"Early this morning while working in the yard I was throwing gum balls in our natural area to get them out of the grass. As I was throwing them my ring flew off into the oak leaf hydrangea bush. My husband and I searched all morning and could not find it. I decided to look on line to see if I could find someone to help us find it. I called Gary Blanchard and he came out immediately. He was successful and found my ring!! We are forever thankful to him."
-Gary Blanchard
A 90-year-old woman lived in a remote wooded area where few people were around. After seeing unfamiliar faces driving by her property for a period of a couple weeks, she became paranoid. One day, she asked her son to help her out by burying some silver bars on the property to which he did. He put one cache of silver bars on the property near the front of the house. The second cache was placed in the back of the property. After a few years, it was time for the son to retrieve the two caches he put down. Everything went well recovering the first cache near the front of the house. However, the second cache in the rear of the property, try as he may, could not be found. There seemed to be a lot of metal spread throughout the ground nearby. He tried to use a metal detector to locate the second dig site but the ground had too many metal pieces in it. He felt he could not distinguish between the silver and the iron in the ground. He just could not locate the cache.
At this point, he became concerned and felt he was going to need some help. Someone recommended a fellow treasure hunter that used a piece of equipment called an Electroscope. He called the Electroscope owner and asked if they could meet. He told him the story and the problems he was having. The Electroscope operator said he would help and they met at his mother’s home. He demonstrated the problem he had with all the iron in the ground. At this point, the Electroscope operator took a scan of the somewhat large area of the back yard and had but one hit. He narrowed it down to an area of a few feet; but on the opposite end of the property where the man thought he had put the treasure years ago. “Give this area a try with your metal detector, “said the Electroscope operator. The son did and within a few seconds, had a large signal, dug it up, and retrieved his mother’s lost silver cache. He was more than happy he contacted the treasure hunter that owned the Electroscope. All ended well.
The photo is of the silver bars retrieved by the Electroscope. Another cache recovered by Electroscopes.
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