How much civil war treasure is still missing

[Jollyrodger1]

You can’t help but think as I’m typing this there’s some very shiny coins and paper monies in the ground or hillside, etc. true historians can you give an honest factional opinion of what is known to be missing vs rumors. Gee whiz there’s not gps, or technology that can help what you don’t know, so yeah where do we go from here ,

 

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[Nathan W]

It's hard to say , I did meet some old fellas awhile back that found a small cache of coins at a campsite area. They found them in the 1980s. I don't see how everything that was buried or stashed behind has been found but who knows

 

[pepperj]

You can’t help but think as I’m typing this there’s some very shiny coins and paper monies in the ground or hillside, etc. true historians can you give an honest factional opinion of what is known to be missing vs rumors. Gee whiz there’s not gps, or technology that can help what you don’t know, so yeah where do we go from here ,

Well the paper monies probably wouldn't have survived unless it was in a building.
Stashed outside in the elements, it wouldn't survive.

Small hoards or even like the one gold coin hoard the farmer found are very possible.
Folks didn't have banks, the war coming down on them quickly, so they buried the valuables.
Taking large amounts with them would be risky also, so sure there's stuff to be found.

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[49er12]

Boy I can't help thinking, the times of struggles. They didn't have neighbors like we do today living so close that where nosey heck there nearest neighbors where far away, meaning is that stuff simply lost forever, today robbing a train or armour car wouldn't be advised, Jesse james of the world had it easy compared to today's security systems. Yeah they put it somewhere, person or war time payrolls or simply to silver and gold regarded as the only tender of the times, is it in a old secluded wagon trail off the beaten path or simply just in more obvious places. Good luck the off the grid is mighty big and using a small detecting machine well you understand, thankyou

 

[Limitool]

I'm sure there's still some small or large deposits of coins left to be found. Especially in Civil War fought areas or heavy activity. If somebody found a few or a couple hundred gold coins all together dated between 1860 - 1864 one would have to assume there from the civil war. Or that's what I'd believe.

 

[Cherokee65]

My ex father in law found a musket, still loaded under the floorboards of an old barn he was tearing down around Fairfield, Iowa when he was in his 20’s. Before he died he showed it to me and said he would be afraid to fire it. It wasn’t Damascus steel, it was forged. I told him that I wouldn’t be afraid to shoot it at all. I’d say there could have been something buried close by but nothing was ever found that I know of. Really old barns are pretty good places to start looking maybe.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I think a war will cause people to bury valuables quicker than anything. No war here ever so no war caches for me to find. A wealthy farmer that buried some coins in the late 1800s is the best I could hope for. The Great Kentucky Hoard, found a couple of yrs ago was definitely a civil war gold cache. Over 700 gold coins.

 

[Crow]

No one can ever give an accurate estimation of what lies hidden.

However no doubt in times of conflict people buried values then died forgetting to retrieve them. And not just wars but economic crisis. In the 1890s rural America suffered from an economic down turn that saw many rural banks collapse. Many people lost their live savings. So many people became distrustful of banks and hid their money at home. Many died forgetting to reveal those locations.

Crow

 

[flintstone]

I think alot of lost moneys are under blacktop, or concert. Alot of wagon roads are now 4 lane highways, . I was told that before a big battle, the men would hide there money or what ever they had, in and around there camp sites, and alot never made it back to dig it up. Think about it, why would you carry coins in your pocket, when you could carry more lead.

 

[Crow]

Getting back question of civil war treasure?

Forget books on civil war treasure and the hype.

Many average people was meat in sandwich regardless if supported the south or the North. farms was looted and destroyed and innocent people murdered. Many buried wealth in fear of being looted by both sides of the conflict. Many old home sites cellar holes pertaining to Civil war or even war of independence may yield coin.

Crow

 

[ToddsPoint]

I think an obvious place to look for civil war caches is in Georgia. Sherman’s march to the sea from Atlanta made a fairly wide sweep to the SE. Four divisions abreast, looting their way towards Savannah. They didn’t have supply trains following them and were ordered to live off the land. They took food, livestock, burned crops and barns. Houses and civilians were supposed to be left alone. Everyone knew they were coming and knew where they were headed. Surely everyone along these routes buried things. Probably most items were retrieved later but some maybe not.

 

[Jollyrodger1]

Very nice comments, boy when the people where in panic mode you just never knew, I’m thinking the mystery will always be just that unfortunately, I reside in far western Pennsylvania so I’m always searching, we do find coins from 1800s though.