Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1895 — Ploughed Up a Can of Gold. [ARTICLE]

Ploughed Up a Can of Gold.

A dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer says considerable excitement has been occasioned in Springfield Township, ludiaua, by the lucky find of John 11. liiardon, a farm hand employed on the place of Farmer Hughes. Riardon was plowing a large field near a small creek among the hiils, when he suddenly turned up an old aud rusty tin can. He paid but little attention to the can at the time, and continued to the end of the furrow. On his return trip he stopped to examine the can and was dumfounded to find that it contained S4BO in gold and silver coin. Riardon promptly reported the matter to Mr. Hughes, who, in the large ness of his heart, said : “You found the money, and it is yours.” The coins were greatly corroded, but could, after a little scouring, be plainly identified as good United States money. Among them were five of the old-fash-ioned octagon SSO gold pieces, now almost extinct. There is absolutely no way to discover how the coins came to be buried in such an obscure place. For years there lias bpen a rumor to the effect that a treasure was buried somewhere near Morning Sun, and a number of interesting stories have been circulated concerning it. The farm upon which the money was found has been owned by scores of persons in the last fifty years, aud is now rented by an estate.