Buried Cache of Gold and Silver Recovered on Out of State search in United States
Got a call from out of state, to look for a buried box of silver and gold and family items. A father, with dementia, had buried his savings somewhere on their four acre plot of land a number of years ago. It was thought to have been buried in an old military amo box about 4 feet deep. They had been digging areas with an excavator and sifting the soil for weeks. They purchased a two box deep seeking metal detector to no avail. Thus the call. There was quite a distance involved, but the challenge and agreements made, I succumbed. I committed to a two day search all expenses paid expedition. Since it was believed to be in a amo box, I brought a Fisher M97, my XP Deus 1&2 and an amo box for readings. Using my 13 inch coil, a modified relic program, searching with the coil about 9 inches above the ground and a lot of luck, I had a good hit, but high numbers. I knew a amo box would be high. I used a 4 foot steel probe and felt the soil was easier to penetrate than surrounding soil and I hit something solid, but not metal. Bring in the excavator! At 85 I don’t dig four foot holes. Two scoops, first hole, success!!! Box was plastic but high numbers were because of the silver coins and bullion he had collected. The one gold coin didn’t seem to have much affect on the readings. Father united with his savings.
