chirper97
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- White's V3i, White's DFX 300, Garrett Infinium PI, Fisher CZ6A, Garrett Deepseeker and Groundhog ADS
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In 1980 or so, I purchased a (now lost) book by Erle Stanley Gardner on treasure hunting caches from helicopters/airplanes. It had wonderful photos and appeared like the real article re: search for caches.
In a previous thread TNet forum member SWR posted the following about this book.
"What this could mean is that, possibly, some of the more famous treasures have been found and not reported. I recall reading a true story by Erle Stanley Gardner (lawyer and author of the Perry Mason mysteries) in which he hired a helicopter to explore the SW desert. He and his friends also used dune buggies to explore the desert, and sometimes they investigated the stories about treasures in the desert. He said he was intrigued by the story of the Lost Dutch Oven stash and eventually found the location - with the Dutch oven - but all the gold coins were gone. Was it true that someone beat him to it, or was it true that he found SOMEONE'S Dutch oven, but the wrong one? We'll never know, but it is interesting that even a man of Gardner's stature was interested in treasure tales. And he did something about his interest, he hired helicopters and built dune buggies to look for them. Cool!
My Google search failed to get a hit on this book.
Any help out there?
In a previous thread TNet forum member SWR posted the following about this book.
"What this could mean is that, possibly, some of the more famous treasures have been found and not reported. I recall reading a true story by Erle Stanley Gardner (lawyer and author of the Perry Mason mysteries) in which he hired a helicopter to explore the SW desert. He and his friends also used dune buggies to explore the desert, and sometimes they investigated the stories about treasures in the desert. He said he was intrigued by the story of the Lost Dutch Oven stash and eventually found the location - with the Dutch oven - but all the gold coins were gone. Was it true that someone beat him to it, or was it true that he found SOMEONE'S Dutch oven, but the wrong one? We'll never know, but it is interesting that even a man of Gardner's stature was interested in treasure tales. And he did something about his interest, he hired helicopters and built dune buggies to look for them. Cool!
My Google search failed to get a hit on this book.
Any help out there?
