I Know Where, But It's Deep, What Now?

[Dejure]

I know, approximately, where two caches of silver are that were buried about thirty-five years ago. They are in capped, 4" PVC pipe buried about 3' deep. The guy who buried them on his 120 acres can't find them. He keeps chasing them with your average and high end metal detectors, but without success.

Any ideas?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

A 2-box detector. Like a TM 808.

 

[dickyoung]

John Deere 9620RX tractor and a sub soiler blade.

 

[GoDeep]

I know, approximately, where two caches of silver are that were buried about thirty-five years ago. They are in capped, 4" PVC pipe buried about 3' deep. The guy who buried them on his 120 acres can't find them. He keeps chasing them with your average and high end metal detectors, but without success.

Any ideas?

"The Guy" who buried them? It's ok, you can just admit you're the guy looking for them;-) Since they're buried in PVC pipes, it makes them later burials then most caches, so "the guy" should know within probably 10 feet or so of where he buried them. Just probe the ground with a 5 foot probe as the ground will be much softer where he buried them. Should have them located and dug up within a few hours.

 

[hoser]

A 2-box detector.

Like Tom said or have someone with GPR come in. What type of ground is it? Loamy, sandy, or rocky? If it's 3' deep you may be able to use a long probe, If you probed and felt or heard a "clank" it would be stone you're hitting, but if it was a dull hollow sound it could very well be the PVC. Good luck.

 

[markinmichigan]

Give Hoser too_pointer and I the address, we'll find it.

Mark in Michigan

 

[cellrdwellr]

Probing is a great idea, you will definitely know when you hit PVC with it.

 

[HungryGhost]

Next time the guy buries a cache I suggest placing a flattened aluminum can or two one foot below the surface above the cache.

 

[IDXMonster]

Methinks there might be more to this story than meets the eye. How well do you know this guy? He is supposedly the person who buried them? For what reason did he say he buried them to begin with? Is he known to be a bullsh#&$tter at all? It doesn’t make much sense to bury something of supposed high value without a sure fire way of retrieving them. This is in the US? Britain? Somalia? Not some old guy just looking for companionship and yanking your chain? As said already, he should have a very good idea where they are within a few yards. Rent a mini back hoe for the day and dig that area up since it’s a field, won’t take but a couple hours to excavate a large area down to 3-4 feet. He didn’t blabber about it to someone else and it’s all gone already? That’s the issue with these treasure fables, you don’t know for sure if it IS there or ever WAS there. Kinda like that one show on TV….

 

[ecoast]

here you go:

https://www.xpmetaldetectors.com/en/gamme/xtrem-hunter-detectors.php

 

[Dejure]

A 2-box detector. Like a TM 808.

Sadly, they're pretty expensive for a one shot run.

 

[Dejure]

"The Guy" who buried them? It's ok, you can just admit you're the guy looking for them;-) Since they're buried in PVC pipes, it makes them later burials then most caches, so "the guy" should know within probably 10 feet or so of where he buried them. Just probe the ground with a 5 foot probe as the ground will be much softer where he buried them. Should have them located and dug up within a few hours.

Snort.

I was playing with detectors back in the sixties and am familiar with their limits [and the cost of a suitcase system (we had one)].

I would have added iron nearer the surface to allow detection a decade or so down the road. The same reason I buried lines with my water lines as long ago as 72.

The probe idea came up (I think it was a good one, aside the facts set out below.

The soil here is known as being prime for rock farming. Just digging for the fence posts for my 2,000 sq. ft. dog run required the use of a wrecking bar half the time for the twenty-five holes.

 

[Dejure]

Give Hoser too_pointer and I the address, we'll find it.

Mark in Michigan

The idiot thinks he can get by for a 5%, finder's fee, and thinks that fine for the guy who tried the ground before, even after he invested in a "bigger and better machine."

The guy figures the silver to be worth around 14 k. Could be. I know he invested in silver in the past. I even knew where one of his frequently accessed caches was (I was the trustee for one of his trusts).

ANYWAY, this is in The State of WAshington.

 

[cellrdwellr]

If he was able to dig down and put them there, you should absolutely be able to get to them. Either way you can feel the difference between a rock and PVC with a probe. PVC will feel like a thud, where a rock will feel solid.

 

[BobOso]

PI machine

 

[Tom_in_CA]

PI machine

There's no doubt that a machine like various beach or nugget PI pulse machines can get a jar-sized item to multiple feet deep with ease. And for that reason, some people have assumed they would make good cache machines. But : The devil is in the details. Because : They also ring the bells of Notre Dame on every single staple , push pin, BB, paper clip, etc....

 

[BobOso]

There's no doubt that a machine like various beach or nugget PI pulse machines can get a jar-sized item to multiple feet deep with ease. And for that reason, some people have assumed they would make good cache machines. But : The devil is in the details. Because : They also ring the bells of Notre Dame on every single staple , push pin, BB, paper clip, etc....

yes they will, but if everything else has been tried, then spend some time with a machine that will possibility locate it.

 

[vmc1161]

The idiot thinks he can get by for a 5%, finder's fee, and thinks that fine for the guy who tried the ground before, even after he invested in a "bigger and better machine."

The guy figures the silver to be worth around 14 k. Could be. I know he invested in silver in the past. I even knew where one of his frequently accessed caches was (I was the trustee for one of his trusts).

ANYWAY, this is in The State of WAshington.

Sounds more like the state of confusion to me. Why so deep? Maybe trying to outdo Oak Island? Get one of those guys that do the dowsing.

 

[Dejure]

If he was able to dig down and put them there, you should absolutely be able to get to them. Either way you can feel the difference between a rock and PVC with a probe. PVC will feel like a thud, where a rock will feel solid.

Sadly, you are going to hit a rock before you get six inches down. All the dirt and rocks he dug out went back in.

 

[cellrdwellr]

You can tell when you hit disturbed soil, the probe will be much easier to get into the ground than somewhere that has never been touched. That's probably your best and cheapest option. Guys use probes to find old outhouse holes from over a hundred years ago. They work...