Jackpot found!! Detector not needed!!!

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This story appeared in our local paper today. How lucky can you get???
Two men digging up a small tree in Methuen, Massachusetts, found more than just roots.
The men uncovered a wooden box, which contained nine rusty tin cans filled with $1, $2 and $20 bills. There were about 1800 bills in all, dating from 1899 to 1929. There also were some gold and silver certificates as well as notes from local banks at the time.
It all added up to more than $100,000.
The men took the money to an antique dealer, who checked to make sure it wasn't counterfeit. There are several theories as to who buried the treasure, including bootleggers or maybe bank robbers.

 

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Men Who Claimed to Find Treasure Arrested
Friday, April 29, 2005 11:34 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By JAY LINDSAY
Two men who made national headlines by claiming they found a buried treasure in the back yard of a home were charged Friday with stealing the collection of old currency from a house where they were working.
Barry Billcliff, 27, of Manchester, N.H., and Timothy Crebase, 22, of Methuen, Mass., were charged with receiving stolen property, conspiracy and accessory after the fact, Methuen Police Lt. Kevin Martin said.
The men were to be arraigned Friday.
Crebase told investigators the men found the money in the gutter of a barn they were hired to repair, according to the Eagle-Tribune newspaper of Lawrence.
The men had made several appearances on national television this week, and police noticed details of the story changed with each appearance.
Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon told ABC's "Good Morning America" that authorities might never have suspected anything had the men not sought publicity.
"Had they just put the money away or, you know, gone somewhere outside of the area and sold a little money at a time, I don't think anybody would have known or suspected anything," Solomon said. "Sometimes wanting to be famous is really the downfall of people."
The arrest interrupted the men's planned appearance Thursday night on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" because they were being booked by police around the time the show was airing. They were to have been interviewed from the yard where they claimed to have found the money while digging.
The men said they found 1,800 bank notes and bills dating between 1899 and 1928 while digging in the yard of the house Crebase rents.
The materials had a face value of about $7,000. Domenic Mangano, owner of the Village Coin Shop in Plaistow, N.H., examined the find and said the currency was authentic. He gave varying estimates of its worth, ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.
The men's stories, though, attracted suspicion because of discrepancies. The depth of the buried crate, for example, ranged from 9 inches to 2 feet.
The men also gave conflicting reasons for digging in Crebase's yard. They told one reporter they were preparing to plant a tree. In other reports, they said they were trying to remove a small tree or dig up the roots of a shrub that was damaging the home's foundation.