The Detroit times., 1914-01-03
FINDS DOLLAR
MADE In 1904;
WORTH $1,000
Workman Turns Up Pot Con-
tanning Old and Very Rare
Coins
MONEY USED TO PAY |.
:. SOLDIERS IN TRlPOLl
Limited Coinage in This Year
Makes Pieces Valuable 10
Collectors

NEW HAVEN. Jan. 3.-William SUI
ivan. while digging TO-DAY in hole
seven feet deep. turned up with his
pick an iron pot containing enough
him long time-if he can keep it.
The best thing in the find was silver
dollar OF 1904. which had such a
limited mintage that collectors quote
IL at from $4,000 10 $4,000
Other contents were silver SNUFF
box made in Nuremberg in l740, sill
yer dollar of 1898; three Connecticut
copper coins of 1857, Connecticut
bank note for 80 shillings OF 1878, a
Continental note for SO of 1875. a
watch made in Strasburg In 1881, a
gold ring inscribed "Babcock,' an in
laid mosaic cameo brooch. deed for
land. written in old English in 1897,
and document bearing six official
British imprints of 1928. The papers
are much iaded and have not vet been
deciphcred
News OF the find spread rapidly.
and within an hour the neighborhood
picks and shoyels were all busy stir
ring up the Wet earth. One woman
who heard Sullivan had found $4,000
proposed marriage 20 him. Some OF
the workers came across a few cop
per cents. Their luck stimulated the
others 10 continue the search until
dark
The 1910 dollar when cleaned up
showed on one side a woman's head.
inscribed Liberty with l3 stars
above and 1904 below. On the other
side is an eagle and the motto ID
Pmribus Unum." shield arrows
and United States OF America" COM
plete the design ON the edge are
the words one hundred cents"
The-siie- Where-1he- lrea-sliE-.-ua-.
found had been occupied for a cen
! fury or more by the Hooker carriage
factory built and operated when
wagon-making was leading industry
! here. In levelins for the railroad a
workman found buried pot OF
/ Spanish gold. He disappeared with It,
and no one ever learned It's contents
except az coin slowly Altered back
4 through the banks of exchange.
: The carriage factory was sold to
/ the Arena Centerfreeze Hockey com
pany for a rink TO be used by the Yale
Hockey association. In tearing down
I
deeds and silver watch tucked I'M.
der the slate roof Foundation work
is now in progress for the rink Sui
Ivan was so engaged today when his
pick turned up the iron pot
/ Ever since the original find work
men have believed that the neighbor-
hood was favorite spot In early
times for the burial of treasure un-
foreground Nobody ever found evi,
uence OF a pirates hoard. but the
story became current that sailors put
their treasure here when they set
out on long voyages
il was said 10 be favorite place
OF deposit for crews who sailed 10
Hight the commerce marauders of the
Mediterranean. Voyages lasted q long
time and teh savings of those who
failed TO survive them remained
| buried, according TO common report.
So todays find surprised no one and
IL naturally started the crowd digging
for more. Sullivan was at work along
side the old canal towpath. The car
riage company had built an extension
over that spot in 1892
Under the state law everything
found underground belongs TO the
owners OF the property. They decided
at once that the paper money. which
must be handled with extreme care
less IL fall apart, ought to go 10 the
state historical society, and Sullivan
made no protest. He said he would
be very glad II allowed TO keep the
proceeds from the sale OF the coins.
Old Dollars Used to Pay Sailors in