New Treasure Legend wanted!!!

[Dirtdigger]

A big thank you goes out to Ralph W.!!!!! He's going to be calling the property owner of our first "Treasure Legend"!!!!!!

  Wooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!


OK......sooo......that means we're on the look out for another  legend!!!!

I would like to get together again with anyone interested in going after another legend. I would ask that you either post a legend here or bring one with you.

I'm thinking Jan.12 at 1830 hrs at Mr. Gatti's in Bearden.Suggestions are welcome!

What do you all think?

[Scruch]

The time and place is good with me!

[Blockhouse Rat]

I would like to also contribute and participate. The time and place is acceptable.

Blockhouse Rat

Joe Davis

[Dirtdigger]

Awesome Blockhouse!!! I look forward to seeing you there!!!!

OK......I'll throw out the first legend.......and it's a whopper!!!!!! But it maybewhat we're looking for......Civil War and buried treasure all rolledupinto one!!! Here it is:

In a holler in East Tennessee lies a buried treasure that no one has> ever been able to dig up, although many have tried. The aggravating> fact is that most treasure hunters know exactly where almost $1> million in  gold bars is buried. The problem is that the treasure is> guarded by a  very noisy, very horrible ghost. One day, in 1863, a> Confederate wagon  train laden with gold was hijacked by Union> raiders in Knox County.  After a bloody fire fight every one of the> Southern troops were killed  -- all except one colonel who pleaded> for mercy. The raiders were a  hard-hearted bunch who decided to bury> the gold in a large hole in a  holler, and they wanted no witnesses.> They wanted to return later to  recover the gold for themselves. So> they threw the unfortunate Rebel  officer into the hole and dropped> the heavy chest of gold right on top  of him. Then they filled in the> hole with dirt, burying the severely  injured colonel alive. After the> peace was signed the four surviving  raiders met in Knoxville and made> plans to retrieve their treasure. They got pretty rowdy that night,> talked loud, and nearly everyone in the  saloon heard them. But they> thought it was just "drunk talk" and thought nothing more about it --> until later. The former raiders had brought a  ragged old wagon and as> they approached the spot where the gold was  buried the horses were> suddenly spooked. The animals reared, bellowed,  and danced around,> and would go no further. "What do you suppose is  wrong with these> old nags?" one of the men asked. "Don't know," another  man> answered, "but we'll leave them tied to a tree. We'll walk in> and  haul the gold out ourselves." Armed with picks and shovels, the> men  walked 300 feet into the holler. The mound of earth was still> there but  was now overgrown with briars and weeds. The four men> began digging. A  half hour later, one of the shovels hit something> that sounded like the  hollow chunk of wood. The men jumped into the> hole and began scooping  dirt with their bare hands. Suddenly one of> the men yelped and jumped  back. He had uncovered the bones of a> human hand, as well as part of an  arm. The rest of the diggers> chided the man who had yelled in surprise.  Just as the men were> trying to figure out how the colonel had managed to get his arm> around the box, the bones began to move. Then another bony  hand> appeared from beneath the dirt. Then the box itself started to  move.> The panicked men jumped out of the hole and stood on the edge  looking> down. The box began to tip to its side and a set of bony arms  seemed> to be pushing it away. Then a skull appeared from beneath the  box.> It's jaw was gaping and it was leering at them. The men dropped> their tools and ran for their horses. When they got to the spot where> they had tied the animals, the horses were gone -- and so was the> wagon. Then they turned and saw the whole skeleton of the dead> Confederate  colonel standing beside them. It's uniform was caked> with dirt and in  tatters. The bony arm was pointing straight at them> and it's gaping jaw  bore the unmistakable expression of revenge.> The raiders were never seen again in Knoxville or in Knox County. Some> say the ghost of the  Confederate colonel threw all of them into the> hole with the treasure  and buried THEM alive. At any rate the hole> was filled back in, by  someone, and the treasure is said to still be> there. To this day  whenever treasure hunters approach the treasure> site, they can hear the  rattling of bones and they know to get out> of there fast -- or else.>





What do you think?

[Boaz]

sound like that it would be fun to find that place 

[Ragin Cajun]

Okay, when is the movie coming out?  They always said that the South will rise again.  Could be this colonel believed it.   Us Cajuns like ghost stories, we have lots of them in Swamp Country.  Let's go find it.
Jan 12 at  1830 hrs at Mr. Gatti's is good for me.

[Dirtdigger]

Cool Ragin' !!!

But the ending to the movie has to be us finding it....LOL!!!!


Let's see.... who get's to play me in the movie version.......my vote....Tom Hanks 

[Mr. Vision]

Sounds cool ,lets do it.

[Larry]

Now thats a tale if I ever heard one. Great , I'd like too meet the skelton, would be a fine relic

[Scruch]

Movie..... ? I want to be the ''hero'' who get's the beautiful girl..... half his age.... no cold water, of course......and wind's up with the treasure living in the South Sea's ''happily for ever after''!

[Dirtdigger]

Movie..... ? I want to be the ''hero'' who get's the beautiful girl..... half his age.... no cold water, of course......and wind's up with the treasure living in the South Sea's ''happily for ever after''!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[HRife]

Okay.......if none of them were ever seen again, how can they have an account of what took place that day? Hum? Just saying.

[Mr. Vision]

It says they were never seen again in Knoxville or knox county........just saying

[Dirtdigger]

That's why they call it a legend.........

I've got a few more, we can see what the group thinks.....remember the meeting is Thursday, 1630 hrs, Gatti's pizza in Bearden.

Does anybody need an address?

[Larry]

It might help, I'm not to familar with that area

[Dirtdigger]

First of all I screwed up.....I meant to say the meeting is at 1830hrs (6:30pm) sorry if I confused anyone!!!

The address is 6909 Kingston Pk. and the tel. # is 558-8899. Of course you can call me as well if you can't find it and I will do my best....my number is 696-6655.

[Boaz]

dr been keep us for doing thing right now

[Blockhouse Rat]

Let it be known that in all legends, there may be a hint of truth. The Fourth TN Calvary was in on the capture of the Confederate treasury as Jeff Davis left Richmond came down through NC, and cut through SC to GA. This happened in 1865 not 1863, and quite a bit of the gold was not accounted for. If you change the connecting words to "from Knox County" instead of "in Knox County" then that holler could be in any of 4 states. Proof of the original gold or that it was missing from somewhere would be needed to persue this tale as is.

What if the gold became a payroll instead of gold bars? And The union soldiers buried it in three to four chases in a grove of trees while under fire from confederate scouts. One of the cashes of gold was discovered by a couple of boys in Rogersville when a large tree was blown over in a storm. When it was written up in the paper, it triggered a response from a union veteran in New York that related the story of how it was buried to the kid that found the first cache?

This one is published in several places. We could follow up on the leads through newspaper articles and relatives.
I think the weather and cold will keep me at home tonight. I will be ready for emails and phone calls and to work with anyone close.

[CoinHunter]

I am like Joe, the weather here at the house and the temps. kept me home. Since there were so many that didn't make it there tonight Roger why don't you schedule another meeting for next week. 

[Scruch]

Coinhunter..... sorry you didn't make it to the meeting tonight. The last I heard, you had opted out, due to other ''pressing'' matter's. If the weather was a problem, I'm sure we could make for another meeting soon, if the other missing folk's can make it also. Just let me or Roger know, and we can do a small, private catch-up.

[Ragin Cajun]

I'm open for another meeting anytime, just let me know when and where.  I hope everyone can make the next one.

[Dirtdigger]

Just bit a bad luck with the weather!!! Drat!!!

Next week might be tough.....Me and Mr. V are headed to SC for some huntin'.

How about the following week?

[Ragin Cajun]

Okay with me ,  where?

[Dirtdigger]

Let it be known that in all legends, there may be a hint of truth. The Fourth TN Calvary was in on the capture of the Confederate treasury as Jeff Davis left Richmond came down through NC, and cut through SC to GA. This happened in 1865 not 1863, and quite a bit of the gold was not accounted for. If you change the connecting words to "from Knox County" instead of "in Knox County" then that holler could be in any of 4 states. Proof of the original gold or that it was missing from somewhere would be needed to persue this tale as is.

What if the gold became a payroll instead of gold bars? And The union soldiers buried it in three to four chases in a grove of trees while under fire from confederate scouts. One of the cashes of gold was discovered by a couple of boys in Rogersville when a large tree was blown over in a storm. When it was written up in the paper, it triggered a response from a union veteran in New York that related the story of how it was buried to the kid that found the first cache?

This one is published in several places. We could follow up on the leads through newspaper articles and relatives.
I think the weather and cold will keep me at home tonight. I will be ready for emails and phone calls and to work with anyone close.

Great info Blockhouse!!!! Are following up with this?