$2.3 million in gold and silver in VA - you make the movie...

[Darren in NC]

This guy actually buried his money with him. It's a trick to find the article, but scroll down to the 7th picture on the right (ignore left pics). It should show the small VA tomb where he was buried.

http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/attractions/main.html

Hard to believe this is the real deal from 120 years ago! Okay, let's make a movie. How would criminals (certainly not us) plan to steal the loot? What's the plot and technology?

 

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[Kentucky Kache]

This Is one that makes you rub your chin. Veeeery Interesting.

 

[Darren in NC]

Yeah, I think they stuck the ADT sign in the ground, snapped the picture and ran. But hey, it's fun to think it could happen...or could it? 8)

 

[spotz]

Have you been back to the Moon Shiner's Cache yet? We are dying for an update.
Spotz

 

[Darren in NC]

Thanks for asking, Spotz. No, I haven't. Without going into too much detail, my friend purposely keeps his distance from his father. It is a very strained relationship. His father lives in the home (with the grandmother) and last time we were out there (a year ago), he came out and had some words with us. My friend would rather let the caches rot than deal with his father. But his dad will be moving soon to the coast with his girlfriend and we'll have more freedom to go for it. Aside from that, both of our schedules are super busy and I am not allowed to go on the land by myself. I keep asking about scheduling a time to go and he says we'll go after his dad leaves. Thanks again for asking.

 

[nevrdundetecting]

anybody have a tunnel boring machine?

lol

HH

 

[aaron7]

I'm sure if you offered a chunk to the people monitoring it... they would look the other way :P

 

[jeff of pa]

IF it was Buried With Him, DO you Realy Think The Government Hasn't Dug it Up ?

Either The Guards Were Dismissed, SO nobody would see it Being Done.

Or the Guards were there to Prevent Anyone Seeing it Being Done

 

[Darren in NC]

I agree with SWR - it's most likely a hoax. But it sure makes for an interesting plot of a movie...

 

[JakePhelps]

Sounds interesting, lots of neat stories there, real or not. I like this picture thats on that site: LOL