Man Finds Iron Age Gold With A Polaroid Camera 😲

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This is the story of Mr. Louis Matacia and Mr. David Villanueva. They discovered that a special Polaroid camera with a infrared filter could see treasure auras. David was able to use this technique to locate and find several iron age gold coins....With a polaroid.... But does science back this up? scientists can tell you what asteroids are made of :coffee2:
 

Remember unless you are a Nuclear Scientist or similar
NO Arguing !

It's just a Technique that needs more thought
 

I think there is a lot of confusion about this topic

what you can see is the IR emitted cause the difference in heat the objects undergo... for example we expect metal conduct more heat than rocks so maybe you can see a spot where there is a difference of IR emitted...

It is more valuable a UV light to look where people put their hands especially in remote areas.. (this is a known trick so I give you for free)

If I had a method to find lots of gold i certainly don't tell everibody.
 

IF The Above Story of the 5 Gold Coins is True,
And I Have no Right to Call him a Liar..... :dontknow:
of course I Used a digital Camera.


however Maybe I should have Dug :treasurechest:
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Hmmmm....interesting. I agree with giuhalftrack. If there is anything to the story, it likely had something to to with differences in heat levels.

On a related note, I once found a beautiful Draped Bust Large Cent six inches below a pile of deer poop. I have always suspected that the deer somehow detected it with some unknown deer superpower and then he pooped over it to deter me from finding it while he went to look for a shovel.:laughing7:
 

Jeff of pa # 6

While I like your photo--and it is your photo--I see several problems with the way you took it if you really are showing a Treasure Aura

It appears to me you are facing the sun--usually Treasure Auras show up best with out the camera facing the SUN and showing a prisim or rain bow effect.

Normally you take photos with your back to the sun or from the SOUTH FACING NORTH ( in the Northern Hemisphere )

If your using a Polaroid camera and really want to take photos of treasure--this is best done at daybreak or sun set---

Another type of FLASH from Gold or Silver can be captured on a digital camera--during any time of the day or night / if your camera allows this
yet this usually requires thousands of photos to capture the flash

There are several other types of treasure Auras--such as occur during intense thunder storms , ect, ect.
 

Hmmmm....interesting. I agree with giuhalftrack. If there is anything to the story, it likely had something to to with differences in heat levels.

On a related note, I once found a beautiful Draped Bust Large Cent six inches below a pile of deer poop. I have always suspected that the deer somehow detected it with some unknown deer superpower and then he pooped over it to deter me from finding it while he went to look for a shovel.:laughing7:
I had the exact same thing happen to me. Unbelievable..! See.. you and I would get along great. It's the ol' I'll lie and you swear to it thingy (the deer part). Works everytime buddy.
 

I think there is a lot of confusion about this topic



If I had a method to find lots of gold i certainly don't tell everibody.


I wonder how many people used this method?
Is there any evidence?
If you ask me, I used it.
You don't see it as gold.
You just see it as a yellow beam of light.
 

I wonder how many people used this method?
Is there any evidence?
If you ask me, I used it.
You don't see it as gold.
You just see it as a yellow beam of light.
I bought the equipment and I took a photo and got a Polaroid instant photo looked just like the cover photo on one of Matacia’s books. When I pulled to photo out of the camera I must have stopped for an instant and that’s just a camera user malfunction. I bought the photo shop software and buried some gold or silve (can’t recall now) and I found out I could manipulate the software to make it appear there was gold aura there or anywhere I wanted. I hope you have better luck than I did. Or bettter yet, don’t waste your time, energy, money.
 

Wow, why is Merrill, one of the best known metal detectorists in New York, making click bait? I guess making $3,000.00 a month on legitimate metal detecting videos wasn't enough for him. Too bad.:dontknow:
 

Wow, why is Merrill, one of the best known metal detectorists in New York, making click bait? I guess making $3,000.00 a month on legitimate metal detecting videos wasn't enough for him. Too bad.:dontknow:
I might be wrong but I don’t think he found a real treasure—he planted some gold in his yard and took a picture of the spot and probably had to manipulate it with photo shop.

BTW, I’m not saying this can’t be done—I recall DEll WInders talking about a camera that cost a million dollars used to show a signal line to a target. But not this.

Sure, gold retains it’s heat longer than the surrounding area so possibly an IR/Thermal camera can pick up the heat difference if everything is perfect—dry sand, good sun exposure, etc. When the target is covered in sand it holds it’s heat longer. But this will not detect gold only and it won’t work if the area is too deep or in the shade or damp ground.

Sorry Jeff, just had to say this.
 

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