I too have looked along the Stony Clove Creek...and believe I have a decent location to check that seems plausible long/near Stony Clove Creek. Remember the roads were most likely smaller when doing measurements...per one of the stories, there is a measurement involved from the road to the location. Also these searchers that are hiking miles in off the road or off the railroad to get to locations, all forgot one thing...during the time period most likely Schultz and his man were wearing suit pants, dress shirt, maybe suit coat (although they prob removed that) and had on dress shoes, they were not dressed for expeditions into the woods at that time, so most likely I would guess 100 yards into the woods would probably be as far in as they were going give or take some. Also the weight of the chest, Schultz was not a large man 5'7" is what most say for height, and he was not a strong man, so they were not lugging this chest very far into the woods either. It was also most likely buried in Sept. or Oct. I believe it happened a little before he passed...some believe he buried earlier in the year. Sept in the Catskills can be extremely buggy and there is still a lot of growth in the area...which make me believe it was an area he had been before or he was familiar with or was easily accessible at the time. If you follow one of the stories, he buried it the day he was shot, so your looking at Oct. which could be very wet, snowy or dry, but the plant life and bugs would be much less and make a trek easier into the woods then. But again I do not believe he went more than a 100 yards off the road or parking location, unless there was a trail, which even then I do not see Schutlz and his man carrying the chest and shovel much further in.
