New to Cache Hunting

[57chevy]

I just read an article about cache hunting, but would like to know more about it. How to start, how to find good places to hunt, etc. I ran across these books. Don't want to have to buy all of them. Any suggestions on which one is the best or are there other books out there on cache hunting to consider. Thank You for any help.

?Cache Hunting, Volumes I & II,? by Glenn Carson
?SEARCH!? By James Warnke
?The Successful Cache Hunter?s Handbook? by Robert Katt
?Treasure Caches Can be Found? by Charles Garrett.

 

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[bufaloeletric]

I’ve got ‘Treasure Hunter’s Manual #7’ by Karl Von Mueller. It’s a goid read, and I see his books suggested here a lot. I’ve never found a cache other than what I think were some knick knacks a kid buried in a school yard, but you probably want a big coil and dig everything that has any decent size I would guess.

 

[crashbandicoot]

First thing is to research your area,looking for old home sites,barns,outbuildings,that kind of thing.Your local County assessors office can often help with old records.Look up old maps and search for houses that were there then but not now,then search the locations.Old local legends about eccentrics or people who never seemed to have money but were able to buy pricey goods are a good source too.Your imagination is a good source too,along with intuition.There,s a lot of good info right here on this forum,read the old threads,I guarantee you,ll learn something.Good luck to you in your search.

 

[smokeythecat]

I have found a couple caches in my life. First was in a late 18th century to first quarter 19th century site. On one little 8' x 8' area in a plowed field turned to pasture, I found a bunch of early US cents, including a garbage 1793. That was so long ago I forget how many now but they were toast from the field. I think they had been buried in a pouch and the pouch went to dust and the coins scattered a few feet.

Second was only a few years ago. Late 19th to early 20th century silvers in a buried and broken glass jar at the edge of a field. My thoughts were that kids once upon a time ago buried them and forgot where they were. Not worth much in face value, but blew my ears off when the machine went over them.

 

[MiddenMonster]

I just read an article about cache hunting, but would like to know more about it. How to start, how to find good places to hunt, etc. I ran across these books. Don't want to have to buy all of them.

The #1 rule is to share anything you find with the people on this forum who helped you. It's part of the International Code of Ethics that all treasure hunters live by.

 

[traveller777]

I just read an article about cache hunting, but would like to know more about it. How to start, how to find good places to hunt, etc. I ran across these books. Don't want to have to buy all of them. Any suggestions on which one is the best or are there other books out there on cache hunting to consider. Thank You for any help.

?Cache Hunting, Volumes I & II,? by Glenn Carson
?SEARCH!? By James Warnke
?The Successful Cache Hunter?s Handbook? by Robert Katt
?Treasure Caches Can be Found? by Charles Garrett.

I have Cache Hunting by Carson. I think it is worth the small purchase price. It gives you ideas and gets you thinking about methods and ways to search. Some places in the book the internet needs to be inserted for newspapers and such. Also gives you encouragement that you can find something. That means a lot

 

[crashbandicoot]

One thing that,s stuck with me is to find a cache you,ve got to be where people were.People bury caches.Old map and photo sites are your friend.Search for places where there once were houses or farm dwellings,people who lived away from towns.Old folks in your area are good sources of info too as they often remember these places. County surveys,old census reports,local historical society,you get the picture.

 

[ADHD_Outdoors]

First thing is to research your area,looking for old home sites,barns,outbuildings,that kind of thing.Your local County assessors office can often help with old records.Look up old maps and search for houses that were there then but not now,then search the locations.Old local legends about eccentrics or people who never seemed to have money but were able to buy pricey goods are a good source too.Your imagination is a good source too,along with intuition.There,s a lot of good info right here on this forum,read the old threads,I guarantee you,ll learn something.Good luck to you in your search.

Crash, argen.net has some great information for Arkansas counties. Also, the local library, museum or historical associations are perfect for finding this info. I have a LOT more info than I can ever cover on old settlements close to me from these sources alone. And they're fewer each day but old folks like to talk about their childhoods and can give very valuable information. I read that each time an elder dies a museum is lost from their mind and I believe that.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Crash, argen.net has some great information for Arkansas counties. Also, the local library, museum or historical associations are perfect for finding this info. I have a LOT more info than I can ever cover on old settlements close to me from these sources alone. And they're fewer each day but old folks like to talk about their childhoods and can give very valuable information. I read that each time an elder dies a museum is lost from their mind and I believe that.

Thank you for that web site ADHD,I,ll take a look at it! I agree with you about old folks,hell,I,m An old folk myself!

 

[Gold Maven]

I was going through an abandoned house once, windows gone, vacant for 40 years or more.
I went upstairs, and the bottom step seemed loose.
I kicked it with my foot, and the wooden tread popped off, it was not nailed.
I looked inside, and there was a dusty, zippered bank deposit bag, from a bank long out of business.
I picked it up, and i could feel it was full of bills.
My hands were trembling as i unzipped it, and inside was a bunch of cancelled checks.
I looked through them, late 1930's, 40's, interesting, but not worth anything.
I zipped it shut and put it back where it was, so the next guy could get a thrill.
caches are out there, but it takes work, and time.
Good luck.

 

[traveller777]

I was going through an abandoned house once, windows gone, vacant for 40 years or more.
I went upstairs, and the bottom step seemed loose.
I kicked it with my foot, and the wooden tread popped off, it was not nailed.
I looked inside, and there was a dusty, zippered bank deposit bag, from a bank long out of business.
I picked it up, and i could feel it was full of bills.
My hands were trembling as i unzipped it, and inside was a bunch of cancelled checks.
I looked through them, late 1930's, 40's, interesting, but not worth anything.
I zipped it shut and put it back where it was, so the next guy could get a thrill.
caches are out there, but it takes work, and time.
Good luck.

Maybe you should have checked the next step. There could have been thousands of dollars were there.

 

[Gold Maven]

The house is still there.
if i remember right, it was mid 80's, the underside of the steps was sided, but not nailed to the steps, so open to the rest.
but i will check it out.

 

[traveller777]

The house is still there.
if i remember right, it was mid 80's, the underside of the steps was sided, but not nailed to the steps, so open to the rest.
but i will check it out.

I hope you find a treasure. I assume you are metal detecting there. Sounds like a good spot.

 

[crashbandicoot]

I hope you find a treasure. I assume you are metal detecting there. Sounds like a good spot.

If you read about caches much,you,ll find that a great many are found by accident,just like the guy and the cancelled checks.Only sometimes it,s really a cache,gotta have the right mindset,always thinking that the cache is just around the next corner.

 

[traveller777]

If you read about caches much,you,ll find that a great many are found by accident,just like the guy and the cancelled checks.Only sometimes it,s really a cache,gotta have the right mindset,always thinking that the cache is just around the next corner.

True that. Crash. I will cache on the next thread.