My Buried Treasure

[dan]

In 1958, I buried a treasure in the back yard of this house.



Here's the story of what it was, how it came about, and why I've had so much trouble trying to recover it for the past half-century:
http://thetreasurecorner.com

[Sonny b]

Great story Dan. I would log into the local county courthouse records on that address and find out who is paying the taxes on the property. After you find out who owns it see if you can call or write them. Tell them your story and see if they will let you retrieve your jar. I hope you find it. This kind of stuff makes me crazy. Once I hear about it I just gotta know how it turns out. I guess that curious drive is what makes most of us want to metal detect in the first place. Good luck. I will follow this as far as it goes. PLEASE FIND IT! Sonny.

[Diggler]

I was wondering if you were ever going to retrieve that Dan...

[Sonny b]

Alright now you have my crazy brain working this challenge. If the lid has deteriorated the jar has broken and the wheats have fallen through the bottom along with any other metal. I am thinking spiral on the notebooks maybe. I don't even know if they made spiral notebooks back then. These items may be twenty inches deep. Can you find em at that depth?

[dan]

Originally Posted by Sonny b

If the lid has deteriorated the jar has broken and the wheats have fallen through the bottom along with any other metal. I am thinking spiral on the notebooks maybe. I don't even know if they made spiral notebooks back then. These items may be twenty inches deep. Can you find em at that depth?

Though the lid has probably rusted badly, since it is iron it will have left a huge halo - lots of iron atoms all over the place. It should ring in loud and clear.

And yes, they did make spiral notebooks long before then.

[Dustyloins]

I recall having a spiral notebook back then. My teacher hated it because all the little pieces of paper from the assignments I handed in got all over her desk/clothes....

Dusty

[zeemang]

After you find the current owner, probably a bank, tell em you'll cut the grass for the chance to metal detect the yard. Bring a PI detector, it's probably your best hope at this point...

[dan]

Originally Posted by zeemang

Bring a PI detector, it's probably your best hope at this point...

I don't have a PI, but I don't think I'd need it here. The big lid won't be that deep.

[RickO]

Great story Dan. I would go for it.... my curiosity and drive would not allow me any peace until I had either found it or the remains of it. HH RickO

[dan]

Originally Posted by RickO

Great story Dan. I would go for it.... my curiosity and drive would not allow me any peace until I had either found it or the remains of it. HH RickO

The main problem is that I couldn't just pop it out with a screwdriver and be on my way.

I'd have to use a shovel, and the approximate area where I THINK it is (my fencepost markers are long gone) has a tree growing there that is probably 40 years old.

So my treasure may be unrecoverable without uprooting a tree!

[dan]

Originally Posted by Diggler

I was wondering if you were ever going to retrieve that Dan...

You must have read my book!

Look at it this way - If I do recover it, end of story! Maybe the suspense is better than the projected resolution.