Captain Loosechange
Sr. Member
- Nov 24, 2007
- 385
- 26
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett SeaHunter Mark II, Tesoro Stingray
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I got permission to detect an old farm house last summer. When I showed up to do it the old man and several of his family members were there at the home, they asked the usual questions about detecting and the detector and such and I went on and searched the yard and made some decent finds. Also got permission to return anytime which I haven't yet. Anyway that was last fall, fast forward to about a week ago. I get a call from my parents that the people that own the house called for their son-in-law to see if I was available to look for a lost wallet. I told them that I would and we made plans to meet the next day. The man had been plowing a garden with his tractor when he noticed his wallet was gone, I had asked on the telephone if the wallet had any metal in it and he had told me it had a zipper inside and two metal snaps on the outside. It had a place for a chain to attach also but there was no chain on it. So we met at the plowed field and I searched it in a grid north to south then east to west, disc. then all-metal, only finding the occasional piece of rusty farm impement or a nail, 1 modern .22 bullet, then finally get a faint nickel tone and low and behold I pulled out his wallet. He was ecstatic. He tried to give me a cash reward but I declined and instead asked if I could have permission to hunt the farm that this was on. He told me anytime and after a few minutes of telling me where structures used to be and what not he told me about how this was his dad's place and how his dad had him to retreive the entire contents of a safe deposit box and $20,000 cash from the bank shortly before he passed. He had told his son on his death bed that he had hidden the money and the contents from the safe depost box which included the deed to the property in a gallon size glass pickel jar and buried it "on the hill" behind the property. We talked a few minutes about the possible location and the what-if's if I were to find it. So I am in the process of drawing up an agreement for an attourney to look at and then I guess this will be my spring/summer project. The area is not ridicously large but will take some time to search thouroughly. This is the first time I have ever been given 1st hand information of a cache and probably the best lead I ever got. I know also that I may not find it, the man was sick and maybe he just thought he buried it but the son did say that they had searched the entire house and never found the money or the deed. I don't know what else if anything was in the safe deposit box, I didn't ask and he didn't say. I will update when I get to start searching. Going to get my ducks in a row before I ever even go look for it though. HH
UDATE 5-5-2009: Thanks for all the comments and interest in this post. I thought I owed it to everyone interested to give an update. I finally got the agreement written up and signed. The owner agreed to 50/50. I know that some of you seemed to think I am asking too much for this amount but you have to understand that to get to the area to search for this cache is a 45 minute drive one way from my house. It will be my gas and my time expended and I will be giving up valuable hunting time that I could be searching some other spots that I have found. I think 50/50 is reasonable given all the factors involved and the owner agreed. Right now he has 0/0 so 50/50 is a great improvement. My first hunt on the property will be this Thursday 5-7-09. As far as the property deed it obviously belongs to the son and I am looking for that for free. I may not find anything and it's not like I will be charging for my time and effort if I don't. Anyway wish me luck and I will of course update this post from time to time and definetly if the cache is found. Thanks and HH.
UDATE 5-5-2009: Thanks for all the comments and interest in this post. I thought I owed it to everyone interested to give an update. I finally got the agreement written up and signed. The owner agreed to 50/50. I know that some of you seemed to think I am asking too much for this amount but you have to understand that to get to the area to search for this cache is a 45 minute drive one way from my house. It will be my gas and my time expended and I will be giving up valuable hunting time that I could be searching some other spots that I have found. I think 50/50 is reasonable given all the factors involved and the owner agreed. Right now he has 0/0 so 50/50 is a great improvement. My first hunt on the property will be this Thursday 5-7-09. As far as the property deed it obviously belongs to the son and I am looking for that for free. I may not find anything and it's not like I will be charging for my time and effort if I don't. Anyway wish me luck and I will of course update this post from time to time and definetly if the cache is found. Thanks and HH.
