Woman follows mysterious note in treasure hunt

[Jeffro]

Woman follows mysterious note in treasure hunt
Associated Press

10:30 a.m. CDT, September 29, 2009

QUINCY, Ill. - A western Illinois postal worker's hunt for supposedly buried treasure continues in Springfield.

Patty Henken of Mount Sterling launched the search recently when she was refinishing an antique chair and found a key in an envelope with a note promising $250 in U.S. gold coins buried in a chest in Springfield.

On the envelope were the typewritten words "Finders Keepers." The typewritten note detailed a Springfield location where the gold coins were supposedly buried.

Henken was given permission to dig on the lot after agreeing with the property owner that anything found would be split between them.

Searches over the weekend with a backhoe didn't turn up anything, but Henken isn't giving up the chase.



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Information from: The Quincy Herald-Whig, http://www.whig.com

 

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[Shortstack]

DANG! A backhoe to hunt for a chest that's only big enough to hold $250 in gold coins? Talk about overkill.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Way cool!

 

[kc10bull]

How exciting, to think that someone would bury a lead box 12 feet deep! Looking at the note and key they both look very old and the tape is yellowed. So with all those gold coins buried, several questions come to mind. Who was this person, he had to have an adventurous side, he liked challenges, knew about metal detectors, hid the envelope where no one would discover it, unless they redid the chair. Ok let's see a detailed list of the gold coins to be found for a total of $253.00. Makes me wonder what else is inside the lead box? Could this be a hoax? Yes it could, but Chauncey Wolcott went to some effort to make this look real. I think the adventure is not only trying to discover if the gold is buried there, but the adventure is in the discovery of who was Chauncey Wolcott. Doing research on him will lead to ad adventure all by itself. Who knows what may turn up in the research! With all the great researchers on TNet we might have an answer by the end of the day!!! We could also pass our information on to the couple on this great adventure, so they could know the "rest of the story".
What would the value of the coins be worth today?

 

[Jeffro]

Link to go right to the story- http://www.whig.com/story/news/Mystery-Chair-092709

 

[vernarnold]

The last I heard she gave up looking for it. It turned out to be joke.

 

[NGE]

The guy that wrote the note apparently never heard of ground penetrating radar, or even a 2 - box detector.........NGE

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Who in their right mind would bury any treasure 12 feet deep? not me.