[SunkenCiv]

Image Credit : Szczecin Search Group Association

[Leaning Right]

One thing I like about Free Republic is the variety of the posts. You can learn a little bit about everything here.

Thanks for your archaeology-related posts. They are appreciated.

[xp38]

Perhaps hidden during the communist era and maybe whoever did it died and failed to tell anyone.

[Dr. Zzyzx]

100,000 zloty!!

[Telepathic Intruder]

So money does grow on trees.

[pierrem15]

Probably brought back by some German immigrant and hoarded before being stashed during the fighting in 1945.

From what I recall, the Wehrmacht was ready to surrender Stettin but the SS and Hitler Youth attacked the Soviets after a truce had been agreed. This led to the Soviets giving the city over to a few days of raping and pillaging when the city was finally taken.

[adaven]

And all I get are pull-tabs and foil. Gotta keep diggin’ though!

[Theophilus]

When America was great!

[zeestephen]

Detectionists find gold coins near WW2 battle scene.

Cool.

Usually, they discover thousands of pounds of un-exploded ordnance.

[ABN 505]

Perhaps it was pay for the American troops fighting in Russia against the reds back in 1920. They did pay in cash back then.