Jeff H, I hear ya, and agree that many disciplines must needs be utilized for success. I have done the Google Earth search thing, and brought an anomaly from it to the attention of friends in Great Britain, who did the whole archaeological thing and discovered a Saxon graveyard, each skeleton with his sword and knife. Cool to be a part of, but my heart lies in more historical treasure type stuff. Personally, I would need some strong assurances of good results, nay, evidence, before trying the shrooms or toads, and will definitely pass on the shaman piddle. Having consulted some professional hypnotists, I am assured that the idea is possible. However, I have so far had little success in getting them to discuss details to any great depth. This is due to the fact that the concept is new to them and their need to find the specific way to go about it. My take was that it is going to be a trial and error situation. The hows and whys of it all undoubtedly fall under the aspects of the discipline which are not yet fully understood, even by their own most knowledgeable. Perhaps my idea is pioneering in some sort of way, and may be tried down the road somewhere sometime. If one little fact or idea that pops up in this thread helps some treasure seeker to success, then I am also rewarded with success and satisfaction. Known historical treasure such as King John's treasure in the Wash, Alaric I, buried beneath the Busento River, Rennes le Chateau, templars, Visigoth, etc., were the type of historic treasures I had in mind with this concept. Not necessarily for personal wealth or gain either, such treasures belong where it can be seen and enjoyed by all. The finding of such a trove as those would bring many rewards. I love Ruggers idea of using a psychic, though my personal views on the validity of many psychic claims is rather negative, I nonetheless wish him every success. Not many years ago in Germany, some detectorists conceived a new idea to find locations that could not have been searched previously, and were rewarded with the success of finding a hoard of second century swords, which were priceless to archaeology. Instead of searching along roads for sites to detect, they used a boat on rivers to find locations that could not be seen or guessed from roads or maps. What were the ancients highways of the world? Rivers, and other waterways. The same here in Colonial America, people traveled by boat, built along creeks, near springs, as they all had to have water. I have a book of my states trout streams, past and present, and I don't use it for finding trout. Talk up the gents of your area fishing clubs, ask them if they could help you locate old foundations they may have seen in their endeavors. Shore lunch is a great time for stretching your legs in remote places. Happy hunting!
