Philippines:Possible treasure site in a former japanese camp

I'm a treasure hunting enthusiast here in Mindanao, Philippines. I got the chance to accidentally dug a possible treasure site here in the Philippines a few years ago when we were constructing a building in a private land. I was able to lead our group to 5 empty vintage bombs weighing 235 kilogram per bomb before i decided to stop the activity . Other items we've found on the site were the followings: wheelborrow, lifting bronze cable wrapped (with 32 bronze cables strands) in an aluminum bar  , a welding machine, round reddish-brown rock , bottles, wires, corrugated bars, and a chassis which i believed is a military truck and a dynamite bundle found in one of the truck's chassis. As of now, there was still one empty bomb on the said site which i was not able to get. The site was a former japanese camp and its location was near the former camp's gate. I stopped the operation because were not sure where we were going during that time and it seems that we are going towards an area which needs some major reinforcements- its leading us underneath a major road. There are ways to excavate again the site but i think we need an underground surveyor or GPR  before doing the same to precisely unearth any valuable items if found.  See attached photos.. Actually, i documented the excavation and took some shots while were digging. Unfortunately, i misplaced majority of the photos but will try to find it again and send it here.

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Yea I am with Christian what makes you think treasure sounds like a trash dump to me.

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Bong:
You never mentioned the depth of your dig, however, at the moment, guys here are correct.. that could be a dumpsite during WW2. Been code breaking for years now but none of those you mentioned are markers.

IMHO

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Hi,

I thought of it as a possible treasure site because theys before  place was frequently visited japanese before and would like to excavate the area . In fact, another japanese guy bought a lot at the cemetery at the back of the said site and also manifested his intention to excavate the area. One of the stories i got from some local folks living near the area was that a japanese  was looking for the location of the main gate of the former japanese camp (which is now a cemetery), referred to as THEl SITE.  . Actually, the site is part of MADAPO HILLS IN DAVAO CITY.  The deepest we've dug was 15-18 feet deep. We've found the first bomb at 8 feet, then I just followed the tip of the bomb as pointer until i saw another bomb and the rest of it . By the way, the site was covered by a 4 inches thick of hardened white sand or corrals , the size is about 2 meters x 4 meters or more. Upon reaching 16 feet, its sandy and we even tried to use a cococnut shell  freely to dig further. I even thought that there's a bunker or cave underneath it . One night, it heavily rains and the site where we operated was submerged fully with rainwater, that was round 9:00 in the evening. When I checked it again after between 2-3 hours on the same night, the rainwater was gone.  It's quite unusual since it is not the same case compared to other grave site near the vicinity as relayed to me by my men who are also experienced gravediggers and are familiar with the soil composition in the cemetery. I'm planning to excavate it again this year as soon as I can freely manage the site including buying the lot where i could have good access to the site. Will keep you posted. Thanks for all your comments sirs.

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I think I will retire move to the Phil and open a shovel store. Just saw in Book collectors World that a new book call Treasure Signs of the Philippines is due out in Feb, think it help.

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