It was reported that a treasure hunt was held at the Real Eight museum grounds. Hunters were given metal detectors and allowed to search for a limited time in a certain area for actual buried treasure. These included coins planted there by the Real Eight CompanyAlso referred to occasionally as “The Real 8 Company”- was incorporated in 1961. It had eight members….Kip Wagner, Kip Kelso, Dan Thompson, Harry Cannon, Lou Ullian, Del Long, Erv Taylor and Lis.... The search for coins was made particularly difficult as nails, tin cans, and other worthless objects set the metal detectors buzzing.
