The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-02-26
HIDDEN TREASURE.
9unskpecsed Places Where Fortunes

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Hidden treasure has an irresistible
attraction for the human race. On
the slightest hint from seer or fortune
teller someone is sure to dig where
the buried treasure is supposed to be,
and disappointment does not dis
courage another attempt, when an
other "tlp' is received. Very few
have ever come upon hidden treasure
and the few have found 1t unexpect-
eddy.
Take, for instance, that romantic
s unearthing Of 100000 coins in the bed
Of the River Dove, in Staffordshire,
seventy-two years ago. Some work
men wore engaged in removing
mudbank which had formed in the
center of the river wnen one of them
was amazed to find on raising his
spade that It glistened with silver
Ii coins.
Attracted by the digger's exclama-
tons of establishment and delight, his
fellowworkmen hurried up, and mo-
ment. later half dozen men were
scrambling feverishly filing their
4 pockets. their hats and beer cans
with silver coins, which were worth
their weight In gold. for they were of
the time Of the first two Edwards
and had lain in the river for five
hundred years. That the bulk Of the
treasure trove was ultimately claim
ed by the Duchy of Lancaster mat
tersalittle. for its finders had already
appropriated scores Of thousands Of
5 the disks.
Only two years later few village
boys were playing at marbles on Sum
day afternoon in field near Bea-
worth, In Hampshire, when one Of
them caught sight of piece Of lead
projecting from cart rut in rough
IA road that crossed the pasture. Tug
glng at the strip Of metal he dis
closed a hole and through the exposed
opening he saw pile Of glittering
coins. bright as II fresh from the
mint. To ill HIS pockets and those
OF hts playmates was the work of a
a few moments, and so little did the
sss youngsters appreciate the value OF
VI their discovery that on their way
home they amused themselves by
Ringing the coins into the village
pond.
Ultimately nearly 1000 coins were
recovered from this buried treasure
chest and they proved to be of the
reigns OF william and William II
and in q wonderful state Of preser.
walton.
A similar discovery was made near
wetherby. in Yorkshire. when a
heavy cart passing over country
road stuck fast in rut, and on being
released disclosed q number Of silver
coins. which had escaped from the
burst lid OF chest hidden under the
roadway. It was assumed that the
chest OF coins had been buried there
In the perilous days Of the civil war,
and that the gradual sinking of the
road and the weight Of the passing
cart had at last brought It again to
the light OF day.
i In the year 1876 a most valuable
adepcsit OF treasure was revealed in
sthe gtrangest fashion at Cuerdale,
NEAR Preston. In Lancashire Some
.HAbcrers were digging near the banks
OF the River Ribble when the pickax
OF one OF them struck something
harder than earth and more yielding
sshan rock. On removing his pick he
found trans1xed at the end Of It a
large ingos Of silver. Plying his tool
awlkhrenewed vIgor he soon discovered
wealth, consisting OF scores OF silver
Angots. weighing in all over 1000
ounces.
Similar fortune beteli couple Of
IahOrers who were digging in ditch
near Glastonbury. In Somersetshire,
when they unearthed an ancient chest
full OF coins Of the days of the
gtuarts. They took samples OF the
coins to q neighboring antiquary of
wealth, who not only paid the men a
large sum for their treasure, but pur-
chased score or more acres of land
adjacent 20 the lucky ditch. And here
the irony OF fortune Is we'll illustrated.
for although the antiQuary spent
thousands OF pounds in buying and
excavating his land, not a single coin
was discovered beyond those which
4 stroke Of the spade had revealed.
9This is the kind Of trick fortune
lOves. % play on designing man. Not
very many years ago, when the
xthatched roof OF an ancient cottage
near Ripon was removed rich nest
q flva guinea gold pieces was discov-
cred hidden away under Il. When the
news OF this treasure trove came to
the ears Of 8 neighboring land owner
ne ives so fred by the lust Of gold
thar he forthwith purchased dozen
similar cottages IN the district and
had them ali pulled down. but not
solitary coin was found IN exchange
for the $4,000 the experiment cost
him.