Treasure sniffing dog?

[swizzle]

Has anyone here ever trained a dog to find treasure? I was thinking about getting a dog (wifey says no way). Would it be hard to train a dog to find paper money? I was thinking of putting a wet musky smelling dollar in a dog toy and then hide it a million times and watch him find it over and over until that scent is locked in his head and then take him for a walk on the beach. Will this work, and can it be done with silver and gold too? Jason

 

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[weldermark]

you might turn him into a purse snatching pick pocket

mark

 

[stoney56]

Hmmm, some people put paper money in their front pockets and some gals hide cash in the tops of their swimwear. Pros and cons. Careful, or youll be a con (vict)

 

[swizzle]

Let me rephrase that. Take the dog to a deserted beach. Although teaching him to untie tops could be fun. lol j/k

 

[cptbil]

swizzle:
When I was in the Air Force, the MPs had a Doggie Training Center, right next to my office!
I used to go over and watch them training The "Bomb Sniffing" Dogs!!
That is sniffing chemicals !
They also trained dogs on drugs, and all kinds of other stuff!
So!
I would say to you...
SURE!
You can/could train a dog to sniff money!
But!
You're a little late!
I read some where, where it is already being done!?
In fact,? ?
I think "it", the book on how to do the trainning, ? was in a catalog from "Paladin Press "
You know, The company that sells all kinds of good books to us Radicals ?
Just look around for a breed that is used for sniffing...
Labs are Good!?
As is most other hunting bred dogs

 

[swizzle]

I was thinking about maybe a bloodhound. Turn him into a money hound. I read somewhere's that a good gold sniffing dog can smell a vein 3 feet down. I think it has something to do with the minerals commonly found around gold. Either that or there was a woodchuck hole right there.

 

[stoney56]

Whichevery dog you get, do us all a favor and train him to refill his holes afterwards Happy Hounding

 

[HiiiQ]

What was that breed that is used to enter foxholes to "flush"them out? I'm thinking of geting one of them ,hook it up with a wireless videocamera & a small flashlight & send it in. In my country (Bulgaria) it is rumored that some foxholes are conected to ancient roman tunels, possibly containing tons of gold & other valuables.

 

[minelabex1000]

The dog gone best treasure seeker may well be a dog. Well, for some treasures anyway.

We had a new house built and one day my son's dog started digging by the side of the house. My son watched on as the dog unearthed an antique cast iron toy train. A long time before we built at the location there had been a small house there.

There are also stories of dogs finding large hidden treasures. If I do some looking I may be able to locate such an account. I recall reading many over the years.

 

[xXx]

When I worked at a maximum security prison in Indiana (Indiana Reformatory), I was on the k-9 unit. Recently I got a black lab puppy and have sincerely considered training him to search. I believe a dog would be twice as accurate as a metal detector of any kind. You would actually get twice the depth of a metal detector. Believe it or not, you could train the dog to discriminate. Their noses would be able to distinguish different types of metals.
So, training a dog to treasure hunt? Makes perfect sense to me!!!
xXx

 

[minelabex1000]

I'm really glad I found this posting!

I had been thinking about getting a dog and now I'm convinced. Dogs are a very good security idea anyway if you metal detect all alone.

Which breed would be best for sniff treasure hunting? My son had a lab in the train thing.

I'll still use my detector but while out on the beach a trained dog would be a great added feature.

Any ideas on how to train a dog to sniff out metallic objects?

 

[xXx]

Just like you train a woman, you beat it.
NO, NO, NO, Just kiddin.

 

[minelabex1000]

Just like you train a woman, you beat it.
NO, NO, NO, Just kiddin.

"A woman, a mule, an oak tree, the more ya beat em the better they be."
---Red Badge of Courage

LOL Also just kidding....personally I've always hated that novel

 

[stoney56]

Zziipp . Not sayin' nuttin' (muffled)

 

[Cache Hunter in NY]

Alot of dogs can be trained to hunt for treasure if I were you I would go with more of an active dog such as a parson russel terrier(formally the jack russel terrier), west highland terrier, or a border terrier all of which are meant for tracking underground. Be carefull what dog you choose all dogs need different amounts of care and attention.

~Angela

 

[minelabex1000]

Alot of dogs can be trained to hunt for treasure if I were you I would go with more of an active dog such as a parson russel terrier(formally the jack russel terrier), west highland terrier, or a border terrier all of which are meant for tracking underground. Be carefull what dog you choose all dogs need different amounts of care and attention.

? ? ?~Angela

Maybe this is a dumb question, but, how deeply can a dog smell an object underground?

 

[Arkansas Bill]

As far as depth is concerned it depends on the size of the cache and how long it has been buried. The F.B.I. recovered a cache of (if memory serves me correctly) $200,000 at a depth of 8 feet a couple of years ago in the Arkansas River Valley.

CaptBil's suggestion of using a lab has much merit it you have room to keep a lab. I use a beagle to sniff around roadside rest areas, mall parking lots, beaches and parks. Just about any pooch will do the job. My only suggestions are to start training your dog as soon as it is weaned and, for obvious reasons, don't use a pit bull.

Dogs are easy to train but require a lot of time and patience. If you can't work with your dog every day during the training period you won't get very good results. The satisfaction you get the first time pup comes running up to you, wagging it's tail, with a dollar bill in it's mouth, far outweighs the time and effort it took you to train the dog.

 

[Arkansas Bill]

Joseph TwoDogs and Miles Forte both published training manuals for paper money sniffing dogs back in the early 1990's. As far as I know they were the first to offer this information to the general public. These manuals are both out of print, and copyrighted, so I can't quote from them.

The only metal sniffing dogs of which I am aware are two different dogs recovering gold nuggets in Arizona. This is just a rumor that I heard so don't know if there is any truth to it or not. My guess would be, if this is correct, that the dogs are picking up the trace of arsenic that is associated with gold in that part of the country.

As far as metal artifacts are concerned I am at a total loss. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this. Sure would save all of us a lot of digging.

 

[Arkansas Bill]

Minelab, you are more than welcome. Always glad to help fellow treasure hunters in any way possible.

Joe's book is titled "Money Dog" and Miles' is titled "The Game" (mainly because it is a fun, rewarding, game for the pup). You might e-mail Research Unlimited, they have a website, but the books aren't listed in their index, although they might possibly have the manuals in stock. When Paul and Joan Tainter sold the shop all their books were included and there were some of Joe's and Miles' manuals in stock at that time. Other than that source I can't think of anywhere else to find them.

Don't let the government manuals put a damper on your enthusiasm. It costs absolutely nothing to train a dog, you don't need a "superdog", and your training aids will only be a dollar bill or a gold nugget, some doggy treats, and lots of affection.

 

[minelabex1000]

Thanks again Bill....You're awesome! 8)