The Adventures of Cherokee Kidd.

I'm currently researching a handful of caches . The information I've managed to find on these caches leads me to believe that these caches were all buried by the same group of people as they headed west. I also discovered information on another cache when I was researching the other cache . This other cache was buried by 2 outlaws who had robbed a bank and they headed into town after they buried the cache and they were shot dead by a man who for some reason mistook them for the men who had killed his wife a month before but he found out later that the men who killed his wife had already been killed a week earlier.

I will be updating this thread as I find new information on the caches. I will start looking for the first cache on tuesday.

I forgot to mention that these caches are in colorado. The first cache I am going to look for is one that I've been researching for the last 3 years. This cache was buried in 1862 which means it was buried before the town that sits a few miles away was started because the town wasn't formed until 1876 or 1886 depending on which version of the towns history you believe.

 

Well I will start hunting the first cache tomorrow. I did alittle more research on it today and I think I've narrowed its location down to a fairly small area. I also found more information on another cache I've been researching. Apparently it was buried in 1850 from all the information I've been able to find it looks like it was buried by a man who was heading west to try and strike it rich on the goldfields but he started committing robberies along the way and he cached some of his loot as he continued west but he was never able to return to the site where he cached his loot because he was killed 2 days later during a arguement with a man he had just robbed a bank with as they couldn't come to terms on how to split the money.

Good luck on your hunt.

Thanks. I will let everyone know how it turns out , of course I'm not going to say anything if I find it.

What, you're not gonna split it with us?
Seriously, I wish you the best in finding the caches. They are certainly a lot of fun to look for.

  Well I had a good hunt today. I'll be hunting again tomorrow. I didn't know this before I headed out to the site but it seems as though there were several houses or buildings there at some point because I saw several foundations scattered around the area so I might have to do some research to find out what used to be there . I'll let everyone know what I find out about the foundations.

I had another good hunt today. I didn't have time to do any research to find out what used to be there but I'll look into it sometime . I'll be moving soon so I won't be able to get back out there to hunt for a while. Hopefully this thread will be kept alive by others telling of your adventures in cache hunting.

Ok I'm back. I'll be getting back out there this week to continue my hunt. I'll keep this thread updated.

  let us know..

I'll be taking some time away from detecting to focus on family because I had a death in the family today. I'll update this thread as soon as I return to the hunt.

Sorry about the family loss, as to the cache hunting, I hope you have good luck with it. Colorado has some good old history...I'd search around those old foundations and even if you didn't find the cache you hoped for, then maybe you'd have some neat finds from around those old foundations. Good Luck!

I'll be heading out this weekend to continue my hunt.

sorry for your loss. best of luck in hunting.

Well I had a pretty ugly situation over the weekend. I was out at the site  doing a search of the area near the foundations and I just finished digging a signal when all of a sudden I hear someone screaming and I turned around to see a man and a woman running a few hundred yards away then I saw a group of people chasing them, to make a long story short I witnessed a attempted robbery luckily I was able to calm the situation.

This should have been titled, "The adventures of the Cherokee Kid"!

Well I was planning on heading out to the site this weekend to continue my hunt but I have to work so I'll have to wait til next weekend to search the rest of that area.

Well I'll be starting a new search for a cache in new mexico in july. I had good luck on the other search . I'll be updating this as I go.

I wanted to give everyone a little info about who buried the cache I'll be searching for and when it was buried etc. The information I have seems to suggest that it was buried in 1865 by a group of men who robbed a stagecoach , they buried it near what was at the time a larger town but today little is left of the town. None of the men were ever able to return to the site where they buried the cache because they were killed in a shootout with lawmen and a posse soon after they buried it. The research I've done also suggests that the same men who buried this cache may have buried others because they were wanted for several other robberies . I also found info on another possible cache that was buried in 1867 by a man heading east from what info I found I think he was a miner but I'm not sure why he buried it, I did find info suggesting his body was found near where the info says the cache is buried but the details as to what happened or why he was killed seem to be sketchy at best.

I decided to put the NM search on hold as I just got a good lead on another cache I've been researching here in CO. I'll keep the thread updated as I go. I'm not going to talk about this cache because I know of a couple of other hunters who have been trying to find it and I'm not sure if they come on tnet or not.

very best of luck to you cherokee kidd and try to keep us updated about your progress.
take care and be carefull out there.                  ron

Well I'll be heading out to start my search today. I'll keep the thread updated and let everyone know how it turns out.

Well I'll be starting a new search for a cache in new mexico in july. I had good luck on the other search . I'll be updating this as I go.

Does this mean you found the cache? How about some pictures?  I hear they are worth a thousand words each 

Well I didn't have much luck today because it got hot by lunch time so I had to quit early. And to the guy who asked if I found the cache/asked for pictures , cache hunters only post pictures or admit to finding a cache if he/she wants to lose what they found. The smart ones never admit to finding anything.

cherokee kid, very smart move by not showing or saying anything
if you do find something.
take are and be safe out there.        ron

Dang, the finds must be good otherwise you'd tell us.

Cherokee Kid:

   You are so right, if you publish enough clues about these marvelous caches
before you know it some scalywag will grab them up before the weather is just
right for digging them up.  Just saying what state they are in is dangerous as
some mindreaders might pick your brain while you are sleeping and get there
before you can.

Well I just wanted to update this thread. I'm doing research on several new caches. I'll update this thread again after I'm done moving into my new house. If you want info on the first cache it's somewhere between the east and west coasts and 1000 miles from where you think it is and 100 miles from anywhere you might go to try to find it....

   Kidd, from the clues you posted the "cache" was a fairytale.

No that was to the people who pmed me asking if I could give them hints about where the caches were that I was hunting.

I don't know why some people actually think that someone will do all the research on a cache and then give it away to another person just because they ask .

I don't know why some people actually think that someone will do all the research on a cache and then give it away to another person just because they ask .

LOL!!!!!   

If you are looking for the one in the springs it as been found already. 

   I don't know why some people think that treasure research is reading about
some writer's theory of what "might" have happened maybe a century ago. To
really research a lead you can't swallow an illogical event.  If you are steeped
in the historical record of the area in question and have enough "horse sense"
most yarns don't qualify as probable.  If the location according to the source is
within a round day trip, that's good.  If you're all fired up go take a look, does
the topography go with the story?  Say you get there and find out the land-
marks are all wrong, reality doesn't match with the legend. 
   I know what it's like to "want" that cache to be there but before leaving the
comfort of home set out to disprove the story as told.  Find out what else was
going on that year in history in that locale.  Was there really a stage run from
Denver to Diablo in 1878?  Was there really a paying gold mine near Cincinatti
in 1907?  I hate to tell you but writers sometimes "stretch" out a crumb into a
whole loaf in books, magazines, whatever.
   Don't be quick to call it a cache until you prove that it is.  Luck to ya.

Yeah, I've always tried to disprove the stories first and I've found through experience that the truth about most caches is rarely ever as the stories say it was. I remember the first cache I ever tried to find as I dug deeper into the history and tried to find the truth about how/when it was hidden and by who, I noticed the story had changed so much over time that reading the old information I thought I was reading about a different cache. I never start hunting until I've proved that the cache actually was hidden and isn't just a story. I wasn't looking for anything in the springs. I stick to little known caches . I never look into any "cache" that's been written about in books or magazines because those are just stories, good for reading and not much else.

 Hey man, Good luck on finding those caches but remember,even if you dont find the cache you were looking for you may find something better.I was hunting in an old "Supposed" CivilWar Camp that my grandfather talked about his grandfather going to,I didnt find any gold or diamonds or anything but i did find one badass artillery tow chain Marked 1st Virginia,^$^&$&^$%&$,rusty as hell and barely worth looking at ,let alone digging up, but in my mind, proof of all the great stories he told me as a child.Its worth more than gold to me,Researching a legend and validating it,even if the validation is only to yourself,Its worth ten caches. For what its worth (nadda damn thing)thats my opinion. Good Luck and Happy Hunting.

I don't know why some people actually think that someone will do all the research on a cache and then give it away to another person just because they ask .

I don't know why some people post info about caches in threads then refuse to discuss if or when they find something. That's like writing a mystery novel and leaving out the last five pages.
That bit about never posting finds is horse hockey. Share your finds or at least give us a hint if someone PM's you.

I don't know why some people actually think that someone will do all the research on a cache and then give it away to another person just because they ask .

I don't know why some people post info about caches in threads then refuse to discuss if or when they find something. That's like writing a mystery novel and leaving out the last five pages.
That bit about never posting finds is horse hockey. Share your finds or at least give us a hint if someone PM's you.

Kind of like Seinfeld- a show about nothing.

Now if one wanted to help others or at least help others get interested he could say what kind of research he did or what kind of cache he was looking for. I had a friend who hunted bottles in a 'dry' town. Said the outhouse was no more than 15 steps out the back door. This kind of info would help others but in no way give enough info about his 'honey hole'.

The caches that I'm looking for are silver and gold coins . 2 of the caches are buried in a area that's now woods but when they were buried there was a cabin there and the caches were buried near the cabin. Another cache that I'm looking for is a cache of gold .

I agree that its safer to stay silent, but i also agree about the leaving out the last five pages of the mystery... either way i sincerly hope you the best of luck in your searches!   

"The caches that I'm looking for are silver and gold coins . 2 of the caches are buried in a area that's now woods but when they were buried there was a cabin there and the caches were buried near the cabin. Another cache that I'm looking for is a cache of gold" .

Hey Kid! Good luck on your quest. I'm trying to get permission to dig around "Jimmys" place but the city owns it now and I am having a very hard time with them. Don't know how reliable my info is, but I would LOVE to check it out.
If ya need any help or want to compare notes, PM me.
P.S. I would rather spend my Sundays Digging than watchin the Broncos

Thanks for letting us know more  All I really wanted to know was if it's silver, gold, gems, bottles, etc. Details not required.

If I had started a topic like this and did find a substantial cache, I would have to post pics, it would kill me not to. Granted it wouldn't be in my "usual username", I would go to the local library or the nearest area with public wi-fi and join as a new member using a new name and post some pics with a short story, no specific details, no shots too close as to identify too much and then I would thank "myself" (usual username) for giving me the clues that lead me to the cache, but that's me. Good luck Cherokee_Kidd.

heck at least a blurred pic or something....??

I live in Bridgeport Connecticut and have no plans in going out west.  Hate big snakes.

Having started thunting back in the 60s, I personally knew two people that had their houses broken into to get their finds because they ran their mouths. Back in the early 70s I was audited by IRS, and the subject of my finds came up over and over again. Probably said too much somewhere or p*zzed someone off. If you ever get audited keep asking them if you can depreciate your detector. P^zzed him off because he had to keep running down the hall to check the laws. I finally got the audit ended by asking him if I signed any of the papers would I be giving up any of my rights guaranteed ne by the constitution. He got up gathered up all the papers & left the office. After a helf  hour he came back with a cup of coffee & said "You still here? We're done".

Next time you're researching try looking up treasures stolen in California in the 1970s. You old timers probably recall who I'm talking about. Also, in the last two or three years several nugget shooters in Arizona have had their nuggies & equipment stolen from their houses. (Hint Prescott area).

And finally, think about it. The treasure trove laws<  If you dig anything older than clad, you're basicly breaking a law. Best bet is to say nothing live long stay safe and happy and don't tell the ex anything!!!

Keep your coins and other expenses items and treasure in bank safe deposit boxes and keep your big mouth shut.