Posted on 08/11/2014 6:33:23 AM PDT by george76
Treasure: 60 lbs of silver coins hidden for decades. Thousands of silver coins dating to early 1900's showered from a secret hiding place when a century-old home was demolished .
...
The house was full of Florida junk," neighbor Jim Tuck said Friday about the 60 pounds of silver coins discovered in the recently demolished North Minnesota Avenue home. "It was grab, grab, grab and then talk, talk, talk."
Stored for decades inside the walls, large glass pickle jars holding the more than 2,000 coins shattered when a crew of St. Cloud city workers leveled 1915 bungalow on April 22.
At least one large construction Dumpster had been removed before a member of the crew kept hearing the sound of metal pouring out of the walls.
"It was like a treasure hunt the more you dug the more you found," said Melissa Howes of city code enforcement, laughing about the scramble to find more. "We thought we might be able to keep it like finders keepers, but it was city property."
...
The last owner of the house, Lamarr LoMax Lowe, abandoned it last year after failing to pay $511,500 in code-enforcement liens including daily $250 fines for more than 10 years.
...
Howes said she thinks more coins were taken to the dump before the treasure was discovered. "I'm not kidding."
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
There’s more stuff hidden behind the walls and in nooks and crannies of old houses than many people realize. Some years ago in my hometown of La Crosse, Wisc. they tore down an old house. Inside the walls the wreckers found thousands of dollars worth of old silver dollars which had been fastened to the insides of the walls. I never did find out what happened to the old coins.
And the secret service is coming to take back the coins in 5..4...3...2...1...
Probably a lot don’t, but a few certainly do.
It’s time for the state, like in this case, the state of Florida, to step up, pass a statute that limits the punishment a county can do to a resident/citizen. Yearly limit or lifetime limit, but $500,000 will stress one out to kill them.
This is about legalized theft, nothing more.
For example, a 1910 liberty head nickle might have a minimum value of maybe $2.50.......
Sure she's not kidding. By "dump" I bet she means the pockets and lunch boxes of the wrecking crew.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.