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This is what a real-life treasure hunt for 10 tonnes of gold looks like
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Posted : Thursday, 8 August 2013 11:07:24 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Friday, 9 August 2013 5:20:30 PM(UTC)
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I'm sure this was filmed on Sheldon Park.



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Posted : Friday, 9 August 2013 5:42:03 PM(UTC)
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Foundations at Hagley park for the cricketers lol
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Posted : Saturday, 10 August 2013 5:33:38 PM(UTC)
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I wonder if they found anything yet. Cant find any news on google so looks like a bust.
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Posted : Saturday, 10 August 2013 5:43:21 PM(UTC)
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I wonder if they found anything yet. Cant find any news on google so looks like a bust.


Sounds like they failed.

http://www.artdaily.org/...sec=11&int_new=64274

"Tractors filled in an enormous crater in a suburb of the Paraguayan capital Thursday, burying a local man's dream of finding a hoard of hidden gold."
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Posted : Thursday, 15 August 2013 9:52:58 AM(UTC)
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Interesting stuff. I esp like the pic of the guy with a gold detector. must have awesome depth lol.

the one question that springs to mind is would you not look for disturbed ground in a project like. i know it's mostly mud but surely you could tell if this had been excavated previously.

and that leads to another question. why would the gold get buried so deep? you would expect to be able to return to recover it at some point?!

perhaps there has been a landslide over the site since burial?

of most interest is how quickly higher powers that be shut down the project. albeit an illegal dig the guy did have permission from local powers.
you would think perhaps someone has interests at a national level that doesn't want this gold discovered or this topic to gain popularity amongst it's people.

i would love to know more about the guy's satellite imagery and reasoning to lead him to dig this.
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