[married21]

God bless these guys, who have had a chance to see history, in a small way.

[Cowboy Bob]

When I was living in New Orleans in the early ‘80s, construction began on a new hotel on Canal St. The plot that they were going to build on was being used as a parking lot. (the former buildings had been torn down years before).

When the workers were digging the hole for the foundation, they broke into a chest that had been buried there. I can't recall exactly, but I believe that there had been a bank on that location in the past. Anyway, hundreds of coins spilled out onto the ground. Workers and passers by made a mad scramble to pick up the coins...

It made the evening news and they interviewed several people, but no one ever admitted taking any of the coins themselves. :) I've always been curious if any of those coins were of any BIG value...

[capydick]

Ignace de Loyola/AD Majorem dei Gloriam = For the Greater Glory of God.

Per Wikipedia, it is the motto of the members of the Society of Jesus or, the Jesuits.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

"We tried to take up the paper but it just crumble. We saw seven coins and the pendant and we say this is really something major," Taylor said.

I'm glad these kids found the treasure. Hopefully they will put it to good use. I was surprised UPI did not correct the kid's quotes. People use bad grammar all the time but press reports usually correct it. I wonder if this is some type of soft prejudice -- see how quaintly these talk.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I was hoping it would be some of that gold that supposedly went to the bottom of the harbor with Port Royal during the earth quake.

[jacknhoo]

Maybe a Jesuit priest’s medallion...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_maiorem_Dei_gloriam
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_de_Loyola
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80113636/antique-religious-medal-saint-ignatius

[driftless2]

Some years ago in my hometown of La Crosse, Wisconsin they tore down an old house near the downtown area. Inside the walls of the house an ex-owner had stuck thousands of dollars worth of silver dollars inside the walls. I wonder how many other old homes have cash or treasure stuck inside the walls, hidden in the attic, or buried in the backyard.