Post by GeneticBlend on Aug 30, 2018 8:28:19 GMT -5
A Search Report on Another Cache…The Rogue Miner’s Cache in West Virginia
I just spent another full day exploring old foundations and a coal mining site in search of another one of H. Charles Beil’s elusive caches.
I can attest to the four skull rating of the "Rogue Miner’s Cache”, as I climbed steep embankments, was stuck by thorns, stung by yellow jackets, braved a sudden downpour, and came face-to-face with a rattlesnake. But alas, what was described as an "obvious" cache, was not so obvious to me. For a second time, I returned home empty-handed.
As it seems with most of H. Charles Beil’s hidden caches, he gives you some kind of starting point which can be found in his stories or maps. For this one, it was the photograph of the "Townsend Ferry" sign, which in reality, was partially hidden by growth. The starting point is usually the easy part! Figuring out where to go from there is what is difficult. My experience with two hunts has proven that even when I do locate the remains of an old town, I am still missing something. It may take several trips to a site to find what you are looking for. That is what happened with the Wolf Run cache, one of two that were found. The finders returned to that site, and searched for many, many weekends before they found the cache.
Again, I will ask Jenny to post a few photos...Look close to see the rattlesnake at the bottom of the one photo. It isn't one of my better photographs. It was all I could do to keep my composure as it slithered under a nearby rock.
Again, as I said with my trip report to the David Lewis cache site, all is not lost if you come home without the cache. This site was in a beautiful location---worth the trip even if you weren’t searching for treasure. The area is full of history. You could spend several days there and not run out of things to do or see. Good luck to anyone who goes to search for the “Rogue Miner’s Cache”!
I just spent another full day exploring old foundations and a coal mining site in search of another one of H. Charles Beil’s elusive caches.
I can attest to the four skull rating of the "Rogue Miner’s Cache”, as I climbed steep embankments, was stuck by thorns, stung by yellow jackets, braved a sudden downpour, and came face-to-face with a rattlesnake. But alas, what was described as an "obvious" cache, was not so obvious to me. For a second time, I returned home empty-handed.
As it seems with most of H. Charles Beil’s hidden caches, he gives you some kind of starting point which can be found in his stories or maps. For this one, it was the photograph of the "Townsend Ferry" sign, which in reality, was partially hidden by growth. The starting point is usually the easy part! Figuring out where to go from there is what is difficult. My experience with two hunts has proven that even when I do locate the remains of an old town, I am still missing something. It may take several trips to a site to find what you are looking for. That is what happened with the Wolf Run cache, one of two that were found. The finders returned to that site, and searched for many, many weekends before they found the cache.
Again, I will ask Jenny to post a few photos...Look close to see the rattlesnake at the bottom of the one photo. It isn't one of my better photographs. It was all I could do to keep my composure as it slithered under a nearby rock.
Again, as I said with my trip report to the David Lewis cache site, all is not lost if you come home without the cache. This site was in a beautiful location---worth the trip even if you weren’t searching for treasure. The area is full of history. You could spend several days there and not run out of things to do or see. Good luck to anyone who goes to search for the “Rogue Miner’s Cache”!
