| It is true that treasure hunters know a few things the | | | | waterproof flashlight strapped to the outside, he |
| rest of us don't usually know. They are familiar with | | | | pushes it down into the water to see clearly what is at |
| common hiding places where people put their valuables | | | | the bottom. Someday you might see a person with a |
| and money, for example. They know the usual | | | | strange reverse periscope floating in his rowboat, and |
| locations for buried treasure. More generally, they | | | | it may be this man. |
| know that we humans like to hide things far more | | | | To develop a treasure hunting mentality, you should be |
| often than most suspect, and that many of us die | | | | thinking about where you can try this and what else |
| without ever revealing to a soul what we have hidden | | | | you can learn from the story. Perhaps a good |
| or where. | | | | waterproof metal detector could be used to locate |
| Still, there is more to being a treasure hunter than | | | | valuables in rivers (most are waterproof up to a |
| having a bit of special knowledge. So if you want to | | | | certain point anyhow). You should expand on the idea |
| start your own hunt for hidden and buried treasure, | | | | and ask yourself what other things get dropped in |
| don't think that reading a few books on the subject will | | | | water and where - whether or not on purpose. Lake |
| be enough. You also have to develop the right mind | | | | bottoms near docks might be a good place to search, |
| set. Patience is a requirement, for example, or you'll | | | | for example. |
| never dig up those fifty almost-worthless pennies just | | | | Coffee Can Treasures |
| to finally find one old and valuable one. | | | | It has been and probably still is common to bury things |
| You also have to think a certain way. You'll need the | | | | in coffee cans out in the yard or behind the barn or |
| ability to mentally put yourself in the past and also in | | | | wherever. You probably have heard of this, but have |
| the head of the person who hides something, in order | | | | you ever thought about how to use that knowledge to |
| to guess where it is buried or otherwise hidden. It will | | | | find such stashes? Here's one way: If you're looking |
| also help to habitually think about how to apply and | | | | around an old house or homestead look for empty |
| expand what you learn from one treasure hunt to the | | | | coffee cans in sheds or barns. They were possibly |
| next ones. | | | | being saved to bury things in. Consider too that |
| Secrets Of Treasure Hunters | | | | although paper money can't be detected with a metal |
| To help along those lines, here are some of the ways | | | | detector, the cans can be. |
| to find treasure, the "tricks of the trade." These | | | | Then, as you look around the target area, consider |
| examples each suggest something useful to apply in | | | | where you would bury a can full of cash. Note where |
| other areas. They are essentially short lessons from | | | | you could dig without being noticed, or where the |
| and for treasure hunters. | | | | ground is easier to dig up? What locations could be |
| Hidden In Rivers | | | | more easily remembered? Consider these things as if |
| When we were children, my friends and I occasionally | | | | you are the one burying the valuables, and you'll start |
| saw bicycles in rivers. We never really knew why they | | | | to develop an intuition about where to search. |
| were there, but I later learned it was because rivers | | | | There are many more secrets to learn, but also |
| are easy places to hide things, very useful knowledge | | | | develop the patience to keep searching. Mel Fischer |
| for thieves. They were likely stolen and dumped there. | | | | searched sixteen years to find the "Atocha Mother |
| Criminals throw things off of bridges routinely, because | | | | Lode," valued at $450 million dollars, so you can try for |
| it is a fast way to get rid of incriminating evidence. | | | | sixteen more minutes before setting down that metal |
| I have read about one treasure hunter who makes a | | | | detector. Learn your lessons from each search and |
| living from this criminal habit. With magnets and other | | | | think about how to apply and expand on what you |
| tools he retrieves guns, money, and other things of | | | | learned. That's how you develop the mind set of a |
| value from the bottom of murky rivers. Using a tube | | | | treasure hunter. |
| with a window at the bottom (his own design) and a | | | | |