1996 said:
Off topic, but while I was in jail for 2 years, I thought a lot about places to go find gem stones in other countries, got out of jail and started watching Cash & Treasures, researched the show, stumbled upon this site a n d b o u g h t a m e t a l d e t e c t o r .
A deceased famous treasure hunter spent some time in a federal pen in
New Mexico on what he said was a frame-up making him a scapegoat
for a massive fraud that someone else did. Regardless of his guilt or
innocence he was well enough known so that many of the lifers told him
treasure stories about other people and some made deals with him to
retrieve their treasures and send the money to their family and heirs for
a fee.
I don't recommend getting sent to the pen just to get treasure
leads but if anyone is going anyway the potential is there. The man's
name is Gene Ballinger and the book about his troubles and prison life
was written by someone else with his help and was called something like
"Yes, The Sun Will Rise". My copy was destroyed in 2003 flood and I can't remember the exact title but someone will remember and add to this post.
It was promoted as being a listing of all the treasure stories he was told and most of what he listed was very generic and many people who bought the book as a treasure book were disapointed with it. The ones who bought it to learn the back story of the collapse of the Association found it interesting if
self-serving. siegfried schlagrule
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