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A while back a friends uncle who lived alone died as a result of a car accident. Apparently he joked with family members from time to time that he buried his money on the 1 acre property.
While only a rumor it has a hint of truth to it since the uncle grew up in the depression era. So I get a call from my friend telling me that her family says I can search the property if I want.
The house isn't old, built in the 60's but there were family gatherings there. I was told that I can keep anything I find. Got my fingers crossed and my GT charging up.
 
Ran,
That is very nice of your friend! I certainly wouldn't dismiss the comment too quickly. Why would anyone hint around that they buried money on their own property? Hmmm maybe I am reading into this too much. Did he have any brothers or sisters? If not or if deceased, he may have been sending out a "flag" to other "certain" family members that there is something buried. Obviously he wouldn't tell of the location while alive....at least not verbally....he grew up in the depression era and didn't trust... Now with the GT, if you go over a good size null it may be a strong box or other metal container holding the goods. Hopefully the container is metal. If not and he buried it in a tupperware container, hopefully he buried coins to bring about a signal. This target may not be the typical bury like we think. He may of buried it in a flower box or one of those fake wells with flowers growing out of it or maybe he had a favorite spot he sat at in the backyard indicating his fortune below. Hopefully there is truth to what has been told - the hunt is on! I wish you the best - Jim

This reminds me of the Redfield story http://lynncoins.com/redfield.htm


Ism said:
A while back a friends uncle who lived alone died as a result of a car accident. Apparently he joked with family members from time to time that he buried his money on the 1 acre property.
While only a rumor it has a hint of truth to it since the uncle grew up in the depression era. So I get a call from my friend telling me that her family says I can search the property if I want.
The house isn't old, built in the 60's but there were family gatherings there. I was told that I can keep anything I find. Got my fingers crossed and my GT charging up.
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Yes, I would try hunting in All Metal Fixed or PP and then practice by going over a few larger metal items jar sized or bigger so you know how big of an iron signal to look for or bigger. Probably jar sized or larger. If it's a jar with a metal lid I think even knew ones (?) still will read in discriminate since I've dug a bunch of old mason jar lids that give a crappy coin signal if I remember right as they had zinc in them and such. If the jar has a glass lid then of course you'll hear the coins inside it in disc. If it's one with a glass lid but has those metal brackets that hold the lid on then you'll probably only get a small iron signal with perhaps a huge coin signal on the sides as the detection field gets to the side of that metal wire bracket and can see the coins somewhat. If there are any sheds or barns with dirt floors be sure to check there too.

A friend's neighbor died and the family tore the house apart looking for hidden money when remodeling as they knew he had a ton of money but didn't trust banks. They never found anything. Then I was told that he used to freak if anybody got close to his shed on the lot next door, which was no longer owned by the family and just a city lot now. I hunted that lot and where the shed was with the dirt floor. Got a large signal. Dug down and saw the tied top of a canvas bag. Reached in and pulled out a heavy bag! My heart was pounding, but it turned out to be a bag of nuts and bolts! Man, I'll never forget that one.
 
Thanks for the ideas. I will keep you posted. I do a lot of reading of the cache stories on another forum so I am abrest of the typical locations caches are found.
However my guess is that most caches that were found took a lot of diligent searching and all-metal is a necessity since a lot of caches are buried in iron/steel containers.
I plan to trek out to the place for a few hours tomorrow if its not raining. Its about 30 miles from me it hasn't been mowed recently but the family member said the grass wasn't very high.
 
Hopefully there's not a lot of large iron junk in the ground as I'd for sure hunt in All Metal and maybe All Metal pinpoint. Make sure you practice judging target size by sweeping over a jar lid and such, so you won't be chasing smaller iron junk than that.
 
You can go wrong there hope you find a pile of money.
 
Got out there today, the site is 40+miles away. Close to the house was terrible as it had debris strewn all over the ground. It seems like the place was set on the location where the farmer had his out buildings (the house next door was an 1860 homestead). I was digging square nails and farming implements. I couldn't use the GT near the house, the EMI was so bad that the detector wouldn't even quiet down in auto. I gave up and got out the Tesoro for a little while, it worked much better around the EMI. I dug a lot of fist sized objects but they were from the buried trash and pieces of siding. There was only one location hidden from the view of other houses. I dug a lot of holes but never found anything of value except 2 pennies. Then I got a call from the roofer that was working on my house and had to leave. I may go back but I won't be using the GT as it was almost worthless. I had to shut it off every time I dug an object because when the coil wasn't parallel with the ground it was going psycho. Too bad because its my favorite detector. I have a Whites TDI pulse machine with high/low conductivity. If there's large iron, zinc lids, copper and silver will come in as high conductor so I can eliminate a lot of trash and small iron. But its heavy and I don't care to swing it much anymore....yeah, I may have to hip mount it. It does very well around EMI. The aluminum siding on the house goes right to the ground so I can't get within 2ft of the house and get a reliable reading.

I may change coils to the 8" tornado and see how it does. Maybe its the SEF coil that's so sensitive to the EMI?

Funny thing, I couldn't see any reason for all the noise. The house is vacant, I wasn't near the power lines and usually I can tell if its a buried cable TV wire. When I got about 60ft from the house I was able to crank the sens up pretty high. That area was lower grade than the house and had a high water table ie, the holes started filling up with water at 8-10 inches. Maybe its the old mans poltergeist screwing with me...hehe

I'll keep you posted.There are a couple nice well worn soccer fields nearby..I may hit them for an hour or 2 when I get back out that way.
 
Keep us updated. Yes, some times even turning down sensitivity or switching bands won't help with the EMI. I have found though that the SEF seems to get less trouble around that stuff than a regular round coil, but by the sound of it you'd be much better off using a different machine there.
 
Critter, since I really like this 12x10 SEF I decided to shorten the cable. I will be removing 12 turns of wire from the shaft.
The cable length and windings might be making the GT more susceptible to noise. I will report my findings and this house makes a good test to evaluate any changes.
Somebody want to dowse this photo?
 
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