Now, why can't this happen to me?

from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/treasure.found.ap/index.html

FRIENDS FIND TREASURE BURIED IN BACKYARD
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 11:20 AM EDT (1520 GMT)

METHUEN, Massachusetts (AP) -- It's the stuff of fantasies, and Tim Crebase found it buried under two feet of earth in his own backyard.

There, he and friend Barry Villcliff found a box stuffed with cash and gold and silver certificates, some more than a century old.

The buried treasure is worth more than $100,000, according to a coin shop owner.

"I was thinking, 'I've never seen anything like this in my life,"' Domenic Mangano, owner of Village Coin Shop in Plaistow, New Hampshire.

Crebase said the find came three weeks ago when he and Villcliff were trying to dig up a small tree.

Crebase, 23, heard a thud and saw that he'd hit a piece of wood. Another look, and he saw the wood was part of a two-foot-wide box.

He ripped the top off and found nine rusted cans that he and Villcliff, 27, cracked open to find about 1,800 bills, including more than 900 $1 bills, 200 $2 bills, and 300 $20 bills dated from 1899 to 1929.

There were also piles of gold and silver certificates and scores of notes from local banks in Methuen, Haverhill, Amesbury, Newburyport and beyond.

They took the stash to Mangano's shop later that day.

"I'm a pessimist; I was waiting until I got a professional review before I jumped to any conclusions," Villcliff said. "Tim, however, was singing and dancing. He was ranting like a rabid monkey."

Originally posted by Shanshu311
from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/treasure.found.ap/index.html

FRIENDS FIND TREASURE BURIED IN BACKYARD
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 11:20 AM EDT (1520 GMT)

METHUEN, Massachusetts (AP) -- It's the stuff of fantasies, and Tim Crebase found it buried under two feet of earth in his own backyard.

There, he and friend Barry Villcliff ...[text shortened]... " Villcliff said. "Tim, however, was singing and dancing. He was ranting like a rabid monkey."

Originally posted by arrakis
Just wait. One of George Bush's men will make him pay taxes on it!

Originally posted by Shanshu311
from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/treasure.found.ap/index.html

FRIENDS FIND TREASURE BURIED IN BACKYARD
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 11:20 AM EDT (1520 GMT)

METHUEN, Massachusetts (AP) -- It's the stuff of fantasies, and Tim Crebase found it buried under two feet of earth in his own backyard.

There, he and friend Barry Villcliff ...[text shortened]... " Villcliff said. "Tim, however, was singing and dancing. He was ranting like a rabid monkey."

Something like this happened near my town. The current owners of a house dug up thousands of dollars worth of antique coins . But when they tried to sell them, the3 original owners tried to claim the coins. That has been in the courts fro a few years now.

Yes, that'd be nice to find money in my back yard. To much effort, not sure if I want to leave my living room just to dig and find some money that I probably won't be able to keep. Maybe someday

Josh

I can just see it now:
Middleclass surburbian backyards dug up all over the place. Dead trees everywhere.
As if were not doing enough by chopping down the rain forests to make toothpicks...