Buried Treasure at Ballarat
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Wonder if he got em. :argh:
pretty easily227dick said:
if it's in the ground it's fair game :Y:
Teemore
One foot out the door
Wonder where the swimming pool was back then ......
Ballarat PMAV meet next to the current pool (or 1 of them at least).
Cheers T.
Ballarat PMAV meet next to the current pool (or 1 of them at least).
Cheers T.
You have to be keen to dig a hole 15 feet deep to bury something - I am not at all clear what the reason was or what the grandfather had to gain (the grandson had a lot to gain given that gold first increased in value about the time he was going to dig).
"The sovereigns were said to be part of a bank robbery in the early days"
"The sovereigns were said to be part of a bank robbery in the early days"
goldierocks said:
I agree - if the story is true, I reckon the burier would more likely have made use of an existing mineshaft or well (perhaps the water source for the swimming pool?)
The bit missing is why Grandpa didn't dig them up later, or why dad didn't do it if the story and location was handed down all the way to the grandson. It has the smell of the "mahogany ship" and other potential myths about it. I know an identical story about sovereigns buried by a farmer on his farm near Orbost for when he returned from war (he didn't). However someone I knew found a leather pouch full of sovereigns on his farm near Kinglake (reliable)grubstake said:
DiggaJM said:
