CTTC Regular Monthly Meeting Tonight! Tuesday, April 1st.

 

This is a reminder that our Central Texas Treasure Club's regular monthly meeting is tonight. We'll decide on a Saturday date for this month's Members-Only April Surprise Hunt and Member Mike Schultz will give a program on the U.S. $2 Bill immediately following the meeting. As always, visitors are invited to come! Free snacks. 6:30 p.m. at the old Early Chamber of Commerce Bldg. at 104 E. Industrial Blvd. in Early, Texas.

Hope to see you there!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

"The Curse of Oak Island" Treasure

 

My Opinion on "The Curse of Oak Island" Treasure.

I've watched every episode of the 12 seasons of this fascinating show over the past 12 years. The crew has made some amazing finds that have corrected the traditional history of North America during their efforts. The ultimate goal, the huge treasure in the so-called Money Pit, has eluded them and other searchers for over 200 years. Untold millions of dollars have been spent in the Laginas' efforts to find that treasure, to no avail.

I can confidently state that it's my opinion that, with an 80%-90% degree of certainty, the Money Pit treasure has already been secretly retrieved over 150 years ago. I base my opinion, in large part, on the fact that the Laginas have dug many deep shafts in the Money Pit area and have come up empty except for the remains of many different unknown shafts that can't be attributed to any of the known searchers over all of that time.

Who do I think would have had the ability, funding, and knowledge to have secretly retrieved the treasure? My best guess would be the pro-Southern secret organization the Knights of the Golden Circle who were known to have built many underground depositories for huge amounts of treasure across the county. I've long-believed, after about 20 years of in-depth research into that organization, that they had secret ties stretching all the way back to the ancient Knights Templar. The KGC were all Masons and Albert Pike is said to have laid out the plans for every one of their depository sites. The KGC proved that they had the ability to dig and construct deep depository vaults AND they had experts, experienced in mining and underground construction, who would have been capable of retrieving such a huge amount of treasure without being noticed. They proved that by constructing long tunnel networks under many American towns and cities, including my hometown - Brownwood, Texas, and of course by constructing their many deep underground treasure vaults. Also, part of the KGC organization was composed of a group whose primary job was to locate and retrieve lost and buried treasures left behind by the Spaniards and other American explorers. These men were experts in dowsing and in interpreting old symbols and markings. In addition, the KGC had a headquarters in Canada during the Civil War. So, where do I think the Oak Island treasures are now? There's a big possibility that they are scattered all over the United States in yet undiscovered underground KGC depositories.

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

 

April 1st CTTC Meeting Program - $2 Bill by Mike Schultz

 Central Texas Treasure Club Member Mike Schultz volunteered to give a program about the U.S. $2 bill following our regular monthly CTTC meeting on Tuesday, April 1st. Thank You, Mike!

Our Club holds its regular monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of each month at the old Early Chamber of Commerce Bldg. at 104 E. Industrial Blvd. in Early, Texas.  Visitors are always welcome and invited to attend!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

 

Let's Fill the House on February 4th!

 Let’s Fill the House at our February 4^th CTTC Meeting!  Everyone, Members & Visitors, who attends and stays for the whole meeting will receive a 100+ year-old collectible American coin! 

I will be giving a program, immediately following the meeting about the Spanish in Brown County and Central Texas.  Visitors are always welcome and invited!

Tuesday, February 4th at 6:30 p.m. at the old Early Chamber of Commerce Bldg. at 104 E. Industrial Blvd. in Early, Texas.

 

Tons of Lost Treasure Still Out There!

 Something worth keeping in mind. Back in the good old days of treasure hunting, large caches of treasure, posthole banks, and outlaw loot, were regularly found by metal detectorists. Those stories were reported on in the many treasure hunting magazines and periodicals that were available when I first began in 1969. I don't think I'm stretching the truth when I say that for every one of those large caches that were recovered in those early years, probably 25 times that number still haven't been found and people have continued to add to them every year.

From: A.T. Evans' "Treasure Hunter's Yearbook 1971-1972", page 17

"According to a 1971 U.S. Treasury report, 10% of all money coined and minted each year is lost. A real eye-opener is their disclosure that only 35% of the nation's wage-earners use banks!"

Photo: 5.75 lbs. of 1940s silver coins found in a clay pot in Maine in 2009.

 

Our next Central Texas Treasure Club monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, February 4th.  Visitors always welcome and invited to attend.  You don't want to miss this one!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

Metal Detectorist Discovers Oldest Gun Ever Found in U.S.

 The oldest gun ever found in the U.S. was found with a metal detector! I encourage you to read this fascinating story. I've also researched the Spanish in what is now Brownwood and Brown County as well as in central Texas for a very long time. I will give a program about some of what I've learned from that research and field work immediately following our Central Texas Treasure Club's next monthly meeting on February 4th.

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-dug-oldest-gun-ever-161736658.html 

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

New Addition to our Club Library

 

Last week, I decided to invest in this rare copy of "A. T. Evans' Treasure Hunter's Yearbook 1971-1972" with Club funds. It will be part of our Central Texas Treasure Club's Library but will not be loaned out. Members and visitors can read it at our monthly meetings if they arrive early or when they get weary of hearing me talk.  It will give you an idea of the kinds of metal detectors being used back then, it includes photos of some of the valuable finds being made with them, and it has several fascinating treasure hunting stories and profiles of some of the best treasure hunters of that period.

I owned a couple of these books from different years until I sold them to fund a failed move to California Gold Country in 1988. I sold almost everything I had that year to help finance the trip. Those books are two of the things I most regret selling as they provided me with many enjoyable hours of reading and motivation.

One more reason to attend our CTTC regular monthly meetings! Our next meeting will be Tuesday, February 4th.

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club