BURIED BACKYARD SAFE YIELDS CASH AND JEWELS

The Emanuels discovered a silver box in their own yard, but for years never paid it much mind. They simply thought the box at the base of some trees was nothing more than a cable box. However, when they went to replace the trees on the side of their home they learned a surprising truth.

They decided to bring in Bamboo Bob to replace the trees, only to discover the mysterious box was actually a safe.

Of course when you find treasure, you have to open it. In the safe, the couple discovered thousands upon thousands of smelly, soaking wet and stuck together dollars just rotting away.

“And there are all these bags with hundreds and jewelry, diamonds, engagement rings, dozens of rings, gold with jade,” Matthew said. “It was stunning.”

The Emanuels made another discovery: a paper with an address which they linked to their neighbors.

“First I knocked on the door and I asked them if they were ever robbed and they said they were,” Matthew said.

The NYPD says a burglary was reported at their neighbors’ home in 2011. Stolen was a safe with about $52,000 worth of property.

The Emanuels decided to return it to what ended up being a very happy couple. The neighbors didn’t want to go on camera but say they’re both surprised and grateful.

To read the complete article, see:
Couple Stumbles Across Valuable ‘Treasure’ On Their Staten Island Property (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/05/14/safe-found-in-staten-island-property-buried-treasure/)

To read the Daily Mail article, see:
Couple tidying their garden realize that an old metal 'cable box' under their trees is actually a stolen SAFE and is full of diamonds, gold, jade and cash (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5731807/Staten-Island-couple-stolen-SAFE-diamonds-gold-jade-cash-backyard.html)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
THE MUTILATED CURRENCY DIVISION (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n24a14.html)
HONEY, THE COW ATE MY WALLET, HONEST (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v05n13a13.html)

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