Stranded in Purgatory!

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I learned today that somewhere on an 85 acre track of land near here there is a gold pocket watch from the early 1900's. It is even in the diary of the man's wife, however, there is no mention of where it was lost, just, "while working the farm". Quickly, someone do the math, how long would it take me to search 85 acres of mixed woods and farm field with a 10 inch coil?

Call in one of the Long Range Locator (LRL) guys.......

JUST KIDDING!!!!

Didn't that issue get a little heated at times? I recall someone saying it got rather testy. Or am I thinking of something else?

I KNOW NOTHING! - Sergeant Hans Schultz

 

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In the 70's, and I believe it was in 73, Indiana suffered a strike of tornados that would eventually be known by the locals as, the Palm Sunday tornados. So, my ex mother inlaw (she still likes me) proceeds to tell me tonight that during those storms the roof of the house next door to her was ripped completely off. No huge event, right? Well, as she continued to tell me, the next year my ex father inlaw was tilling their usual garden spot when he started finding silver dollars that dated back to the 1830's, he found 5 or 6 total, give or take a few. Anyway, as it turned out the house that had the roof ripped of it belonged to my ex mother inlaw's father, and when he learned of my ex father inlaw's silver coin find he said, "Yep, I had over 500 of them stashed in the attic when the storm ripped the roof off, only found about a dozen of them. Also had my mother's jewelry box up there as well but it was blown away and torn to bits and I never found any of that stuff either." Honest, I just got this info tonight. And guess what......."Sure, you can hunt for them all you want. And by the way, dad also said he had a lot of other valuable coins in the attic as well, said he never found any of them."

OK, it's Indiana, and this isn't exactly a classic treasure hunting adventure, but just as soon as the water (we just had a pour down) runs off a bit I think I'd better go check this little treasure tale out. If these little tales start panning out I think I might actually be able to tolerate here for a while.

 

[BuckleBoy]

In the 70's, and I believe it was in 73, Indiana suffered a strike of tornados that would eventually be known by the locals as, the Palm Sunday tornados. So, my ex mother inlaw (she still likes me) proceeds to tell me tonight that during those storms the roof of the house next door to her was ripped completely off. No huge event, right? Well, as she continued to tell me, the next year my ex father inlaw was tilling their usual garden spot when he started finding silver dollars that dated back to the 1830's, he found 5 or 6 total, give or take a few. Anyway, as it turned out the house that had the roof ripped of it belonged to my ex mother inlaw's father, and when he learned of my ex father inlaw's silver coin find he said, "Yep, I had over 500 of them stashed in the attic when the storm ripped the roof off, only found about a dozen of them. Also had my mother's jewelry box up there as well but it was blown away and torn to bits and I never found any of that stuff either." Honest, I just got this info tonight. And guess what......."Sure, you can hunt for them all you want. And by the way, dad also said he had a lot of other valuable coins in the attic as well, said he never found any of them."

OK, it's Indiana, and this isn't exactly a classic treasure hunting adventure, but just as soon as the water (we just had a pour down) runs off a bit I think I'd better go check this little treasure tale out. If these little tales start panning out I think I might actually be able to tolerate here for a while.

No matter where one lives, there are ALWAYS treasure leads worth pursuing. I think Indiana will surprise you.

 

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Indiana just needs an ocean, a desert, and a huge mountain or two. Just about gotta have those things if you want to harbor the really big treasure legends and possibly even a few bigfoot sightings.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Indiana just needs an ocean, a desert, and a huge mountain or two. Just about gotta have those things if you want to harbor the really big treasure legends and possibly even a few bigfoot sightings.

I told ya Indiana had everything:

http://www.paranominal.com/cryptozoology/bigfoot/25954/bigfoot-sighting-in-bedford-indiana.html

 

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Well, it's a start.

 

[NGE]

Interesting theories on what's a Hoosier, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier ...........NGE

 

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Interesting theories on what's a Hoosier, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier ...........NGE

See what I mean.......why would they pick that name?

 

[ivan salis]

the real state motto -----* Indiana a great place to be from *


hoosier as in "who's yer daddy"? -- one of the passing thru traveling salesmen?

 

[savant365]

If Indiana is purgatory that makes Missouri HELL right about now. At least it waited until the 3rd day of summer to have our first heat advisory. 6/22 heat index 114 degrees.

 

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the real state motto -----* Indiana a great place to be from *


hoosier as in "who's yer daddy"? -- one of the passing thru traveling salesmen?

"Indiana, a great place to be from!" I could see that on a license plate.