Look for the X and there be treasure there Matey
We had our neighbour Jack over for a drink in the back yard this evening and he told us an interesting story about our house. Our house and the one on either side, including Jack’s were built by a local jeweler. Apparently he told one of his daughters that he had buried some money in the basement. Now, the basement here is mostly “finished” in that it has concrete walls and floors except on one end and half of one side. In those spots the wall is only 5 feet high and set back from the foundation by about 3 feet - no rhyme or reason for this structurally. That three foot space is filled with dirt and rocks. Apparently the daughter made several trips to the house during the residency of the lady we bought it from and tried to find the cache, with no success. Sometime in the next few years Diane and I are going to push that wall out to the foundation in order to get more room in the basement. We’ll see then if we find any money 
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Comment from Doug Alder
Time: 7/9/2007, 6:44 pm
Ya but I can’t help but think he knew what a greedy person his daughter is and chose to play a trick on her. After all she thought that even though the house had been sold she had a right to any money buried there.
Comment from Adam
Time: 7/9/2007, 8:41 pm
My father-in-law is an amateur treasure hunter and has been very successful at finding ‘hidden goods’ inside people’s houses, or just outside their homes.
His advice:
People put money where they can see it easily. Where was his favorite sitting place in the basement? You should be able to extrapolate from there where he’d likely bury it. It’s also possible he used the story of the buried treasure to entice his daughter not to sell the house and keep it in the family.
Either way, get a cheap studfinder and do some quick sweeps and see if there’s anything out of the ordinary. What could it hurt? You could already be a millionaire!
Comment from Doug Alder
Time: 7/9/2007, 9:07 pm
Well I forgot to mention in the story that she’s already swept the area with a metal detector. I don’t think there’s anything there but we’ll see when we tear down that wall in a few years.
Come on over for a visit after work Adam one day - I’ll send you the address
Comment from M. Douglas Wray
Time: 7/9/2007, 6:20 pm
A seismic-survey company might be able to simplify the process with some ultrasonic gear. Any metallic object would surely send back anomalous echoes. If there’s any kind of metal box, it should stick out like a sore thumb.