Buried 'Treasure' Missing (Duphin County) 1999

[jeff of pa]

someone either saw her or got lucky

Looks like a Camp at best. her Mailing address is the same though. she may have died or moved & never changed it

 

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[robertk]

A Half dollar weighs 12.5 grams, so 18000 of them would weigh 225 kg (a hair under 500 lbs). It would have been quite a bit of work to bury that, or to dig it up. I'm not surprised the thieves didn't try to pull the whole barrel out of the hole.

Would be a great place to go swing a detector. They're bound to have dropped a few.

 

[jeff of pa]

50 Cent Pieces not Dollars & My guess it's the reason someone caught her Feeding it. she must have had a Path Worn

 

[robertk]

50 Cent Pieces not Dollars & My guess it's the reason someone caught her Feeding it. she must have had a Path Worn

Sorry, just a typo. I meant half dollar -- weight is correct, post has been updated.

And agree, someone knew it was there and helped themselves. Inside job, maybe.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

A Half dollar weighs 12.5 grams, so 18000 of them would weigh 225 kg (a hair under 500 lbs). It would have been quite a bit of work to bury that, or to dig it up. I'm not surprised the thieves didn't try to pull the whole barrel out of the hole.

Would be a great place to go swing a detector. They're bound to have dropped a few.

No so. Math that again. Why such a big drum for ~30 pounds? and a fairly small volume?

 

[jeff of pa]

I Would also Surmise it took a good amount of time,
even if more then one. a lot of Buckets back & Forth involved
they either got lucky. and thought the house was abandoned. or they knew she was away

 

[robertk]

No so. Math that again.

OK.

18,000 half dollars at 12.5 grams each.

18000 * 12.5 = 225000

225000 grams / 1000 grams per kg = 225 kg

225 kg * 2.2 lbs per kg = 495 lb

What did I miss?

 

[jeff of pa]

after Looking Closer they had 6 Months

after a little more research her and her husband may have been living in Michigan during that Time.
anyone could have gotten lucky or she may have even told someone in michigan about her Stash.

 

[Gold Maven]

most people that hide money, do not keep it all in one place. good chance there are other caches there, in my opinion.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

OK.

18,000 half dollars at 12.5 grams each.

18000 * 12.5 = 225000

225000 grams / 1000 grams per kg = 225 kg

225 kg * 2.2 lbs per kg = 495 lb

What did I miss?

The volume. Less than cubic foot?

 

[jeff of pa]

Personally I Believe that many Halves would take up the Volume of several 5 Gallon Water Jugs.

but even if they had confidence no one would catch them.
the odds are good at least 1 half fell and even if saw fall, ignored
as not important. perhaps many more fell if they were surprised by the cache and did a mad scramble
to grab and get out

she still owns both properties .

Thy don't list the Date the Photo was Taken

 

[jeff of pa]

Update Ariels

2003 Both Lots Hers poor aerial

2018 House Definitely Restored & Lived in

2021 Photo of her Properties with interesting areas circled

 

[jeff of pa]

the house by the road

 

[robertk]

The volume. Less than cubic foot?

If they were stacked perfectly into a square container, you'd get about 13,000 half dollars into a cubic foot, so 18,000 of them would take about one and a half cubic feet. I'm assuming they were just dumped randomly into the drum, not stacked at all, so they would take up considerably more room, but still not anywhere near the whole 55 gallon drum. With a container that big, either it was already conveniently buried and she repurposed it, or she intended to put a whole lot more in there.