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Show OEEK LONG DURIED WEALTH. Gold Hunters Kill Trees and Turn Up Much Soil In Search. Ever since John Finn, a farm hand in Hanover Neck, unearthed n small tin box with British gold pieces in it the farmers in this section sec-tion of tho state havo bcon nnnoyed by bands of treasuro hunters, sajs the New York Tribune. Tradition sa3fs that much treasuro was buried nbout hero by farmers' wies during the revolution to prevent the British soldiers from getting it. The soldiers sol-diers lenrned, it is said, that n woi-nn woi-nn named Tuttlu had several hundred hun-dred pounds hidden nwny. They never learned, however, where it was. She was put to death, so the story goes, and her homo was bin ned. No one has cer found any of the treasure. It was said that the money was buried nt the root of an old tree nnd tho treasure- secjsers havo dug around all tho old trees in Hnnover Neck. Many of tho property prop-erty owners hope that tho roin will soon be found, for many fine trees hae been killed by the gold seekers. seek-ers. Not ouly havo tho roots been exposed, but in some instances explosives ex-plosives have been ucd. Scarcely a tree in the immediate neighborhood of Hnnover hns csenped the seekers. Finn wns compelled to lctivc town, ns cunosity seekers nnnoyed him so thnt he wns absolutely no use to his employers. He received ninny olfers for his coins, but he decided thnt if they were worth thnt much to others they were double the value to him, nnd he refused not only to sell but even to show them to strangers. One coin collector offered .?500 for tho money. |