gubelube Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 hi all, went out yesterday and no luck ,but i actually found an old tabacco can about 2 1/2 ft deep. i tore it open and out fell some old paper that falling apart.must be so old its deteriorating. antways it was on the side of a large hill buried pretty deep.i cant read all the writing or is it all there. but what i can read is to whom it may concern and something about assesment and has a name mary cassis in it. thats about all i can make. the paper is brown like an old style paper bag. but its thin and very brittle.at first i thought it might have been some nuggets wrapped in in and after i saw the writing i decided to be a little easier with it. anyways it was cool. here are couple pics.it seems to be some type of claim paper or something.john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Really neat piece of gold prospecting history John! Are you going to research it? - Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubelube Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Really neat piece of gold prospecting history John! Are you going to research it? - Terryi tried, couldnt come up with much, since its not all there and im not sure exactly what it says or who, im just wondering why it was buried so deep.it it was in a wash that would be easy to explain. but it was on the side of a mountain, in a spot that looked like it was dug out a little then buried.john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Boy Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 COOOOOOOOOOOOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGONAUTE Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 It's a treasure map.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriouskelly Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 One of the most exciting aspects of treasure hunting is finding evidence of past miners' lives.It's fun to wonder what they went thru and how things turned out.Yesterday I was heading back to Quartzsite and pulled off Hwy 60 to detect. Found a couple small boot tacks in a wash and saw this:CLICK for photoI wonder if it was cattle rustlers?John- no tellin what might be in that area you're exploring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I think it might be the map to the lost dutchmans gold...hope you didn't mess it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highbanker58 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 I was in the Caribbean last summer on a 50 foot sailboat ,I was detecting on an uninhabited island beach, got a faint signal at the base of a palm tree. I dug down quite a ways and found a quart jar. I got it out and couldn't get the lid off.When I finally got it open there was a number of items including 2 Love letters.They were dated Dec. 29 1999. Two days before Y2K.Still trying to locate the 2 people that buried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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