Maybe the best Treasure hunting flick of all time.

[Dancer]

Black & white, takes place just about when the country was changing from horseback to autos. The west was still wild. For any one who hasn't seen it there's plenty to learn about Treasure, and it's affect on humans. What it does to partnerships, the irresistible urge of greed, mistrust, leading to fate. Most of us who have seen this movie can identify (to a scale) things in our own lives.
Our younger hunters, could save a bucket load of woe, & personal Treasure by watching this story unfold. If you can recognize "What happened here" and apply it to future endeavors, well.

The Treasure of Sierra Madre

 

[John in Nawth Carolina]

Do they use AT PROs ?

 

[digger z]

that may be true but I love the cheesy national treasure pixs.nick cages bad hair and all.

 

[Grubstake]

I've got that on DVD, Love it. Grubstake

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

n/t

 

[wltdwiz]

yup its a goodun

 

[upnorth]

I've actually experienced how it feels when fairly new to the hobby, and you start finding rare relics from the 1700's. As cliche as it sounds it was all engrossing, obsessive and intoxicating. To the point of having dreams about the sites and objects. I suppose that it was analogous to the movie, which is basically a morality play and a great classic film. I would say that I fell into the Bogart role more than once with all of the associated pettiness, greed and paranoia. I'm not joking, I really went through some weird stuff a few years back. I actually became peripherally associated with some dudes that were selling objects in an underground market to rich doctors and lawyers etc. When it got to that stage I became afraid and cut all ties. I stay very far away from all that stuff now. I had to get back to simple fun detecting, were it was when I started. Were it is now. I admit a bit of lingering bitterness to some of the reaming that I got from those days, but hopefully I have a bit more self cognizance now.

 

[Dancer]

I've actually experienced how it feels when fairly new to the hobby, and you start finding rare relics from the 1700's. As cliche as it sounds it was all engrossing, obsessive and intoxicating. To the point of having dreams about the sites and objects. I suppose that it was analogous to the movie, which is basically a morality play and a great classic film. I would say that I fell into the Bogart role more than once with all of the associated pettiness, greed and paranoia. I'm not joking, I really went through some weird stuff a few years back. I actually became peripherally associated with some dudes that were selling objects in an underground market to rich doctors and lawyers etc. When it got to that stage I became afraid and cut all ties. I stay very far away from all that stuff now. I had to get back to simple fun detecting, were it was when I started. Were it is now. I admit a bit of lingering bitterness to some of the reaming that I got from those days, but hopefully I have a bit more self cognizance now.

Funny, about that old movie, up north. We can spot the similarities to Dobs , in some of our past dealings. Hopefully as we age , we'll trend more to the character "Howard (wise, seasoned)" and be remembered as such. One note though, Howard voted to murder the claim jumper, along with the other two. This was only stopped by the arrival of "Yellow Hat" and his gang.