[21twelve]

I had a book on “Treasure Hunting”.

The writer was telling about all the old stories and his hunts to find them - with no success (but good stories anyway!)

He told of one guy that used to accompany him but the guy got tired of the poor results, and started “Treasure Hunting” in old abandoned houses on some acreage on the outskirts of suburbia. The ones too run down and old to live in, but also the ones not quite ready to turn into a subdivision.

One day he showed up at the local coffee shop /gathering place and motioned the writer to come over to his car. He opened up the trunk, and then opened up two old suitcases - full of cash. Then drove off into the sunset never to be seen again.

Obviously not sure if it is true - but a fun story, and very well could be.

By grandfather in-law lived (and died) at that type of place. My wife said they would find cash stashed all over the house when they would visit, clean, etc. When my MIL sold the place she sold it lock-stock-and-barrel to the developer that ran an auction. Heck, just all of the old tools and crap he had in the barn would have been worth a lot. But it was “too much of a bother to go through all that stuff, a lot easier to just sell it all”.

[goat granny]

I have another son that started with a metal detector as a young teen, he now goes treasure hunting at garage sales...finds broken gold chains etc and when he has enough he puts it up on ebay...He once brought a old bracelet for 5 bucks and took it to a jeweler and the stones were diamonds. Not big ones, but the bracelet was worth a few hundred dollars...I have a metal detector but its old and doesn't work as good anymore, but they are fun to use...especially around old deserted farmhouses.

My girlfriend and I were walking a beach in California and there was some guy walking the shore with a metal detector, I stopped and talked with him, so far that day he showed me a gold wedding ring he found....great hobby.