I may have found the Singer Ranch or whats left of it.

[jlv956]

I know this story and I have often dreamed of finding the treasure. Recently Hurricane Ike created a huge storm surge that washed over the Island. I figured this would be the best time to go looking for the Singer ranch. I was lucky enough to have a cousin with an airplane so we took off from Brownsville and surveyed the Island to make sure we could drive up the beach. I attached some pictures I took from the air. We flew over the jetties at SPI and marked our position with the GPS. We then began our route straight north. I did see several old boats in the dunes and the beaches were surprisingly clean. I marked a spot at exactly 26 miles from the jetties at SPI. We than flew back to Brownsville and jumped in the 4 X 4. On our way up the Island I stopped at several places of interest but at the time the only detector I had was a Ace 250 (Which sucks on the wet beach). We ended up at the Mansfield pass without really finding much other than some neat shells and a few sand dollars. On the way back the tide was going out and at exactly 24.6 miles from the SPI Jetties we found what I believe is the remains of the singer ranch. I discovered several wooden poles pounded into the clay. One of the poles had a large hand forged Spike or nail imbedded in it. I removed it and could tell it was old. The configuration of the poles did not look like a ship or a boat it seemed more like a pier and beam configuration. The interesting this is that according to the Garmin GPS the spot we were standing at did not show to be in the surf. In fact the GPS indicated I was 250 yards from the surf. I marked it with the GPS, but the Island lost allot of beach and I believe this spot is probably well under water by now.

 

[jorge del norte]

picture 5 has the dang treasure map right in front of ya!

 

[SkyPirate]

I like Jay's 1958 Cessna 182A, How many hours are on that thing now?
What a great adventure you have a head of you. Keep us updated on your finds.
SkyPirate

 

[tapoutking]

i doubt there is anything left in place to show where the old buildings were located
after this lenght of time but the money maybe. I plan to do some more looking in
that area if every thing go's alright. This is what I plan to use along with a GTI2500
with the two box attachment.
MineLab sd2200d with 18 " mono for the wet sand and the GTI for the dry.

Go to Toys R Us and get yourself a childs sit on car/truck with those fat sand paddle tires and swap those tires out. Otherwise you will find it hard going in the sand with those tires.

 

[cobrasvo90]

I agree with tapoutking...... U will need some tires that wont sink in the sand the second u push or pull that thing. It looks sweet... best of luck on ur hunt!