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« on: February 20, 2009, 10:17:48 am »
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An acquittance of me, when she knew I had a metal detector and could find hidden treasures, asked me if I wanted to go with her on a property she inherited, where no one lived, where her uncle lived and she was almost sure he hid a treasure of gold coins which was still there. This guy was a bar owner and was not paying his taxes, so he was hiding a lot of his income, duly changed in gold coins. She asked me if I could search for that treasure and find it. Oh boy I was eager to get there... Cheesy
I took my Bounty Hunter Quick Draw 2 detector and off we go fro my first cache hunt. Detecting
It was in a remote mountain village, the house was quite small, but had an orchard and a barn where horses used to stay and a hay stack.
I detected in all rooms, the walls the wooden dusty floor, but found nothing. I went in the barn, but there were a lot of rusty nails on the floor, not easy to go through these. I detected the orchard, around the house but found nothing. I was quite disappointed. The lady too, I must admit. I dared not tear walls down without clear evidence.
The treasure is maybe still there, because I blame my detector and my skills. Meanwhile I made a PI detector, but never went back.
 I would like to ask those of you with more experience, what detecting material should I use in such a situation and what search strategy should I adopt?

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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 10:29:58 am »
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I would invest in a better detector that would  seek deeper,,

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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 11:41:56 am »
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Hi exceed,

Outback is right. Better dectector or a Gems runabout unit.

Either way you should do a surveyed grid pattern search and seperate the lines to about the size of the coil so you don't miss any areas. Lay out your lines with survey spray paint or plastic markers and start left to right. Do it on a magnetic north line up. Go south to north. This is how it's done with a gems unit for better clarity. I suppose it would make a normal detector work a little better just by having the grid.

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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2011, 09:03:36 pm »
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I'm semi retired and would go over there with my gear.  My business partner is from England and he has always planned on me going over there to search his uncles farms.  That would be great to hit both areas on the same trip. 

I use a two box detector, a 18 inch loop and a 10.5 inch loop and 8 inch loop.  I have a whites, garretts, and fisher. Each serves there purpose.


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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 03:02:10 am »
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 Hello exceed

 your mind is probably the best equipment!? try to think like the old man who has passed on'
 Now if you had all these coins you were collecting for a long time So you need a stash spot
 where you can put them into hideing. Could be inside an old boot(shoe) , car. under a loose floor board...
 Do a search on this website for old house hunting. Lots of info here.
 try up in the roof space if there is one. In  the garden / some area he would go on his property.
 Good luck, if you get stuck send me a message 

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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 10:24:53 am »
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Thank you goldnboy for all these advices. I will try to get a new appointment with the owner and try again.

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