Area man finds treasure in backyard

[Neo]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/tre....ap/index.html

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

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."

[Happydude]

i saw this on the news yesterday morning...those lucky bastards

[DimHalo]

oh, if only it were me.

[GameMaster]

The difference between me and Tim Crebase is that I wouldn't have shared a cent with my friend.



Update:Let the arguments begin!

[Su-Yin]

/me makes a run for the shovel*

[Crash]

that's a scary looking son of a bitch......

my backyard, my money... other guy can have the rusted cans and box....

[Typhoid]

So umm.....why was he digging in his backyard?

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

So umm.....why was he digging in his backyard?

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

Reading comprehension is cool!

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Dyne

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

Reading comprehension is cool!

So is being lazy.


See, my way, I had to read less.

[GameMaster]

Arrest'd!

[MuGen]

Wow...but why would they be linked to a robbery dating back to 1929?

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by Kyuzo

Wow...but why would they be linked to a robbery dating back to 1929?

Simple. They're time travelling bandits. They stole the money back then, hid it, and then travelled decades into the future to after the heat went away. Thank God the police's time and space unit was on top of things.

[Happydude]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

Simple. They're time travelling bandits. They stole the money back then, hid it, and then travelled decades into the future to after the heat went away. Thank God the police's time and space unit was on top of things.

yeah...i totally agree...



and as for the guys......dumbasses! they could have at least made sure that their stories matched! and who's house was it? couldn't the owner of the house say anything about it?

[Su-Yin]

lmao..thats just stupid...those guys will never succeed in anything..they cant even tell fake a story/tell a lie right