garimpo Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Here it is early Saturday morning...just read and saw a clip on Fox news that the Navy torn down a fifty year old water tower in Sanoma Valley,Skaggs Island....nothing to exciting about that except their also tearing down 150 houses built inthe EARLY 40'S....talk about a sweet deal for coin and relic hunters...I went through this very same thing in Okla. City 35 years ago...the city organizeda new program and called it the Urban Renewal Authority...the designated area wasbig...covered several square miles...of course it was in the worst part of the citywhich made it somewhat dangerous...the Authority would buy the property from the owners...give them a specified amount of time to vacate and then the bulldozer's would level several blocks at a time...first thing I did was have a talk with thehead of the Authority and the lady gave me permission to beep after the dozers werefinished....a lot of trash...old silver coins...gold rings and jewelry...the clearing and dozing has been an ongoing thing for 35 years and my son who started beeping with methere is still beeping there...the danger is because the area is in the middle of the drug..prostatution...gang territory...but being good old Okla. we had/have open and concealed carry laws and being on the Sheriff's Dept. helped also...my suggestion for anyone living close to Skaggs Island is try to get permission...written if possible...buy yourself at least 1 million $$ worth of liability insurance...and the best coindetector money can buy and a CCW permitt...all of this is how me and my son come to find a coin cache one day buried in and beneath concrete blocks..over 500 coins..alldenaminations...many gold rings...antique hand made marbles...etc....good hunting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny in AB Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Wow--great story--great tips--great find. Did you ever send the story to a magazine? Or can you PM me about where to find it--the story?All the best,Lanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Lanny the story about the Navy tearing down 150 houses was on Foxnews yesterdayit's not on there any more..guess not that news worthy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny in AB Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 It must have been some coin-shooters that got the story pulled--trying to keep the good stuff to themselves. All the best,Lanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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