Buried Stashes

The following excerpt is from an ebook that I sell as part of a package. It deals with the how-to of buried stashes. I include it here because it might give treasure hunters some ideas about where to look for such treasures.

This short excerpt is from Chapter Eight, Hiding Money, in A Survival Guide for Interesting Time, which is a part of The Secrets Package. (Click that link if you want more details on that.)

Buried Stashes

It can be risky to bury cash or valuables away from your home, because you cannot monitor the stash. A storm might dislodge it if it is near a stream, or animals could dig it up, or humans could recognize the tell-tale signs of a buried treasure. On the other hand, burglars most often target your house, so having some money buried out in the woods or hills might not be such a bad idea.

Burying a stash shallowly under a rock is one way to keep the evidence of digging hidden. Move a heavy rock, dig a hole underneath, placing the dirt carefully onto a garbage bag or tarp. Place a peanut butter jar or screw-top vitamin bottle full of cash or silver or gems in the hole, and fill it in. Dirt that doesn't fit back in should be carefully carried away and disposed of elsewhere, and the rock should be replaced exactly how it was.

You need to be able to remember where you bury such a stash, but marking trees in the area can give away the location to others. Instead, choose a location that is near an easily recognized landmark, like an unusual rock formation or three trees growing together. You can also mark the coordinates using a GPS unit, but disguise the numbers you write down in some way so others won't recognize them as coordinates.

A hole underneath an old stump can work as well, but be careful to leave no obvious traces of your digging. Be sure it is a stump that will be there for at least a few years to come. Throw some loose leaves around the base to further hide any signs that you dug there.

Small containers are best, because a smaller hole will be needed to hide them securely. $500 in folded $50 bills fits easily into a vitamin bottle. I once found a dollar hidden in a plastic pop bottle in a pile of rocks, with the plastic getting very brittle from exposure to the sun. It was a lesson on the importance of burying thin plastic containers very well if you want them to last.

Burying some cash or cash equivalents (gold, silver, gems) in your yard is another option. This makes your treasure easier to monitor and access and remember the location of. Be sure that you are not seen in the act of placing them or someone might dig up your buried stashes when you're not home.