Would I be wastin my time?

[crow12c]

Hello folks, my stepfather hunted his farm for burried mason jars of gold/silver coins, burried back in 1877, now he claimed back then he had "real reasons" to look for it, and look he did. hes been gone now for 20 years. anyhow, I was lookin at some old maps from the 1800's awhile back and just happen to look up his farm, there it was drawn out in little squares, but a barn or building unknown to us use to sit on the farm. I know he was hellbent on the thought that it was burried in the big barn next to the house,(built in 1840 no nails) but this drawing has another barn? away from the house, My Mother thinks Im just as crazy as he was but, this guy wasent the dumb fall for anything kinda guy, he really put his time in hunting this, he even pulled large stones out of the foundation in 2 spots due to his detecter beeping. he had a reason to belive it was there. and now with the new knowledge of a barn that we never knew of.....its got me thinking. now I said all that to ask this, I have a BH that cost bout 100 dollars, am I wasting my time to hunt it with this? I figured Id go all metal mode and just dig, I know where the mistery barn was cause its next to property lines, a place he never looked.his detecter would of been a early/mid 70's model. should I spend any money for a crazy chance, or just try the BH? thanks.

 

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[Shortstack]

Sounds like a real good lead. I'd follow it up, but with a better detector to save time. That BH you have probably won't do the job you need. You can get a very good detector for less than $300 that you can keep using for other detecting. (coinshooting for one) If you're looking through the different detector manufacturers' catalogs, keep this one point in mind. Dealers cannot / do not sell the detectors at those manufacturers' suggested retail prices. Dealers usually price them at about 80% of those suggested retail prices. If you order a new Tesoro from a reputable on-line dealer, the shipping is usually free.

 

[ivan salis]

hey don't you cost nothing to look around a bit --- most likely your step dad had his reasons to think something was there -- you might have a clue or figgered out sumpin he didn't have. --good luck.

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

One of the other places they hid their goodies back in the day, was if the place has a fence. They just loved to put jars under fence posts - the hole was already dug, and it fit jars pretty well. Then they would place a rock on top, and put the fence post back down.

Check for shorter/longer fence posts, loose posts that you can pull right up. Also, if any of the barns have rock - swipe that detector over the rock walls. If it was a dairy farm - check the spring house or the place they used to cool their milk. Also, anything that was dug - hand-dug wells, etc.

If that all fails, check where there were fireplaces and hearths, or particularly old trees.

Hunting for treasure is never a waste of time in my book


B

 

[crow12c]

Thanks, I think Ill take the tractor and scrape 6-7" of the area I belive this old barn to be in then mabey I can save some time getting the junk out, Ill go back and dig through the pile later, its our farm so it aint going no where, I just got into detecting, my stepfather took me years ago(to dig), but I was to young to care, I should find something, he had a really large collection of old silver he found through the years, moms still got it I think, it was all found on this farm, it was a large dairy farm in the 1800's. so im sure it wont be a totyal waste of time. dont they make better detecters now days compaired to the early 70's, so Ill keep yall posted, I hope to get out there next week,

 

[Seamuss]

Ya, it's a waste of time. Let us hunt for you. LOL

 

[cedarratt]

Was this piece of property on or near a cattle drive route? The newer detectors (even the Cheap ones) are a lot better then the old ones were. I would say that it would not hurt to look. the First place I would check is the corners of the buildings, then any large trees or out of place rocks laying around, Old Tree stumps. Then I would start at the buildings and work my way out from there. If it was a big place I would ask for help searching it.

 

[cedarratt]

Also VERY IMPORTANT if you find any clay jars that are small and are seal up DO NOT BREAK THEM OPEN They are coin safes and are worth a pretty penny since most are broken when they are found.

 

[bill-USA]

As Ivan said, it won't cost you anything but time to use the equipment you have. If you find something it might make it worth your while to upgrade.

I think many of us tend to absorb the propaganda that BH doesn't work well because it's too cheap.
On the other hand I read many many posts by a gentleman in Colorado who used a BH in city parks and was always posting the rings he found, gold, silver, and junk, but rings none the less. (Onionrings?)

I don't own a BH so have no personal experience. I'd say use it and see. If you find nothing, try borrowing or renting a more expensive machine. If you still find nothing, then the BH worked just as well as the more expensive one. Gain enough experience with either machine and your odds increase of finding whatever your coil crosses during a hunt.

Good luck, and I hope your father-in-law was looking in the wrong place and you find it.

 

[nova treasure]

I would do test with the bounty hunter to see your max depth of a jar with coins in it. It won't be totally accurate but will give some indication and than maybe later if you don't find it, than try something different. I am curious if there is any rock fence at the boundary lines where the old barn may have been. This is also another Great place to hide caches. I know of some gold bars that was found by a rock fence and with one rock shaped alittle different as and used as a marker, there was also a tree that was another marker to help show distance of the Bars. I guess they thought ahead of maybe the rocks being moved or vice versa. Anyway the Bars were about 18 inches under a big rock that was used from part of the fence.

It is never a waste of time, if you have good reason to believe in it.

Nova Treasure

 

[TURNMASTER]

I would hunt it. I would go over what your father detected also. The tech has improved a lot over the years. I have seen mixed reviews on the BH machines. But, some say they go pretty deep depending on the model. If it was a very bottem end model I might upgrade. I upgraded my BH Landstar because I had a hard time using it, and believe I have more dificult soil in a lot of my area. Soil conditions can affect dector performance from place to place.

GL
Jeff

 

[crow12c]

Thanks for the replys, I have done a bunch of reserch on this farm and it gets interesting, it was large and one of the first dairy operations in these parts, it's going to be allotta searchin but I like a challange, and there was allotta folks around here many years ago spoke of this hidden bank on the farm that the elder went to his grave before he could tell his sons where their inheritance was , I find some said it was burried in a milk can, some said mason jars, but thats what had my step father all wound up about it, I found some old silver so far, if its there Ill find it , I have tractor/blade I will scrape areas down so my BH can reach deeper. I know where the main barn was, my folks had it taken down back in 82 it was all hand worked and pegged! built around 1830, it was a very large barn. I havent been looking in the barn area yet, as thats where the ol man always was, Im looking where he didnt spend much time, and I have the internet, he did not. so my research is helping as to where things where. Ill keep yall posted.

 

[boogeyman]

Any time you can get outside and do a little swingin, it's not a waste of time! As said before, with the continuing advancements in detectors and coils, finds are constantly being made in areas that were searched before.

Think it was Charles Garrett that said, "You can take a whole Army of detectorist out & thay still wouldn't find it all"

To me detecting is like Christmas, everytime I dig it's like opening a present! Just don't know if it's gonna be underware or a shiny red bike!

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Crow I see you mentioned Milk Can. A very overlooked cache container. We hear of 55 gallon drums caches being buried 10 feet deep, which is a bunch of bull most of the time. A big milk can can be used as a underground bank very well. If it is buried upright and the lid is a few inches below the soil, money can be dropped in it, and removed as needed. I dig most overload items on my DFX, one day it may be a milk can cache, lol.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Of course, buy a metal detector, to search the farm and other locations in your state. Best of luck to you.