I mean, if I die with even $2 in my pocket, I did something wrong. From that excruciatingly enticing moment, though, nothing goes as planned. When he gets his mind on something, Hope Bowser says, thats all there is for a while.. But if the Saddle Ridge Hoard discovery is any indication, California is a place where anything can happen when it comes to hidden treasure. He was so courteous that there are accounts of him returning items he stole from distraught women during robberies. While the extraordinarily lucky dog walkers kept their identities and the location of the discovery a secret for obvious reasons, an article published by Reuters claims their land is set somewhere in Californias sprawling Gold Country, a famed region in the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains that attracted prospectors from around the world over during the states 1849 Gold Rush. But for Somers, it would still be the second most important thing. Hope was like, Oh geez, shut up about Jessenot everythings the Jesse James site, he recalls. What started with a leisurely dog walk ended with a stunning gold discovery worth over $10 million. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Do you know how powerful it is right now? He holds out a trembling hand. Jones, who was thought to be drunk during the robbery, was promptly killed when a guard returned fire and shot him. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Related read: 9 Curious Facts About Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter Extraordinaire. Sound interesting enough for you?, He continued: If you want the story exclusive we can talk Im about to show the world the end of a 200-year-old treasure hunt.. As one version goes, the captain of the steamboat Far Westin order to lighten his loadburied some $375,000 in gold that he was safeguarding for miners, to better accommodate the battles wounded troopers. He was pondering his next move when he happened to watch an episode of Beyond Oak Island, a History Channel show about lost treasure that featured Getler. Book Description This large, easy-to-use volume lists the works of more than eleven hundred different authors, covering thousands of stories of lost mines and buried treasures supposedly located in fifteen Western and If you read about this stuff, youll hear that these treasures are protected by spirits., Then theres the origin story of Somerss daydream, which led him to believe that this is his lifes mission. Learn more about the program. Im seeing stuff. Gold is a strong conductor, and he theorizes that it may have been reacting to Earths electromagnetic field. Sharp was known to apologize to his victims, saying A thousand pardons for the inconvenience I have caused you, but you see these are the hazards of my profession. 1957 Moundsville West Virginia Mammoth Mound, Archaeology. Bowser says she descended the ladder once, and felt so rattled by a dark chill that she had to immediately climb back out. But the flip side of that is a real scarcity of resources. The key, he adds, is pattern recognitionthe symbols found here match imagery found in other parts of the country, such as Arkansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and KGC records he viewed in the National Archives. WebLost Mines and Buried Treasures of the West - Dec 05 2022 This large, easy-to-use volume lists the works of more than eleven hundred different authors, covering thousands of stories of lost mines and buried treasures supposedly located in fifteen Western and Southwestern states and in But every day, he says, I was thinking about it. And he had no idea when he would make it back. The miners returned over and over again, but couldnt track down the source of the gold, leaving many to speculate that the site now called Lost Goose Egg Mine is still brimming with gold. Some really big trees are not as old as you think due to shade, soil quality, and drought or floods, he says. He was 30 feet down in the hole when his shovel gave off a metallic ting. Bowser wanted him to stay out of the hole. Some stories have a mythical bent, making their authenticity appear unlikely. Around that time, Holden was arrested for killing a man in a bar fight. All this vertiginous navigation raises a key question: How will the 6,800-pound Takeuchi mini-excavator that Getler has hired for the project navigate such a slope? How Americas Greatest Treasure Hunt Ended, Death Valley Is the Hottest Place on Earth, Rebel Gold: One Mans Quest to Crack the Code Behind the Secret Treasure of the Confederacy, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Free shipping for many products! Over the centuries, the sand has covered it, but perhaps one day the wind will reveal a skeletal mast. Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and their ubiquitous Wild Bunch are reputed to have buried countless thousands of their stolen dollars in Irish Canyon, a small, remote site in Colorados Uintah Mountains. In fact, the enormity of the task, and questions over how to proceed, become a point of conflict. Somerss site is different. He was excited, and it really got me excited, Somers says. True, Somers had done things backwardshed dug a hole first, then investigatedbut none of it seemed to matter. And he took a gamble by inviting a group of journalists along, but he and Brad and Bradley Richards and the work crew have lives, jobs, school to turn back to. Ive been burned to the ground, he says, and rebuilt.. While experts say the so-called Saddle Ridge Hoard discovery was exceedingly rare, California is thought to contain other hidden treasures. And Hans says, I can see in thereit might be a tunnel. I go, Yes, yes, yes! If he confirms a tunnel, Im gonna give you a hug, man., Getler says that now that the process is underway, hes not going anywhere. The team recovered only an empty metal box, but reported locating many strange-looking marks on tree trunksjust where Jesse said wed find them., Still, some historians cast doubt on this array of circumstantial evidence, and suggest that the enduring lore of buried KGC treasure has little basis in documented fact. In 2014, an anonymous couple reported stumbling upon decaying metal cans during a walk with their dog on their northern California property. Somers pulled up a Google Earth image of Bowsers property and laid it alongside the map: The way the features of the landscape form the shape of the letter J was a precise match. Please try again. Related read: 7 Tantalizing Stories of Lost Treasure in Oregon. At one point, in the course of explaining why he isnt using an underground detection tool called a gravimeter, he offers backstory about another dig. Before he figured out what do to next, life intervened. David Howard has written for many national publications and is the author of two nonfiction books, most recently Chasing Phil: The Adventures of Two Undercover Agents with the World's Most Charming Con Man. He was released from jail in 1894 and is said to have been a law-abiding citizen for the rest of his days. Even when the others left, Somers lingered over the hole. Somers has lashed out at Getler repeatedly, over an array of issues; he believes that Getler has at times taken credit for his discoveries and exerted undue control over the project. It was an era full of cowboys, gunslingers, outlaws, and wars. During these forays he takes grainy photographs with the snake cam and collects a couple of artifacts: a .38 Special bullet, which could date back to the 1920s, and a bone fragment. Its almost as if willing me to believe will make him right. I know things that would rock the fucking world if I revealed [them].. Into the breeze, he said, This is where Ill dig.. Thats how Somers connected the dots. These are just a few of the many stories about lost gold mines, hidden loot, and other supposedly missing treasures spread throughout California and its coastline. Why not just get a job for $18 an hour, have a roof overhead, and visit the site on weekends and evenings until financing is in place? Somers stops by to look at the image, and fist-bumps the others. WebLost mines are a popular form of lost treasure legend. Sheets makes gradual headway, plowing down saplings and laying them down along the embankment on the downhill side to create a kind of earthen guardrail. He was captured and died in the hospital later, claiming it was buried beneath a triangle-shaped rock. This book was released on 1956 with total page 276 pages. On his way up the mountain, he ran into what appeared to be an Old Spanish camp. on August 12, 2022, There are no reviews yet. If Somers and Getler dont get deep enough into the ground this week, its not clear what will happen next. Did the FBI Steal Treasure Hunters Gold? Most of the lost treasures of Tennesee are those buried or concealed during the Civil War by Confederate and Union troops. Not only does he argue that this is a KGC markinga rebel portrait of Jesse and the hathe says it signifies more than it appears to. How Fast Is Warp Speed, Hypothetically Speaking? Getler and others ask him not to risk exploring these crevices, but Somers cant help himself. Williams tells me the data from various technology reinforces the idea that Somers might have made a significant find. She recalls being told that her husbands great-great-grandmother provided Jesse James with meals and laundry services when he passed through the area. Repeat process several times until said desired depth is reached, he says with a grin. Free shipping. Theres one picture where there are six [gold] bars in a row, Getler saysor, as he clarifies, beautiful gold barlooking things. He later adds, Im either right on with my analysis, or Im crazy.. On an expedition to prove the existence of the shipwreck and its location, Pennisi discovered what he believed to be a large sunken cannon, but later found his GoPro had run out of memory, so it wasnt recorded. But he refers to Somerss mindset as fanatical and calls him stubborn and not rational or reasonable. And he worries that Chad will venture into the hole one time too many and get himself trapped in there, literally or metaphoricallyAhab consumed, finally, fatefully, by his white whale. This would be absolutely historic, beyond anything youve seen in your life.. He has also found doorways sealed off by manmade blocks. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the only gold ever found in the state were tiny flakes that turned up in streams, having been washed down from Canada. 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