MISSOURI TREASURE LEAD

[Kenjmor2006]

Back in the early 1970's I had a friend who worked in a food mart at Excelsior Springs Missouri,I went in one day and he asked me to meet him at a nearby resturant.When he got there he very excitedly told me about a old woman who come in and was fumbling with her coin purse,he made a joke and said he would get his friends metal detector, she asked what that was and he told her,she then told him she knew where some gold was buried in a copper tea kettle,she explained to him when she was a little girl maby 5 or 6 that her grandfather was left one night to babysit her while the rest went somewhere,when everyone was gone her grandfather took a bunch of gold coins out behind the wood pile,and put them in a old teakettle,he then took her out by a welled in spring with a lantern by her and sat her on the end of a rock wall and went on the other side of the spring,she said it was dark and she could hear him digging with a shovel he had bought along,he died shortly after that but no one could find the money he buried.The way I undestood it,the grandfathers home was at McFall Missouri. The womans Married name was Elizabeth Davis,her father Heartwell Bohannon. I was suppose to go in two weeks with my friend and the woman to look,when it was time in two weeks I went to my friends house and he had died from a blood clot in the brain,I found the woman she had just been placed in a rest home with a stroke and did not even know her own name. with research I am sure this one is still there......Good hunting KJMOR2006

 

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[fronjm05]

This story is cool! I have family that lives in Excelsior Springs, I doubt they have much info on it, but I am visiting them soon, thought I could look up some articles while im around there. Did you ever get any more info on this subject? thanks

 

[gonzo_life]

Wow. Well, this one hits close to home...

I was raised in Excelsior, and my Father is from McFall. Small...SMALL town. I think I'm related to a good portion of the population. Worth checking out, for sure!

 

[spisswgt]

Anyone know of any good spots to metal detect in blue springs or independence missouri?

 

[Hillbilly Joe]

Anyone know of any good spots to metal detect in blue springs or independence missouri?

Do some Civil war research as far as maps, I know that if you crawl around on some of the river banks, esp. the mighty mo, your bound to find some good stuff

 

[russau]

Just as a word to the wise ,Don't get caught digging for artifacts or anything on the River banks ! It's illegible to remove anything and if reported the Missouri Department of Natural Resources WILL have you arrested and fined heavily !

 

[massey631]

Just as a word to the wise ,Don't get caught digging for artifacts or anything on the River banks ! It's illegible to remove anything and if reported the Missouri Department of Natural Resources WILL have you arrested and fined heavily !

Normally people do this in secret so to catch them would be highly unlikely since people are good at sneaking around avoiding the law. I do remember some people saying it was easy to get around since they did it for years and were never caught or busted when they went around those places.