Hunting for Treasure

June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Hunting for Treasure
By A J Wilkinson

Treasure hunting is a fun activity that nearly anyone can do. I explain where to look for gold and/or treasure and what to do after you find treasure.

First of all, we need to know what to look for. If you are hunting gold, you should do some research on the area you plan to go. You would want to know if there have been gold findings near by and the geology, just to name a few things.

Beach hunting does not require as much research to get started and almost any public beach is open to metal detecting.

Cleaning your gold can raise it’s value. If you plan on selling them, remember that a gold nugget is worth more than normal spot price because of the rarity. Some forms of precious metals are generally worth more than others and any larger gold nugget can be worth around two to four times spot price. In other words, at 700 dollars an ounce, a one ounce gold nugget could be worth between 1,400-2,800 dollars.

Now, back to treasure hunting. If you plan on going beach hunting, you should generally do so after a winter storm.

There are a few reasons for this, one being that in the winter there are usually less people at the beach. After a storm more sand has been removed exposing opportunity to find something buried farther down.

Treasure hunting can be done with little preparation unless you are planning to make a significant find. To do that, you will need to spend some time in the library looking up information that will give you hints as to the existance of lost treasure and it’s last known location. There may have been prior attempts at locating it as well. Usually this is not public information, so it may require some additional legwork to talk to locals and historians.

Keep good records and check the laws in the region being investigated. You may have to seek special permits for the area being searched. Using your records you will need to assemble a set of information and maps that provide clues as to where to search and what type of equipment to use. This part of puzzle creation and solving is often one of the most compelling reasons for treasure hunting.

When work is finished don’t forget to clean up what you find, but be careful. If you clean a 1782 silver coin that is a relic worth 2 million dollars, it could damage it and devalue the coin, leaving it worth little or nothing. If you are not sure the value of some artifact, don’t risk losing it’s value just to make it look nice!

Above all, enjoy Hunting4Treasure!

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