probably right, you would have to find out what type of insects would hang out in sand I guess?

Here is how I see things with the photo's, and the money locations etc. the red square indicates the area the sand was spread. it's a different photo that I put in this one...the top of the photo still shows signs of the northern spoil.

Tom also points out the circle...."1974 dredging image from FBI archive overlaid on Google Earth. The penciled circle is the inaccurate location of the money find from 1980."

I'm sticking by my statement that the pin location shown on this map, the location being north of the containment pit and about the same height as the containment pit, is wrong.

The pin location is to distant from the river, to high above the river level, and there is no "beach" west of there at the present time.  It is not a place where any dredging materials would be placed.  The erosion in that area, and just north of it, is more like a glacier "calving" than washing soil away at high tide.

As pointed out earlier today, Tom's GPS coordinates are within the penciled circle.  The local fishermen indicated that Meyer and I were in the right area as we zeroed in on Tom's coordinates.  Additionally, comparing objects on the west side of the Columbia with objects that appear in some of the pictures of the FBI agents digging leads to the same point as given by Tom's coordinates.

Here is the location where the agents were digging....red square

See if this helps explain my view...

The big picture does not show anything like the things in the small picture.  Where is that row of buildings in the upper right hand corner, and parallel to the blue line, in the other picture?  No such buildings are at Tina Bar now either.

The area at the north end of the containment pit does not have a flat beach area as indicated in the big picture.  I don't know where they were digging at that time but it does not match the containment pit area at Tina Bar.

There are other pictures of the agents digging with hand shovels that show identifiable landmarks on the west (Oregon) side of the river.   It is these pictures that can be used to determine locations on the east (Washington) side of the river.  They do not include pictures of Palmer, tractors, or trenches.

Here is a black & white photo looking on to Tina Bar from the helicopter. I believe the noticeable tree's can be found in the green circles on the right side of the photo. I don't think they are the circles on the left. you would see the tree/bush in the FBI dig photo (also provided) the red line could be Palmer ditch?

Here is a black & white photo looking on to Tina Bar from the helicopter. I believe the noticeable tree's can be found in the green circles on the right side of the photo. I don't think they are the circles on the left. you would see the tree/bush in the FBI dig photo (also provided) the red line could be Palmer ditch?

Again, the upper right hand corner of the aerial view shows what looks like a waterway with houses on the far side and buildings of one type or another, along with docks, on the near side.  Nothing like this exists at Tina Bar.

The smaller picture with the helicopter in it is the type of pictures I was referring to.

Did Palmer, or anyone else, do any digging on Caterpillar Island or on the Oregon side of the Columbia River?

The photo of Brian returning to Tina Bar appears to be seen in the aerial photo taken during this period. the tree has an obvious slant to it. (see photo)

The above photo in my previous post (Brian) is also in the same location Tom has the yellow pin documenting the money location...it appears he has it behind the slanted tree....