Louisburg, N.C. men believe they have found $18,483 in civil war gold

[Jason in Enid]

Hundreds of thousands you say, the contents of some of these depositories are known. Two of them contain 889 Large Gold brick each, one is in Tennessee the other is in Virginia. One of these two also contain 8 each 30 gallon pots of US Gold Coins face value $8,737,208. Now these are two of the smallest depositories of the 58 now you calculate and tell me how much the total would amount to. One of the deposits of 889 large gold brick came as a Grant from the Bank of England in August, 1864.

Really? You have verified Confederate Gov't docs stating that this was buried or you have read a story told by the friend of an uncle of a drummer boy who overheard the story?

 

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[civil_war22]

Exactly. It's a myth. If you were super die hard and sure it was there u wouldn't have said national cemetary or in Franklin county. You would be out digging it up regardless if u got caught. I mean if this wealth in gold is there u would have more than enough money to bail you out of jail maybe even be a mob boss in a federal pen with a guy named vinnie

 

[civil_war22]

Do u. Because all I hear is you believe it's there. No actual facts. Having actual facts is knowing 100% that if u dug down there would be what u say in ground. But as you know you are only going on what u believe. There is no factual proof

 

[killian110]

Franklin, it sounds like you have done a lot of hard work and research. I hope you eventually get your hands on the gold that you believe is to be found. As a fellow North Carolinian, based on the amount you expect to find, I'm sure you would love to see it benefit the state and country when you do finally bring it to the
light of day, but as a realist and fellow detectorist my advise to you is, when you do find it be discreet and keep it to yourself. In this country and in today's world, "No good deed goes unpunished." Good luck!

 

[ECS]

Where do you see where I said "believe" I said I was 100% positive.

The question that hasn't been answered:
"Have YOU lain eyes or hands on any of the said Confederate gold in any of the 58 depositories?

 

[Jason in Enid]

No but we are working every day for that purpose. They hid a few other small caches of spending money. Each of these are worth about $8 Million Dollars today.

So again, you have nothing but your BELIEF you will find anything. You cannot say you have proof of a treasure until you have put your hands on it. You seem to lack the understanding of the definition of the word "proof".

 

[Jason in Enid]

I don't lack anything I have all I need thank you for being so negative though.

It's not negativity, it's facts. I never said "I hope you never find a treasure." That would be negative. I stated a fact that you have no proof because you not yet found anything and you admit that you have no iron clad documents confirming what you want to believe is there.

 

[maipenrai]

Any updates? I would love to see a trillion in gold, that would make my day.

 

[killian110]

Sometimes the situation warrants that it's better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. What big hole in what cemetery Your Honor?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Franklin, there's a psychology your are a victim of. It works like this, if I could give an example:

Along the coast of CA, I have seen some wickedly good days of metal detecting when storm-beach erosion is severe. You know, like "100 silver coins" in a day, or "15 gold rings in one day" type of stories that circulate amongst those of us who chase such things. We research all the time, to determine (from buoy data and weather reports) when the tides, swells, direction, wind, etc... will be *just right* to produce good erosion. And sometimes we do ok. But those *really good* days of 100 silvers and 15 gold rings in a day, are very rare indeed. And to be honest with you, sometimes we go out and ....... despite our best efforts at our forecasting formulas, we find only so-so normal results.

And each time I come home with meager results, I say to myself: "you know, come to think of it, the swells weren't *actually* high enough, or the wind turned wrong at the last minute", etc... There's *always* a reason, in my mind. However, each time I'm about to head out, my hopes are high, and I believe I've isolated a spot which should be producing.

I've noticed that on days when I've studied my weather and buoy/surf date, that .... for whatever reason ... I CAN'T make it out there (got called in to work, etc...), that ..... I am very bummed, just assuming I've missed rich pickens. But truth be told, "rich pickens" are rare, EVEN after "all my homework". But in my mind, that singular day that I couldn't get there, I bet THAT was the ONE day it was going to be red-hot. See how the psychology works?

So the more you "get denied" (fancy that), the more your mind wants to believe that THIS was truly a treasure (that grand conspirators are all conspiring to deny you of).

Me thinks you've been watching way too many Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns (wasn't gold-in-a-grave the plot of one of them?). Of course, you will dis-believe those of us who tell you such things. Because *sseeeooo strong" is the desire to believe in buried treasure ("lest you be left out"). So we're probably wasting our time.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

This is one time you are wasting your time because this is real as it gets.

And so says the faithful. Alas, ...... to you ....... so long as you are denied (that evil conspiracy), the more it means that it's actually there. And if you finally get to dig, and it's not there, well that *only* means those conspirators dug it up and took it away. OF COURSE . That's the ticket.

 

[Jason in Enid]

This is one time you are wasting your time because this is real as it gets.

Yep a talking tree told him so, so it MUST be true.

 

[killian110]

If you get caught plead insanity. Gold Fever is a sickness.

 

[maipenrai]

So what is the estimated age of the tree? Was it still a sapling when this treasure was supposed to have been buried? If someone was hiding a treasure, why would they put a sign next to it, "treasure is buried here"?

 

[civil_war22]

Omg come on now

 

[maipenrai]

I know that most of us here abide by all the laws, and never dig without permission, but in this case, I would be digging with a back hoe, in a flash. That is if I KNEW it was there. With a trillion dollars, you could get a pretty good lawyer, or even a couple hundred lawyers. Get Young lawyers, and they would keep this thing going for the next 80 years. If this is such a hard thing to do, then go after the "pocket change" of several million, or did you ask permission on all of these caches?

 

[killian110]

We are trying to recover some of the smaller ones like you say in the millions.

Franklin, What's the latest? Making any progress in the hunt?

 

[Rogerv]

If your that sure where it is why not rent a ground penetrating radar unit and go over the area. Your not disturbing anything and you might get some answers.

 

[Salvor6]

Franklin, two things: first don't wait too long. Look what happened at Victorio Peak. The govt. took everything. Second, don't expect to get a permit on any of your sites. If you need help, I have a crack team of diggers and we can do a recovery in hours.

 

[twoauers]

Has anyone thought to pay the 250.00 fee to NASA to have the Space Station to take x-rays of the site for gold traces? That service is available, and they have done it for others?

Would that not help and assist in the cause here? Seems they are many untried proven technologies available here for use and to date are not used, why?

Texas A@M, LSU, Auburn, private Companies, and Private Prospectors have used them to make verified claims. The 250.00 cost seems very small for the reward stated!

Just a thought, Jon in Nashville

PS: if in fact your are close, may I suggest also you consult a Fed. Attorney with case experience to verify your find for legal proof. Like It has been stated above- The Feds will take it from you, you can be certin of it.

I wish you the best in your hunt. Jon in nashville.