Intro and Lost Gold

[butcher]

My name is Butch Fritze and I am a new member, so if I make a mistake forgive me please, and then correct me. I live on Lake Tenkiller in Northeastern Oklahoma. I am 62 years old and am living off of a disability check. That is why I need help with the following:

I have been looking for some supposed gold stolen from a bank in the late 1800's, for over 20 years. metal detectors will go off at the same spot no matter how deep I have dug. I have dug a hole 20 feet deep. Even used dynamite on some big rocks. When I got down to grey shale at 20 feet I gave up. Now, a metal detector will still go off over the shale in the same spot.

Well, now that they have all this new fancy equipment, I thought I might try it again. What I was thinking would be best, would be one of those underground sonar or radar underground locater to determine the size and shape of whatever is there if anything. The trouble is I don't have the money to buy that kind of stuff, so I was hoping to find out how to rent the equipment, hire someone, or partner with someone with the equipment to help me.

Thank you,

Butch Fritze
29305 Highway 82
Park Hill, OK 74451
Phone: 918 457 4499

 

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[Keppy]

You got me if your detector went off before you dug... And still goes off at 20 feet down ... And kept going down the whole way down .... I don't know what to tell you..... get a back hoe and keep digging ?

 

[Argentium]

Let's get back to the story of the gold - If indeed stolen gold was hidden , why bury it at a depth of twenty feet ? (how is another question)
If the robber/s had the time to bury the gold twenty feet deep , they were obviously not being pursued by lawmen - so logically they had time
to stash the gold in a secure but easily accessible location . Butch ,clearly you believe you have a shot at this or you would not have been
pursuing the gold for over twenty years - Without knowing anything more about the story I do think I've raised a legitimate question as to
your belief that the gold is buried at such a depth . I certainly do not intend to insult your intelligence by my question - rather I welcome your
response so that I may understand your reasoning here .

 

[MickeyMaguire]

As for the behavior of the metal detector, sounds like some sort of electrical interference causing the signal... or highly mineralized soil.

 

[RGINN]

Interesting. I agree outlaw gold hurriedly buried wouldn't be all that deep but a slide could cover it up. HOWEVER, what caught my attention was where you live, PARK HILL, Cherokee Nation, since I'm a native Oklahoman and descended from the Cherokee tribe on my mom's side. Oklahoma became a state in 1907 but Park Hill was founded in 1838 by Cherokees removed from their original homeland. It became pretty much the cultural center of the Cherokee universe at the time, lots of history and more than a few treasure tales attached to the area. Butch, if you got the metal detector and you're enough of a homeboy down there to get permission, you should detect every place you can get in to around Park Hill. You might come up with a little somethin to finance your main goal of outlaw gold. You should also put your post up on the Oklahoma forum and you can find somebody closer to home who can help you out.

 

[wildpig]

Hey Butch,
I don't live too far away, and can help you look for it.

 

[RTR]

You have dug 20 ft.Might as well finish.Rent a backhoe for half a day,won't cost too much ...good luck
But something is fishy w/your detector of it still sounds off 20 ft. down.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Overhead power line?