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Tenderfoot
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- Amarillo, Texas
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So, I am going to tell you guys a true story about a gold cache. The reason I am telling you this is because I am almost 60 years old and can't get around well anymore. My father and I have looked for this cache for many years. So, at this point I am ready to let any of you have the chance to find it.
Back in 1979 my dad was a social drinker and partier, he hung out in various bars in New Mexico. at this particular time, he was in Roswell working for the telephone company. Our family is from New Mexico, and my father was fluent in the Mexican language. A man sought out his help in selling a coin he had found in the mountains to the west of Roswell. The coin was a Spanish double doubloon. A collector was found, and the coin was sold for $1600. The man that found the coin said there was 4 large bags of these coins in a sink hole in the mountains west of Roswell.
So, it starts out that back in the 1930's this Mexican man would go to the mountains and hunt for deer to feed his family. He was uneducated and did not speak English. He always started off in the same place at daybreak and return at sunset if there was no luck in hunting. The find was in the summer so that left a lot of daylight to travel by foot, as he was hunting, he saw an area where at one time had been a pond or basin of water at one time. He said it looked like a small waterfall had fed it. There was a large rock to the left of the dry basin the size of a refrigerator. He sat on the rock and rested, as he looked across the basin, he saw a small sink hole, he went to the sinkhole and looked down and saw bags tied by rope on the ends the material was a thick like canvass material two of the bags were split open. The Mexican man then climbed into the hole, of which had several rattlesnakes, he grabbed two of the coins out of the bags and left. He placed the coins on his mantle at home and there they stayed for several years. Many years later, the Mexican man's grandson had taken one of the coins to school for show and tell. A teacher had asked the child where he had gotten the coin and took the coin from him. The grandchild had gone back home and apologized to his grandfather for taking the coin. The old man went to the school to retrieve the coin and the teacher denied taking the coin. That is when the man sought out my father to sell the last remaining coin.
For several years my father had searched for the coins but never found them, I had gone with him several times to help search. I have not been to the area for about 7 years but will return this spring with my grandson. It will probably be the last time I go there. If anyone is interested in this get a hold of me on this forum and I will answer any questions you may have as best as I can.
Back in 1979 my dad was a social drinker and partier, he hung out in various bars in New Mexico. at this particular time, he was in Roswell working for the telephone company. Our family is from New Mexico, and my father was fluent in the Mexican language. A man sought out his help in selling a coin he had found in the mountains to the west of Roswell. The coin was a Spanish double doubloon. A collector was found, and the coin was sold for $1600. The man that found the coin said there was 4 large bags of these coins in a sink hole in the mountains west of Roswell.
So, it starts out that back in the 1930's this Mexican man would go to the mountains and hunt for deer to feed his family. He was uneducated and did not speak English. He always started off in the same place at daybreak and return at sunset if there was no luck in hunting. The find was in the summer so that left a lot of daylight to travel by foot, as he was hunting, he saw an area where at one time had been a pond or basin of water at one time. He said it looked like a small waterfall had fed it. There was a large rock to the left of the dry basin the size of a refrigerator. He sat on the rock and rested, as he looked across the basin, he saw a small sink hole, he went to the sinkhole and looked down and saw bags tied by rope on the ends the material was a thick like canvass material two of the bags were split open. The Mexican man then climbed into the hole, of which had several rattlesnakes, he grabbed two of the coins out of the bags and left. He placed the coins on his mantle at home and there they stayed for several years. Many years later, the Mexican man's grandson had taken one of the coins to school for show and tell. A teacher had asked the child where he had gotten the coin and took the coin from him. The grandchild had gone back home and apologized to his grandfather for taking the coin. The old man went to the school to retrieve the coin and the teacher denied taking the coin. That is when the man sought out my father to sell the last remaining coin.
For several years my father had searched for the coins but never found them, I had gone with him several times to help search. I have not been to the area for about 7 years but will return this spring with my grandson. It will probably be the last time I go there. If anyone is interested in this get a hold of me on this forum and I will answer any questions you may have as best as I can.
