A Call For Help

[Allen in MT]

I have been out of the loop for a number of years and just joined back up. Here is my latest adventure. Aug 2020 Kind of a long read, Names and place shall remain anonymous.

Got a call last week from a guy that wanted to know how to run a detector that he got from his dad. He was going to use it to help a friend find something that had been buried. I explained the machine to him and asked about size and depth of object and he didn't know for sure but said he would call back if he had more questions.

About 4 hours later i get a call from same guy and he says his friends wife wants to talk to me. Wanted to know if I would drive over (about 65 miles) as they needed someone that knew what they were doing with a detector. I asked a few more questions about size and depth and was told about 30 inches deep & the size of a Carnation can, cardboard she thought.

Having nothing else to do we decided to make the drive and see if I could help. Come to find out the guy had buried the can of coins about 10+ years ago and he and a couple of friends were trying to find it. He had suffered a couple of strokes and couldn't quite remember exactly where it was buried.. I asked of one thing and that was to take some pictures if we find it and no name's or location would be reveled.

Pretty much about half of the space under the building had been dug to a depth of about 3 ft. We dug and I detected for about 1/2 hr and kept hitting some old rusty nails and from what he told me I asked them to remove a section of dirt and in the meantime I was going to check the big hole they dug earlier so the owner and I slipped thru the wall studs and began searching the other side, In the far back right corner I got a very very weak signal in the far corner and told him to move some gravel/dirt so I could check it again to see if it gets louder.

It did so move some more gravel and it is louder and then it screams at me, I said we have a large target here and he starts moving dirt and gravel with his hands and a little piece of gray tape pokes thru and he yells we found it. More gravel come out revealing the whole lid and then the can. The can was heavy as it was full and I'm thinking he buried a bunch of silver and I said it would be nice to see some gold in that can.

He said so you would like to see some gold would you. He and his wife were over whelmed to say the least that I had found it for them. He asked me how much he owed me and I said what ever you think, a little gas money. He handed me $2000.00. I said no way and he said you want more and I said that's way to much but he wouldn't take any back because you see I just dug up there retirement savings.

Stuffed in that little can were 224 1oz gold coins ( All Buffalo and American Gold Eagle rounds). 10 tubes of 20 rounds each and 24 in clear cellophane wrap. At todays price well I guess you can figure that out.

 

 

 

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Love it !   A commissioned posse hunt  !   Love those md'r saves the day repatriation stories.   thanx for bringing us along.   And you very much deserved that tip/reward.  Because even though the hunt might not have taken too long, yet you had all sorts of time under your belt , over the years, become proficient with your gear.   You can't put a price on skill and know-how.  

[delnorter]

Wow, just amazing Allen. Good job.

Mike

[havingstl]

Wow find of a lifetime!

[johnedoe]

Fantastic job..... Well done.....

[Gold Seeker]

Awesome job!!

That's a good retirement fund....over $450,000, $2000 was a small sum to have that found!!

[kac]

Wow, awesome!

[Joe D.]

   Now i must go under my house, before selling, just to be sure! It was built in 1941! I've been under there many times for repairs, but never to detect! You never know!!

Great Job!!👍👍

[MN_Digger]

Wow...great work, Allen! Thanks for sharing the story!

[mn90403]

Job well done!  

You got one of the coins?

Mitchel