Thanks everybody. I just wanted to share some of the excitement I felt when I was hunting for this treasure and digging it up. I still get chills and goosebumps thinking about it.
T-girl, Don't feel bad. I couldn't figure out the person's code either. Luckally, there were place names, street names, landmarks and other clues in the message that I recognized or could look up. I couldn't figure out any X marks the spot, but I figured out the general area where the cache was buried. Then it took a lot of thorough metal detecting of the whole area to find the cache.
T-Tales, "Granny" could be male or female and I'm a member of AARP myself. The cache was buried on fairly rugged terrain. Granny would have to have been a mountain biker or climber to get to the spot, carrying a heavy load of coins and a good size shovel, then dig a 2 foot deep hole to bury the stuff, then make it back down the hill totally exhausted without falling and breaking a leg or worse. When I said it took a lot of effort, that's what I meant. It also took a lot of mental effort to make up a treasure code. Maybe not as much as the Beal Code, but still it took a lot of thought.
I can't tell you the whole story, because I don't know the whole story. I read recently about a person who buried caches of jewelry in different spots all over the world and then wrote a book about it, giving clues to where the caches were buried. I think I stumbled onto something like that, a treasure game. And there may be other places and countries, such as Canada, where the person buried stuff. (The note started off with "USA, ________, PA"). Why would the country be mentioned? I'd really like to meet the person to find out what the plan was, but I don't think I'd let on that I found any of the caches. This was just the tip of the iceberg, my friend.
W-man, I think there is a very good possibility that there is another treasure code message out there somewhere. Man, I would love to find another one. Happy hunting.
Bob
