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A man just married his long time girlfriend. One evening, after the honeymoon, he was assembling some loads for an upcoming hunt. His wife was standing there at the bench watching him. After a long period of silence she finally speaks. "Honey, I've been thinking, now that we are married, I think it's time you quit hunting, shooting, and fishing. Maybe you should get rid of your guns and boat." The man immediate got this horrified look on his face. She says, "Darling, what's wrong?" ”For a minute there you sounded like my ex-wife.” "Ex wife!", she screams, "I didn't know you were married before". ”I wasn't"

Back to Cooper... I have a new working theory about TBAR.. something to think about. What if the dredge layer below the money identified by Palmer was not the 1974 layer but a pre-NORJAK dredge layer.. Willow Bar dredging frequency was 4x out of 5 years prior to 1972. I recall reading about TBAR dredge deposits prior to NORJAK.. Not all would be deposited on TBAR,, but if we assume that layer was pre-NORJAK it makes more sense. The money would have been below the 1974 layer which would have been eroded away in the 6 years to 1980 exposing the money at the surface.. There was no added material after 1974.. that extended time would maximize erosion. If the money was on top of the 1974 dredge why did it take 6 years to expose it,, doesn't really make sense. If that 1974 dredge was on top of the money it rationalizes the money being covered in 1974 and in place for many years until 6 years of erosion exposed it.. I like it.. it makes more sense.