Thinkin of starting a treasure hunting business/group

mercinarie · Dec 31, 2017

I'm pretty over everything and everyone at the moment and am looking to start a treasure hunting business/group or whatever you want to call it.

The objective is to construct a database with all the treasure stories and legends we can find and organize them into areas then maybe rank them from most likely to least likely and then decide which ones to go after.

Second Objective is to Research the crap out of the ones we want to go after then organize the expeditions.

Third Objective is...Adventure

Im thinking a small team maybe 3 or 4, One full-time researcher aswell.

I am currently working on funding so looking to do this in the next year or two because i will literally go crazy soon if i have to keep doin the same crap day after day after day, and im seriously cravin some adventure.

Thoughts, Observations, Ideas anyone... Has anyone actually done this? Its just an idea at the moment.

Tom_in_CA · Dec 31, 2017

mercinarie said:
.... Has anyone actually done this? ....

There is no shortage of md'ing legends, compiled into single sources/books.

mercinarie said:
... rank them from most likely to least likely ...

The problem is, that becomes subjective. And the typical person to fall for the campfire ghost story legend type "treasure stories" will always rank them iron-clad true. The reason is: No one applies logical scrutiny to the silly "he said she said" stuff. Because no one wants to be "left out". So people put critical thinking aside, when it comes to treasure.

Take for example the oak island nonsense. No matter how deep they dig, it's always "a little more to the right" or a "little more to the left" , or "a little deeper". It's NEVER that it's not actually there. Doh!

Mackaydon · Dec 31, 2017

For the first 10,000 (no typo) or so leads, search the submissions "Jeff from Pa" has made to TNet over the last several years.
Don........

mercinarie · Dec 31, 2017

This is why treasure hunting cant be done with normal people, they have to be different, think different, be open-minded and know that their own opinions could be wrong and accept that.

I do not know how we will rank them yet but it should probably be based on facts that we can dig up with research. But opinions will be inevitably involved.

But good thoughts

RudyT · Dec 31, 2017

I think that site does a great job of doing what you’re talking about.

mercinarie · Dec 31, 2017

Mackaydon said:
For the first 10,000 (no typo) or so leads, search the submissions "Jeff from Pa" has made to TNet over the last several years.
Don........

I have no doubt i will be getting alot of leads from this place

Mackaydon · Dec 31, 2017

Once you get through Jeff's 10,000 treasure leads, let me know the ten leads you believe are the best; I'll then assist you with the research.
Don.........

mercinarie · Dec 31, 2017

Mackaydon said:
Once you get through Jeff's 10,000 treasure leads, let me know the ten leads you believe are the best; I'll then assist you with the research.
Don.........

Ill keep that in mind

Thanks mate

chub · Dec 31, 2017

Are you thinking of a syndicate style approach to recover treasure or charging the 3 or 4 members to hunt on a 'safari' style organised tour/hunt? It sounds interesting. I always felt that dealers selling detectors are making the most $ in this hobby. Ive sometimes questioned dealers ethics though and thought that they are really selling 'hope' and perhaps arent quite as honest as they could be when realistically talking about finds. Dealer here finds 'at least 60 rings a year'..... every customer of his though that I know find nowhere near that many despite dedicated hours at sensible locations.

Best of luck to you

Chub

Peyton Manning · Dec 31, 2017

lots of REPORTS and lots of RUMORS, facts? a bit more elusive

WaterScoop · Dec 31, 2017

Most highly successful high end treasure hunters never say a word.

Partnerships suck... the other partner(s) always think his/her/their worth is more then yours ..unless they are your own spouse. Worst is when you discuss treasure/location and the person listening is not even a partner..

People kill for less...just being a realist.

DizzyDigger · Dec 31, 2017

Mackaydon said:
For the first 10,000 (no typo) or so leads, search the
submissions "Jeff from Pa" has made to TNet over the last several years.
Don........

Chasing down treasure hunting leads is an addiction...... Jeff is a pusher..... :laughing7:

Tom_in_CA · Dec 31, 2017

mercinarie said:
.... be open-minded ...

Re.: my prior post: I think that the BEST hunters will/should be the BIGGEST kill-joys (aka.: close-minded, critical, skeptical, etc...). Because then you limit the wild goose chases to the most merited leads. So it's not the ghost-story legend hunters who are finding goodies. It's the skeptical ones that only chased valid leads, that are the ones finding goodies.

SusanMN · Dec 31, 2017

Raising money for a new business idea isn’t easy. You will probably have to do the research, come up with some credible leads and specific sites, and then kick in your own cash before you will find many willing to invest . And while doing all that and until you actually succeed on finding something valuable, you need to figure out how you will be covering your own living expenses. But good luck to you.

mercinarie · Dec 31, 2017

chub said:
Are you thinking of a syndicate style approach to recover treasure or charging the 3 or 4 members to hunt on a 'safari' style organised tour/hunt? It sounds interesting. I always felt that dealers selling detectors are making the most $ in this hobby. Ive sometimes questioned dealers ethics though and thought that they are really selling 'hope' and perhaps arent quite as honest as they could be when realistically talking about finds. Dealer here finds 'at least 60 rings a year'..... every customer of his though that I know find nowhere near that many despite dedicated hours at sensible locations.

Best of luck to you

Chub

Don't know if I can work for investors, would rather put up the money myself.

Haven't really thought much about how a group will work yet other than I don't want to charge people and I probably don't want to work with investors unless I have to I suppose.

Tom_in_CA said:
Re.: my prior post: I think that the BEST hunters will/should be the BIGGEST kill-joys (aka.: close-minded, critical, skeptical, etc...). Because then you limit the wild goose chases to the most merited leads. So it's not the ghost-story legend hunters who are finding goodies. It's the skeptical ones that only chased valid leads, that are the ones finding goodies.

Very good point maybe the word analytical fits better but i do get where you are coming from.

Waterscoop said:
Most highly successful high end treasure hunters never say a word.

Partnerships suck... the other partner(s) always think his/her/their worth is more then yours ..unless they are your own spouse. Worst is when you discuss treasure/location and the person listening is not even a partner..

People kill for less...just being a realist.

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Good input i dont really know how it would work yet but i know i will have to pick the right people and the smaller the group the better.

mercinarie · Jan 1, 2018

Mackaydon said:
For the first 10,000 (no typo) or so leads, search the submissions "Jeff from Pa" has made to TNet over the last several years.
Don........

I dont suppose he has a list i can download...

pepperj · Jan 1, 2018

mercinarie said:
I dont suppose he has a list i can download...

Here's the TreasureNet forum link to "Jeff from Pa" started threads, so many great leads then again it'll take sometime to go through the first 70 pages. Then again it's winter and by spring one might come up with a list of possibilities.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/search.php?searchid=19428377

pepperj · Jan 1, 2018

mercinarie said:
Don't know if I can work for investors, would rather put up the money myself.

Haven't really thought much about how a group will work yet other than I don't want to charge people and I probably don't want to work with investors unless I have to I suppose.

Good input i dont really know how it would work yet but i know i will have to pick the right people and the smaller the group the better.

One investor or 100 investors you'll have to listen to how they want you to do anything, your freedom to make your own decisions is now limited. If you want to succeed, save, invest in your own dreams not relying on have somebody else messing with them.

mercinarie · Jan 1, 2018

pepperj said:
One investor or 100 investors you'll have to listen to how they want you to do anything, your freedom to make your own decisions is now limited. If you want to succeed, save, invest in your own dreams not relying on have somebody else messing with them.

Yea that's what I was thinking I don't think I could be a treasure hunter and have investors telling me how to do it, kinda defeats the purpose for me.

Unless its a massive expedition maybee

ALso thanks for the link but it doesnt work

pepperj · Jan 1, 2018

mercinarie said:
Yea that's what I was thinking I don't think I could be a treasure hunter and have investors telling me how to do it, kinda defeats the purpose for me.

Unless its a massive expedition maybee

ALso thanks for the link but it doesnt work

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/search.php?searchid=19428377

Works if I click on it, or are you saying the content doesn't work?