Man unearths box filled with Depression-era cash

[jeffrey]

Dan Deming had heard the rumors about the buried treasure on his central Wisconsin farm.

At first he made some halfhearted attempts to find it, and then searched in earnest for two or three years after receiving a metal detector for his birthday.

"I don't know what I thought, if I thought it was really there or not," he said...

The Associated Press: Man unearths box filled with Depression-era cash

[LuxLiving]

Cool! And oohhh, the money was grungy!

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Fooey, all I ever find is old marble and cigarette filters. Interesting that the "legend" was that there was buried treasure. The guy must have visibly taken in more money than he visibly spent to get that reputation. I know for certain that not all eccentrics have wads of money stashed away.

[TwiceAsNice]

And, drum roll please, it was worth?

[Sporkman]

And, drum roll please, it was worth?

The bills were so deteriorated that it was hard to count the money. But the box also contained scraps of newspaper with dollar amounts written on them, a possible tally of the loot...."I'm hoping it'll be for $1,700 because that's what the paper said," Deming said. "It's hard to say, though. It's really difficult to tell what was in there."

.......

[sweeps]

... Or perhaps he's lying and he found a huge stash but doesn't want people to know?

[sidney7]

can you imagine finding that? and if the money is that old it probably is worth a lot more than the face value but then again if the money is weathered, which it is, maybe not