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Map Dowser
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One of my most disappointing Treasure Hunting ventures involved a stagecoach robbery just North of Ojai, California. The robbery took place a short distance from town, and as a result, a posse was formed quickly.
The posse soon caught up with the outlaw, and a firefight ensued. The robber was mortally wounded in the battle, and before he died, he told the lawmen that he hid the gold in some rocks on top of an unusually looking knoll. A search went on for weeks, with out success.
I map dowsed the location of the treasure, and found it to be no more than a half-hour distance from my home.
When map dowsing in wilderness areas, I always start by using accurate, and detailed aviation sectional charts, as they are, in reality, a photograph of the grounds surface, and show in detail, all of the topographical features. I was amazed, as sure enough, it was a very unusual looking knoll.
As I approached the knoll, I decided it was too steep to climb, so I traversed around the base looking for a better way up. This is where the great disappointment came in. I found myself standing in a freshly cut firebreak that went straight up and over the hill. Once on top, I couldn?t find a thing. A careful search of the base produced the same results.
A few days later, while heading out to search for the Lost Padre Mine, I stopped for gas. The gas station owner noticed that my rig was bristling with an assortment of digging tools and metal detectors, and asked me where I was going. After telling him, I told him the story of my last week?s experience. A smile broke out on his face, and he told me I was three or four months too late for that one. He went on to say that a regular customer of his accidentally found the treasure. The customer was a bulldozer operator who contracted with the Forest Service to cut fire brakes. Because it was not legal for a US citizen to own gold at that time, he took the gold to San Francisco and sold it to the Chinese Tong, and used the money to buy a few apartment houses.
Good Luck Hunting
Jerry Nokes
The posse soon caught up with the outlaw, and a firefight ensued. The robber was mortally wounded in the battle, and before he died, he told the lawmen that he hid the gold in some rocks on top of an unusually looking knoll. A search went on for weeks, with out success.
I map dowsed the location of the treasure, and found it to be no more than a half-hour distance from my home.
When map dowsing in wilderness areas, I always start by using accurate, and detailed aviation sectional charts, as they are, in reality, a photograph of the grounds surface, and show in detail, all of the topographical features. I was amazed, as sure enough, it was a very unusual looking knoll.
As I approached the knoll, I decided it was too steep to climb, so I traversed around the base looking for a better way up. This is where the great disappointment came in. I found myself standing in a freshly cut firebreak that went straight up and over the hill. Once on top, I couldn?t find a thing. A careful search of the base produced the same results.
A few days later, while heading out to search for the Lost Padre Mine, I stopped for gas. The gas station owner noticed that my rig was bristling with an assortment of digging tools and metal detectors, and asked me where I was going. After telling him, I told him the story of my last week?s experience. A smile broke out on his face, and he told me I was three or four months too late for that one. He went on to say that a regular customer of his accidentally found the treasure. The customer was a bulldozer operator who contracted with the Forest Service to cut fire brakes. Because it was not legal for a US citizen to own gold at that time, he took the gold to San Francisco and sold it to the Chinese Tong, and used the money to buy a few apartment houses.
Good Luck Hunting
Jerry Nokes
