly Trees. I got all excited, as I have a 200+ year old holly tree in my front yard here in West Tennessee. For the last 38 years I've wondered what the carvings were. They don't spell anything, just odd. After reading your posts, I am discouraged, maybe my tree doesn't have anything to say? I'm posting pics to see what you think.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

GOOD "pics", p.a.; West Tenn... parsonage, letters like MAYBE... initials of names. Look for ppl with W.V., C.W., M.H. "names", and M.M. from 1847 + years. I would ALSO go in the direction that the THUNDERBIRD looks, and pay CLOSE attention to old dried-up well(s), which can be used as VAULTS for NICE treasure(s). Good Luck! HH!

 

[Tully]

These guys were way off . They didn't do ANY real research. Anyone with a library card could have come up with better and documented information than they did. I have been studying the Confedreate Treasury for 25 years. I found the things they were discussing in the first 15 minutes......!And for the record......I believe the Mexican coins are further south but still hidden.

 

[N.J.THer]

These guys were way off . They didn't do ANY real research. Anyone with a library card could have come up with better and documented information than they did. I have been studying the Confedreate Treasury for 25 years. I found the things they were discussing in the first 15 minutes......!And for the record......I believe the Mexican coins are further south but still hidden.

How far south

 

[Tully]

Middle Georgia

 

[Tully]

In time. There is reason to believe that the silver mexican dollars were not left in Danville. At the same time, my research shows that when the treasury was split up...there were more than 3 fake treasures that were sent in different directions.

 

[Tully]

Believe as you are told. I will believe what i have seen. Mr.Clarke was not appointed acting treasurer until Mr.Davis appointed him in Washington,Georgia. Do a little bit more homework.

 

[Tully]

If thats so....why did he have to wait two days on Brekenridge and the treasurey to get to Washington the second time before he could"take charge of it",become treasury secratery, and get his first accounting of it. Brekenridge sent the Mexican coins past Washington after he paid out the wages for the troops. Clarke never saw them.