If the bills stopped at 1929, it was a reasonable banking decision by the burier. Withdrawals are tedious from the Two Foot Down Bank, although its balance sheet is stable.
Neat!
I KNEW I left that box somewhere...
They'd probably get a lot more than the $100,000 the coin dealer told them it was worth if they sell it on ebay.
You gotta choose!
Fame?
or
Fortune?
For these two, both will be fleeting.
Dang! I read the headline three times before I noticed the word "hoard" wasn't "board".
My wife is from Methuen. She will get a kick out of this, thanks for sharing.
Those $10 notes with the buffalo image look cool.
"Another (theory) is that it was profits hoarded from bootlegging during Prohibition."
...so the Kennedy's will be laying claim to this booty.
Buried treasure in your yard? Now would be the perfect time to "shut the **** up"!
Oh man! Some people have all the luck!
The bills look awful crisp and clean for having been "buried" inside a wooden box and tin cans for 70 years.
Having lived in Massachusetts and knowing the kind of guys that work in that part of the construction business, I can tell you that I smell a rat, "big time".
I think the story of finding the $$ buried was concocted to fit better with legal norms of property law.
For example, here's a brief outline on governing legal principles:
...III. Finders
A. General Rule: finder has title to found property against all but the
true owner and prior possessors (Armory v. Delamirie).
B. Nature of the property
1. lost
a. nature of the locus in quo
(1) public- apply general rule (Bridges v. Hawkesworth)
(2) private- owner/occupier gets it (McAvoy v. Medina)
b. relationship between the parties
(1) employer/employee relationship when employee is
acting within his course of employment.
(a) British Rule: servant finds for his master.
(b) US
1. majority: reject British rule
2. minority: apply British rule
3. independent contractor exception
2. Mislaid property
a. Definition- voluntarily placed but forgotten and left
b. Rule- goes to the owner of the locus in quo
3. Abandoned property
a. Definition- voluntarily left with no intent to recover
b. Apply the general rule- except in cases of trespass
4. Treasure trove
a. Definition: property concealed to be recovered at a
later time.
b. British rule: something of value hidden in the earth
(coin, money, gold, jewels, etc.)
c. Rules
(1) British rule: goes to the crown
(2) US rule: goes to the finder...
...
So -- if they found it inside a house, their argument that it was a "reasure trove" is weakened -- so better to invent a "pirate treasure" tale, yes?