so my parents just moved to dearborn heights a few months ago and we were planting trees today and kept finding rocks everyware burried in the yard , well we didnt think nothing of it ( house was built 1930s ) we found a section about 6inched under the grass thats about 6-7feet long and 2- 2 1/2 ft wide , theres chunks of granite rocks and other types of rocks that someone poured concrete over , well in the center of this area theres no rock or anything for about another 1-1 1/2ft deep and then theres a flat type of slab in the center of this whole area , weve no idea what it is or if we should even keep digging , any ideas ? , old lady next door has ben there sence the houses were built and has no idea and says nothings ever ben there sence shes lived there ........ kinda weird i guess , anyone got any ideas ? ..... ill try and get a few pics tomorrow
It sounds very much like a WWI stronghold. It was very common in the Detroit metro area to bury family heirlooms, precious metal, money, and anything of value. Being that close to the border with Canada, it was a serious threat that we could be invaded and looted. That area being a middle eastern settlement was especially prone to looting. You hear about these being found and opened occasionally. Many are unfound and still hold the valuables that were placed in them for safe keeping. During the war, many men were killed and families were split up or relocated. These underground safes were typically left with the intention of coming back for their stuff later. You definitely want to open up a hole and get in there to search for stuff. Some weren't very large and only held gold and silver coins as they didn't have time to dig bigger strongholds before the war got too involved.
in gold we trust (aka gold of the samurai)
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well shitty news , i got a few pics i can post later but i broke the concrete bottom out and found sand under the concrete , no gold or anything just a yellowish sand
Holy shit, I cant believe you found the yellow sand! I thought it was myth? I think you had better get a hold of someone from the historical society in your area and have them come out and look at it, you could really be onto something!
Where is this house located at? My uncle works for a relic company who specializes in recovery and purchase of old heirlooms, coins and other old items. I was talking to him about this and he said a few years back there was another big discoveryj made like this in the D-town area. He said it netted almost 3.2 million when it went to auction since there were a bunch of old spanish coins in it. They used the Granite to make it harder for it to be detected with the Stick test. I guess it was a device to see if something was hidden in the ground. The granite absorbed the waves like normal ground would, it read normal and no one would investigate it. The yellow sand was also used to help draw the surface moisture away from the wood underneith it. Yellow sand was commonly place 18-24 inches thick ontop of the hidden crate with the goods in it without the sand the items would be all shitty and rotted in a few years. He told me to let him know as soon as you find it. When you do get to it gimme a call and I will get with him on the contents and address.
Where is this house located at? My uncle works for a relic company who specializes in recovery and purchase of old heirlooms, coins and other old items. I was talking to him about this and he said a few years back there was another big discoveryj made like this in the D-town area. He said it netted almost 3.2 million when it went to auction since there were a bunch of old spanish coins in it. They used the Granite to make it harder for it to be detected with the Stick test. I guess it was a device to see if something was hidden in the ground. The granite absorbed the waves like normal ground would, it read normal and no one would investigate it. The yellow sand was also used to help draw the surface moisture away from the wood underneith it. Yellow sand was commonly place 18-24 inches thick ontop of the hidden crate with the goods in it without the sand the items would be all shitty and rotted in a few years. He told me to let him know as soon as you find it. When you do get to it gimme a call and I will get with him on the contents and address. xxx-xxx-xxxx Name is Chad.
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