Voice of Reason
Jr. Member
"Radio Hunts Lost Gold of Civil War"
[From archived newspaper article December 9, 1932]
"RADIO HUNTS LOST GOLD OF CIVIL WAR
Modern Invention Seeks To Uncover Fortune
Amsterdam, Mo.- When John Green died 65 years ago he had never heard of a "ground radio," an instrument which lets out a screech when it is carried over land in which there is metal. But one of these ground radios now is being used in an effort to find the thousands of dollars which John Green buried on his Bates county farm when he left this country to escape Price's raiders during the Civil war. Some $30,000 in gold coins and $3,000 in currency is supposed to be buried on his old farm. Dozens of people have searched the farm and now the ground radio is being used.
Had Hard Frontier Life.
Green came to Missouri when a boy, after running away from his Massachusetts home because he didn't want to attend school. Life on the frontier was hard. Three of his children burned to death while he and his wife were working In the woods. Food In the early days was scarce. Before Green's death he was harassed by the pro-slave raiders and Kansas buckwhackers. While he never had personal trouble with either group, he was known as a free-state sympathizer, and finally decided it was wise to move to Kansas. But In spite of troubles, John Green prospered. Before he fled he buried numerous caches of gold and silver. He told no one where the money was hidden, fearing his wife or three daughters might be tortured by robbers If they knew the location.
Death Bed Scene.
Shortly after he moved to Kansas Green contracted smallpox and died. On his death bed he started to tell his wife where his money was hidden. Some of it was buried under a stump, some under a pile of shingles by the old sawmill, a sackful near the foundation of the house, more in a wagon hub near the shed, another cache in a kettle at the foot of a tree. But he died before he told where the big cache was buried. Thousands of dollars was unearthed when the family moved back after the war. But the bulk of the fortune never has been found. The search was renewed by the owners of a ground radio, working in agreement with surviving relatives."
Cool throw back to the early days of "ground radio" treasure hunting.
[From archived newspaper article December 9, 1932]
"RADIO HUNTS LOST GOLD OF CIVIL WAR
Modern Invention Seeks To Uncover Fortune
Amsterdam, Mo.- When John Green died 65 years ago he had never heard of a "ground radio," an instrument which lets out a screech when it is carried over land in which there is metal. But one of these ground radios now is being used in an effort to find the thousands of dollars which John Green buried on his Bates county farm when he left this country to escape Price's raiders during the Civil war. Some $30,000 in gold coins and $3,000 in currency is supposed to be buried on his old farm. Dozens of people have searched the farm and now the ground radio is being used.
Had Hard Frontier Life.
Green came to Missouri when a boy, after running away from his Massachusetts home because he didn't want to attend school. Life on the frontier was hard. Three of his children burned to death while he and his wife were working In the woods. Food In the early days was scarce. Before Green's death he was harassed by the pro-slave raiders and Kansas buckwhackers. While he never had personal trouble with either group, he was known as a free-state sympathizer, and finally decided it was wise to move to Kansas. But In spite of troubles, John Green prospered. Before he fled he buried numerous caches of gold and silver. He told no one where the money was hidden, fearing his wife or three daughters might be tortured by robbers If they knew the location.
Death Bed Scene.
Shortly after he moved to Kansas Green contracted smallpox and died. On his death bed he started to tell his wife where his money was hidden. Some of it was buried under a stump, some under a pile of shingles by the old sawmill, a sackful near the foundation of the house, more in a wagon hub near the shed, another cache in a kettle at the foot of a tree. But he died before he told where the big cache was buried. Thousands of dollars was unearthed when the family moved back after the war. But the bulk of the fortune never has been found. The search was renewed by the owners of a ground radio, working in agreement with surviving relatives."
Cool throw back to the early days of "ground radio" treasure hunting.
It's about the "newfangled" invention we all know as the metal detector.
