Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — A Farmer’s Lucky Find. [ARTICLE]

A Farmer’s Lucky Find.

While working in the cellar of his house, on the old Thomas Potter farm in Elm Valley, northeast of Delaware, 0., John Hunt made his fortune by a lucky find. With his hired man, George Legg, he was cleaning out the cellar, which had not been used for many years. Legg came across a flat stone 2xß feet and removed it. The stone covered a strange looking old earthern jar. The cover was removed and the jar was found to contain hundreds of golden S2O pieces. The fortune is estimated at $20,000 to $25,000.