Dans michigan treasure stories......New thread :)

[sturrat]

Lots of shootings going on in this area lately. Last year I felt comfortable detecting their but would not even attempt it now.

 

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[BobbysFace]

I hate to say it but I agree. It's getting pretty rough in areas. I do carry a gun where permitable. My dad and I have been out a handful of times this year and he had a few good finds. An old trap from the 50's and a 1900 barber dime.

Good luck searching.

 

[flakefinder]

Hey Dan like ready about your research , do you have anything around Owosso or Kalamazoo ?

 

[xdanthemanx]

sorry about the delay response .....ill look in my collection, one of these days im going to file it all by area but its all a mess in one folder...lol
dan

 

[MichiganMan]

I checked out this location today. Dressed in camo so the hoodlums couldint see me. It was like a minefield, holes everywhere but i was able to find some historicall items i dug up.

Is it in the Heights near crackhouse central?

 

[xdanthemanx]

heres a new one


even though they don't say anything else, you have to wonder if a person like this didn't bury some money also on his property
name and a location a lilttle researche could get you a name on a plat map

Dan

 

[wanting rings]

A little far away right now but another excellant find.

Caro is a city in and the county seat of Tuscola County, Michigan, United States. The population was 4,229 at the 2010 census and 4,145 at the 2000 census. Caro is located northeast of Flint and east of Saginaw in Michigan's Thumb region.

 

[xdanthemanx]

i actually located this guy on a census and a plat map, but im not going to give it all up, as with a lot of stuff i post on here, only the serious people will track some of these down.... I have more coming...

 

[xdanthemanx]

three rivers area

Again....Do you think they found it all? april 12th 1929

 

[sturrat]

With all the shootings there I would not try anymore

 

[Tori_Gold89]

Hey Dan
Do you know if there are any stories for newaygo area? Very interested in home town legends /lore that I can follow up on

 

[xdanthemanx]

i will see if i did sumthing up if not ill keep my eye open

 

[sadsack]

Good work, been to the Muskegon site many time, found a few coins none gold. If anyone want to work the site with me email me.

 

[xdanthemanx]

are you talking about the one in the drain?

 

[Mifarmer]

Dan, I'm very interested in hearing about any Barry county stories, I have a ton of connections in northern Barry western Ionia and southern Kent counties. I have a ton of newspapers from the 20's that I found while remodeling my house, I plan on doing some reading in those as well as continuing to talk with the old timers.
Kyle-

 

[xdanthemanx]

NEW CLIP 1-17-2019

nothing but a name and a location someone with the census info, plat maps etc, i would estimate it owuld take ma half a day to track down more info on this but lets see if anyone comes up with some on their own.....

 

[xdanthemanx]

and another

 

[xdanthemanx]

another

branch county?
By 1842 the continued growth in the eastern portion of Branch County gave them enough votes to win moving the county seat from Branch to Coldwater, and the one-time county center started down the slippery slope of no return to becoming a ghost town.
The final blow came when an offer to build a new grist mill at Branch for a price of only $75 was declined. The men then located the new mill on the river in Coldwater. The center for commerce in Branch County had found a new home.
By 1905 only a single building remained of the once active community of Branch. Today, only some buried building foundations and the cemetery remain as reminders of a lost community ... a ghost town.
So, what about the buried treasure? Well, one of the landowners and residents of Branch was a fellow by the name of Isaac Middaugh.
The time was 1838 and Michigan was a true frontier state, including horse thieves, robbers and some unique opportunists of very questionable character. In the village was the Barlingame’s Hotel, known across the area as a wild roadhouse for Saturday night partying.
It seems that Isaac planned to attend the tavern’s frontier dance, but was fearful of leaving his money at home, alone. There was no bank in Branch, and he certainly had no intention of taking his loot to the roadhouse with him and inviting a robbery.
So, he waited until early nightfall, after the moon had risen, then took a spade and went to the west bank of the Branch creek. Going to the north side of the roadway along the creek he tied his gold coins in a canvas bag and proceeded to bury them for safe keeping.
The next morning, still suffering from the effects of the prior night’s folly, he discovered that he could not relocate the point at which he had buried the gold. Try as he might, and $200 in gold coins in 1838 was worth the effort, he simply could not uncover the canvas bag.
So, Isaac’s loss became another piece in the fatal story of a village that grew from an open field as the county seat, prospered, failed and never relinquished its buried gold treasure.
I wonder! On a full moon night can you still find Isaac digging in the mud along the shore of the Branch Creek?

found this in the times archive!

 

[releventchair]

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Darwin J. McKay was arrested in Hastings Barry County for the murder.

 

[xdanthemanx]

off to a good start, lemme know if you need any help or find anything else.... time to get out the plat maps...good luck