Some whack treasure hunter kills himself and leaves a treasure quest behind

[50cent]

Kansas City sports writer Martin Manley commits suicide and leaves behind website explaining decision - NY Daily News
Martin Manley details suicide, sets off treasure hunt
Martin Manley: Man Commits Suicide, Posts Website Treasure Map To His Fortune




And here is a quote from da horses mouth (Martin Manley) :

“I had no financial problems. I sold my house which was completely paid for in 1998. The same year I bought $30,000 in 1/10 ounce gold coins and pre 1965 silver coins. Gold was $300/ounce when I bought it and silver was $4/ounce. Gold went up to $1,700 and Silver to $44 making my stash worth over $200,000.”

He then added the coordinates, 38.800542, -94.687884. The directions point to a trail at the end of Arboretum Park.

A $200K stack, now that's impressive. I says it once and I'll says it again, most modern treasure hunts are staged by people with money, and have what, 10K hidden. This is what we call chump change. $200,000, now there's a hunt worth hunting.


Still though, this guy had some serious problems. Remember no matter how far down in skunksville you get, you can always make it out. I don't know why he killed himself either $200K is pretty impressive, its not as big as the high rollers on this forum. A case of envy? Perhaps he knew gold and silver was going to tank, and he couldn't let himself live to see the day?

 

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[krazyace]

He had a degenerative disease and was losing all his functions, memory, sight, etc. He did not want to live like that so he killed himself.

 

[50cent]

Makes sense then, guess he wasn't all that whack.

 

[flyadive]

Here it is! Go get it men!

 

[Jason in Enid]

You left out part of the story.

“There is no treasure. This morning sparked quite the treasure hunt. Overland Park Police have spoken with the family of the victim and they indicated that the victim had purchased gold but had given it away. The alleged ‘buried treasure’ is a hoax. Please be mindful of this and that the Overland Park Arboretum does not allow digging.”
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[Nice Person]

A very sad story. God bless this man.