Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1898 — Buried Treasures. [ARTICLE]

Buried Treasures.

The treasure of Hildesheim is one of the most important and curious left us by the ancient world. This treasure came verj’ near being reduced to fragments before it was disinterred. In 18G7 the German military authorities decided to establish a shooting ground in the environs of the village of Hildesheim. Work was already begun when an officer found it necessary to dig up a little more earth. In doing this the soldiers.turned up the first silver vases and found the hiding-place. Work was immediately stopped and a systematic search commenced. But if only several shovelfuls less of earth had been dug, the treasure would have remained barely covered and would soon have been utterly destroyed by the bullets.