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- Joined
- Feb 7, 2007
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- Location
- Fort Worth'ish
- Detector(s) used
- Golden uMax w/CleanSweep - XP Deus
- Primary Interest:
- Cache Hunting
Welcome from Indiana. I would like to see the show focusing on U.S. searches and not so much foreign searches.
Ditto.
There are countless thousands of historically insignificant "treasures" waiting to be found. Most are post depression era, hidden and forgotten, but once found, some person or entity somewhere believes they are entitled to it, so people often keep finds to themselves. Since you must give historical background on anything you are searching for and publicize finds to keep the show interesting... that's a problem. I can think of one story of stolen loot buried near the remains of a broken down jail. There may be enough history to it to scrounge an episode. Problem is, it's on state park land and can't be hunted, or has already been quietly found. I have seen the name recognition of your show come in handy in gaining access to otherwise off limits areas several times before so...?
One question about your show and maybe others like it: Are contracts ever written before searching that guarantee the searcher monetary compensation for any finds before airing footage of a successful hunt?
Say Butch and Sundance stole $1,000 face value in gold coins from a Wells Fargo coach 150 years ago. We track down and find the coins on state park property while filming the episode. Then what?