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Hunt hopefully begins May 11, 2024 9:00 am
with a grave tending event at Morrisons hill.
Full Background Story

Two years ago, the British Parliament released Lord Pride’s 1658 Will on the Web. In it, he left 4,000 British Pounds Sterling to his fifth-born son Joseph Pride who settled Prides Corner as a fugitive two years later in 1661. In 1968, two hunters from Windham found 300 Coins in a half-melted lump in Suckfish Brook at Highland Lake. The unaccounted for 3700 pounds sterling would be worth $234 Million Dollars if calculated at recent auction valuations as a rare coin. All the same or different types of pound sterling coins is unknown, but its a lot of money in any case.

Lord Pride had become fabulously wealthy as a supplier of lumber and building materials used to build the British Fleet and the beer, victuals and supplies to sustain it throughout the 1650's. Lord Pride, a commander of soldiers of foot, was so central to the British Navy Establishment that he was to be named Commander of the Entire Fleet if Admiral Blake had not survived the fever in 1653. In 1649, the year of the execution, he purchased the entire Nonsuch Forest for shipbuilding materials for the fleet, and immediately stripped it of 6000 trees in a few years. It was likely his crews of puritan civil war veterans that began the harvest of Duck Ponds old growth in the early 1650's. Duck Pond masts were the lowest hanging fruit and Masting had really taken off in the 1640's. In 1652 there was a Naval Mast crisis resulting from the Baltic crisis of 1652-53. The fleet dispatched its own Mast ships to meet the emergency, likely crewed by the experienced and available lumberjacks from the Lord Prides recently denuded Nonsuch Forest. They returned every year for a decade before the Mast Agent system began.

Whomever cut it, Highland Lake Masting created safe, extremely remote, cleared land of the finest farming quality, functional transport both out for lumber and masts and in for supplies, not to mention 1000 pounds of silver coins. Masting was done in winter and would require wells to water the animals and work crews involved, hovels for the Oxen, and thrown up lodgings for the crew. The history of the Masting industry makes it clear, this area was already masted and vacant in 1661, and most likely masted by people the fugitive Joseph would have known well. Joseph spent his teenage years on the Nonsuch estate while it was being logged. Duck Pond was the perfect hideout for the most wanted man in the world in 1661, and it may have come with an established support system. ARRIVING MAY 8th

There are no records of such a vast fortune ever being spent here or in the UK.

Many Local Residents heard the tale in the 1960's.
It was the talk of the town.

(Silver Tales of 7 Witnesses)

(Silver Tales of 7 Witness)

$500.00 Reward for Photos, Documents, or other proof
or just the Hunters Identity if living, $200.00 if deceased.

The hunt begins Sat May 11, 2024 9:00 am
if we get permission to tend my 4th great grandfathers grave.

No outside personnel will be involved in the first year. It will be limited to adjacent properties and one or two gratis. The solid identification of the cabin's location has reduced the primary target area from 650+ acres down to less than 200 and they are the most easily searched. A walk in the park verses a slog in the swamp, or a tortuous tic laden thicket trudge. ! Statistically 75% of hordes are found in sight of the residence. Fortunately the most promising of which is open easily covered tic free fields ! Wooded areas are a problem and are a two man job. Landowners with brush will have to refer a carrier (or do it themselves if they are outdoorsy types) to be scheduled for a search. This keeps my life simple. Carriers simply carry the sensor in a straight line back and forth every 24 inches. The shared pool for the labor is a ten percent pool divided by how many acres of acres searched. Rare coins are going up big time lately so 100 mil is not out of hand. So if your GrandKid carries for one morning to do two acres and we find it at 100 acres on somebody elses patch, thats a cool mil. and it's ... HELLO HARVARD !!

605-777-0491

Email: DanPride@Gmail.com
Note:I always respond same day, but reception can be problematic so text or call if no response

*Because Thomas Pride was a member of the
House of Lords his will is an official document of the
National Archives of the United Kingdom.
This is not some Oak Island bullshit fantasy.

Found Treasure Tax Ramifications

The Project

*Completed means a verified comprehensive double box search on 24 inch paths.

Searches require 2 to 5 hours per acre depending on terrain. Two man carrier - reader teams required in wooded areas. If you have an active 15 year old, who doesn't mind plowing through tic infested brush I could sure use him. Skills required are pay attention and walk in a straight line at 1.5 mph. Pay rate is a million a day if we hit at least. If we find it on your neighbors land, the kids or grandkids efforts will still pay for a silver plated college fund !!

Standard Contract Template - All parts negotiable
My personal preference is Everything to the Joseph Pride Foundation which includes a Blank check for the Highland Lake Association, donations to a lot of churches, improving kids nutrition (real food not chemical goop...a lot of chicken kits for low income maine rural), etc. but each landowner will decide the terms, its their land. The landowner with the mostest automatically becomes chairman of the board of the Joseph Pride Foundation of course. To be honest I go a lot of other fish to fry while I still got a few marbles left, and that's not a lot of time for what I got to do. But the only landowner who counts is the one with the goods so it's in Gods hands. Whatever the decision, I expect it will be made in the glare of a World Wide spotlight worthy of the Execution of the King of England by a twelve year old. Forever to be known henceforth as the greatest, the first, and the last Americana story of America's history. Your great grandkids will probably watch and learn about your role in a movie in 150 years,... and I do own the copyright. Once started I will be unable to be a part of anything that cuts out the prior carriers of course. As Aristotle said, a promise made is a promise kept.. Until it actually starts however, its all open for discussion and suggestions as to how to do this are most welcome.

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