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... I know some of you are curious about Jim Shell... he has always been of great interest to me especially his role in the t-bar money plant.

And I have great interest in how you, or Jim, explain the thousands of shards buried at three feet down in the sand.

Answer:  several dredgings and spreadings of the sand.  The Columbia River dredge tore up the money bag as the dredge pulled it from the bottom of the River, at Tina Bar.  But the money bag didn't get completely tore up.  A small chunk of the bag, say 5-6 packets, got tossed up on the shore.  Three packets stayed in tact and 2 or more packets got thrown out a ways into the sand.  Along came the backhoe/grader to level out the sand.  The blade of the backhoe/grader catches the two+ packets, tears them up, and disperses them about in the sand, thus creating the fragments or shards.  The three intact packets escape and are not touched by the blade.  No one notices that any of this has occurred -- there was enough sand in the area to cover up any view of any of the money -- shards or packets.  More dredging and spreading of the sand occurred, several layers, several feet.  The three intact packets get covered by more sand, thus avoiding being torn to bits by the backhoe/blade.  They stay in tact.  Later, there is a need for a big scoop of the sand to fill a hole (a little "sand hole" created by the spreading and moving of the sand), which happens to be near where the money fragments are buried.  The backhoe gets a big scoop of sand, which happens to have the 3 packets of money, in tact, and dumps that big scoop of sand directly on top of the money fragments.  And there you have it....shards and fragments of money buried several feet beneath the 3 intact packets of money.

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... I know some of you are curious about Jim Shell... he has always been of great interest to me especially his role in the t-bar money plant.

And I have great interest in how you, or Jim, explain the thousands of shards buried at three feet down in the sand.

Answer:  several dredgings and spreadings of the sand.  The Columbia River dredge tore up the money bag as the dredge pulled it from the bottom of the River, at Tina Bar.  But the money bag didn't get completely tore up.  A small chunk of the bag, say 5-6 packets, got tossed up on the shore.  Three packets stayed in tact and 2 or more packets got thrown out a ways into the sand.  Along came the backhoe/grader to level out the sand.  The blade of the backhoe/grader catches the two+ packets, tears them up, and disperses them about in the sand, thus creating the fragments or shards.  The three intact packets escape and are not touched by the blade.  No one notices that any of this has occurred -- there was enough sand in the area to cover up any view of any of the money -- shards or packets.  More dredging and spreading of the sand occurred, several layers, several feet.  The three intact packets get covered by more sand, thus avoiding being torn to bits by the backhoe/blade.  They stay in tact.  Later, there is a need for a big scoop of the sand to fill a hole (a little "sand hole" created by the spreading and moving of the sand), which happens to be near where the money fragments are buried.  The backhoe gets a big scoop of sand, which happens to have the 3 packets of money, in tact, and dumps that big scoop of sand directly on top of the money fragments.  And there you have it....shards and fragments of money buried several feet beneath the 3 intact packets of money.

I will respond to this in the "Tina Bar Money Find" thread.

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Something I want to talk to the Fazio brothers about the next time I go to Tina Bar.  Have the Fazio's paid for dredging out of their own pockets -- to build up the shore on or right next to their property --due to erosion?  I tried to stop in at the Fazio office in August to talk to them about this and other matters on my mind, but no one was in. 

  Also, I don't know if my eyes were deceiving me, but it seemed like a lot of sand got built up (trucked in, or maybe dredged in) at the upper edge of their property, up higher, overlooking the Columbia River.  Seemed like an unusually high volume of sand was there, more than I've noticed before.  This may be a silly question....since they are a sand business, and sand businesses need sand, so no doubt they bring some (or a lot) in.  I am wondering if any of it is brought up from the shore of Columbia River below. 

If so, if it's in R99's new landing zone, and if any digging has been going on in that section of the beach or property, then it may have compromised any evidence that might be there.  The Travel Channel shoot in August was about searching R99's landing zone -- bounded by the River, Lower River Road, money find location, and Catepillar Island.  If sand has been moved around or brought in or dredged in, then that would change the landscape. 

I also noticed that the map R99 brought to the Travel Channel shoot at Tina Bar was not the same as what was actually there.  More sand, less trees -- it looked like a whole stand of trees had been removed and, in turn, replaced by sand, maybe lots of sand.  I may be wrong, but that was my observation.  Maybe that's the Fazio's just bringing in more sand for the business.  My fear is that any evidence that might have been there either got buried deeper, got moved, or got removed.  I sure hope not.  I may be all wet here, but that's what I noticed.

Meyer

Oops.....this  should be over in the Tina Bar section

Petey is leaving town.

Norjak's "perfect suspect," Sheridan Peterson, has announced he is leaving his home in Santa Rosa. The reasons may be many, including finances, but the election of Mr. Trump certainly sealed the deal. Petey has indicated to me that he is basically heading to the hills south of da border to await further developments.

His strong political feelings are known to most of us, and for those who may be interested in viewing the larger context of Petey's action vis-Ă -vis the election protests, you can read my piece on the subject at the Mountain News.

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Petey is leaving town.

Norjak's "perfect suspect," Sheridan Peterson, has announced he is leaving his home in Santa Rosa. The reasons may be many, including finances, but the election of Mr. Trump certainly sealed the deal. Petey has indicated to me that he is basically heading to the hills south of da border to await further developments.

His strong political feelings are known to most of us, and for those who may be interested in viewing the larger context of Petey's action vis-Ă -vis the election protests, you can read my piece on the subject at the Mountain News.

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Exactly where does Peterson want to move to?  Based on my own investigations, portions of Costa Rica and Belize are quite nice.  But I have to get my passport renewed as fast as possible.  Hopefully, Trump won't cancel Christmas in the meantime.

Exactly where does Peterson want to move to?  Based on my own investigations, portions of Costa Rica and Belize are quite nice.  But I have to get my passport renewed as fast as possible.  Hopefully, Trump won't cancel Christmas in the meantime.