Lost New England Treasure

[M.Brian]

Hey all,

New member here. Recently have become enamored with the lost history of New England. With much of our countries beginnings happening here, there has to be a number of war relics and lost coins to be found. I am a beginner and am looking at purchasing my first detector. Does anyone have any good solid leads in Connecticut and Massachusetts? I recently heard of the tale of the lost Washington dollars of east granby but the story is shrouded in doubt. Being from the town the myth occurs in naturally I will have to at least give it a look myself. There is also of course the story of the lost gold of David Marteen in the Windsor/east granby area as well. I would love to hear stories of any kind of quests for treasure in the New England area. Thank you and good luck to all.

 

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[captED]

I'm guessing you read Jamesons books? There is alot of doubt on those, I am from that area and researched briefly. No one has ever heard of or seen a Washington dollar. It is said that the inn keeper of the area made up the story. Best of luck message me if you have any questions.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

.... the myth occurs in naturally .....

My opinion, is that all the genre type ones you allude to, are ... as you say : Myth. Just ghost-story camp-fire legend telephone game stories. Fun to listen to, of course. But if you really want to pursue cache hunting (versus fumble fingers individual coins/relics), then the solution is not to chase these old yarns and myths. The solution is to git yourself a 2-box detector (like a TM-808) and simply hit old cellar holes and ghost towns and old-town urban tearouts. They find nothing smaller than a soda can. The perfect discriminator for pesky individual coins, rings, nails, tabs, etc....

 

[Honest Samuel]

I recommend that you go back to Connecticut Legends and read all the comments pertaining to both treasures. The Rev. War treasure of 13 wagons loads of French coins story were published in Lost Treasure magazine three or four times every years for over 30 years. If the story were true, which is not, the treasure would had been found by now. The Bates Tavern has been more from South Main Streets, East Granby many years ago. As far as the Pirate treasures. That story is for another day. I had been searching for single coins and jewels and for buried treasures since 1964. I also live in Connecticut. Good hunting and good luck.
A big welcome to TreasureNet.

 

[M.Brian]

Thank you to all for your thoughts and advice. I have to hit the drawing board anew to figure out which detector is perfect for me. The David Marteen treasure story is just so enamoring, especially growing up here. I was shocked I had never heard these legends till recently. I’ll probably start by hitting some old cellar holes as suggested, thank you for the advice. As for the east granby bates tavern, I think I’ll cross that off the list. Side note has anyone seen the show detectorists on Netflix? started it last night, pretty funny. Any other good local reading material suggestions? Thanks in advance

 

[Tedyoh]

Like Tom said - forget about the treasure stories worth 100 million dollars - you are in a good spot for really old cellar holes swallowed up the forrest, dig it all up, including the iron signals that very few dig - that's where you will find a small (or maybe large) cache of coins....some person or families treasure they buried long ago. Digging all the signal is your best chance at finding a treasure.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Ask people who own old houses if you can dig. Old houses have old coins.