Critterhunter
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I haven't been lucky to find one myself yet. Well, perhaps a few "kiddy" caches of tokens and other odd things that were obviously buried together as pirates treasure. Recently one friend did find a cache of game tokens from like the 50's or so. Must have been thirty or so of them in one hole, obviously buried as a pretend fortune to hide. He asked me if we should split them based on our "cache policy" (see below). I said no thanks but if that was all silver then it'd be a different story. 
Anyway, among my closest hunting friends we've got a policy in place among us. If we are hunting with each other at a site and any one of us finds a cache of some sort then it's to be split among us evenly. Just a good way to increase the odds of us finding one someday is the way I look at it. The "rule" is that if it's buried in some kind of container it's a cache, or that if so many coins are found together in one spot that it obviously wasn't a pocket spill then it's a cache too. We haven't nailed down what does and doesn't qualify, but my closest hunting friends are guys I've known for years and so we trust each other, knowing nobody will argue if the other guy thinks a small amount of coins found together qualifies as a cache.
Just curious if others have any such agreement in place. It's kind of like pooling your resources for a better chance to win the lottery. Just make sure you put it into very descript terms as to what qualifies if you don't trust the guys you hunt with. Money does funny things to people. I can attest to that after my own brother and sister shanked the rest of the family out of a large inheritance, but that's another story. Just saying I learned my lesson well after that one. If you don't trust somebody then get it in writing.
Why? I remember reading a while back about one guy who was asked to find some family caches on a farm. He located at least one if not more (from memory) and the agreement ahead of time was to split it evenly. Once one jar of silver was found the home owner grabbed it right out of his hands and ran into the house, shutting the door and saying to get off his property.
My few close hunting friends? Let's just say I trust them more than I ever trusted my own brother and sister, so I don't feel the need to worry about such things if it ever arises. You just "know" in the back of your head who you can trust and who you can't when it comes to such matters IMO. I always knew they'd scr*w the rest of the family in the back of my mind, so it wasn't too surprising when it happened. Two less people to worry about buying Christmas presents for is the way I look at it, or asking me to move things for them with my truck. If I ever get lucky enough to find a fortune (I know, the odds are like getting struck by lightning), while I'd help out the rest of my brothers and sisters, there would be two less dinner plates at the celibration.
Anyway, among my closest hunting friends we've got a policy in place among us. If we are hunting with each other at a site and any one of us finds a cache of some sort then it's to be split among us evenly. Just a good way to increase the odds of us finding one someday is the way I look at it. The "rule" is that if it's buried in some kind of container it's a cache, or that if so many coins are found together in one spot that it obviously wasn't a pocket spill then it's a cache too. We haven't nailed down what does and doesn't qualify, but my closest hunting friends are guys I've known for years and so we trust each other, knowing nobody will argue if the other guy thinks a small amount of coins found together qualifies as a cache.
Just curious if others have any such agreement in place. It's kind of like pooling your resources for a better chance to win the lottery. Just make sure you put it into very descript terms as to what qualifies if you don't trust the guys you hunt with. Money does funny things to people.
I can attest to that after my own brother and sister shanked the rest of the family out of a large inheritance, but that's another story. Just saying I learned my lesson well after that one. If you don't trust somebody then get it in writing.Why? I remember reading a while back about one guy who was asked to find some family caches on a farm. He located at least one if not more (from memory) and the agreement ahead of time was to split it evenly. Once one jar of silver was found the home owner grabbed it right out of his hands and ran into the house, shutting the door and saying to get off his property.
My few close hunting friends? Let's just say I trust them more than I ever trusted my own brother and sister, so I don't feel the need to worry about such things if it ever arises. You just "know" in the back of your head who you can trust and who you can't when it comes to such matters IMO. I always knew they'd scr*w the rest of the family in the back of my mind, so it wasn't too surprising when it happened. Two less people to worry about buying Christmas presents for is the way I look at it, or asking me to move things for them with my truck.
If I ever get lucky enough to find a fortune (I know, the odds are like getting struck by lightning), while I'd help out the rest of my brothers and sisters, there would be two less dinner plates at the celibration.