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Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt

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	Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « on: September 30, 2009, 02:50:25 pm »

A small envelope fell from an old rocking chair as the new owner, planning to do restoration, removed the seat. "finders keepers" said the note with a key attached. Location named, key opens lead chest with gold coins buried 12 feet deep. . . . .

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #1 on: September 30, 2009, 02:57:20 pm »

I hope for their sake that the treasure really does exist! Finding it would be a great ending to this story!

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #2 on: October 06, 2009, 04:47:15 pm »

[kiss]This would be a great find. I love this kind of thing .
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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #3 on: October 06, 2009, 10:11:15 pm »

Nice to meet you sanddigger - know exactly what you mean. This treasure hunt did not turn out so well - the person who left the note was identified as a prankster and had a feud going with the property owner where the gold was supposedly buried and, I guess, was hoping to see his land vandalized. It kind of backfired as so many years went by before the note was found. The prankster died 30 years ago and x is just an empty lot now. I read where the gold coins did exist, but were passed on in a will.

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #4 on: October 07, 2009, 08:54:42 am »

Sorry to hear it was all a scam, There is a similar thing going on in Canada Oak Island People have been spending tons of money to find treasure buried here , look it up!

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #5 on: October 07, 2009, 10:44:40 am »

Although I wish a cache of gold had been found, that's actually a pretty funny conclusion to the story!

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #6 on: October 07, 2009, 11:00:48 am »

I thought it was kind of funny, too. The prankster worked for a local newspaper so was well known - people living there still remember him. Reaching out from the grave and touching their lives with a delayed prank. The finder of the note, I'm sure was disappointed, but seemingly ok with it in one of the news articles I read. Sue

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #7 on: October 07, 2009, 11:10:04 am »

Sounds like she knew there was a good possibility that it was a prank. But I would've had to check it out, too! Makes for a good story for many years to come...

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	Re: Note Found in Antique Chair Spurs Treasure Hunt « Reply #8 on: October 07, 2009, 11:37:45 am »

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a similar thing going on in Canada Oak Island People have been spending tons of money to find treasure buried here , look it up!