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Lost Treasure Anthology - New England Treasure Stories Volume-I
(digital downloadable book)
This digital book contains 25 different stories -- over 100+ pages -- all dedicated to
New England Treasures!
Anthology: This Anthology is a collection of published stories, by multiple authors, in a book format. It was compiled from the Archives of one or more of our six publications: Lost Treasure – Treasure Cache – Treasure Facts – Treasure World – True Treasure – Rockhound.
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Treasure Tales and Treasure Stories About Massachusetts from the Archives of Lost Treasure Magazine
Hermit cache
From State Treasure Tales
By Anthony J. Pallante
From page 18 of the June 1997 issue of Lost Treasure magazine.
Copyright ©1997, 1998 Lost Treasure, Inc.
When Elias Schapman plowed up a cache of gold coins in 1910 on his farm at East Belcherville in Hampshire County, it was pretty much accepted that he had found one of the old hermit's caches. The hermit -- whose real name is not recorded -- had occupied a hut on what eventually became Chapman's farm from 1840 to 1856. It is common knowledge that the hermit hid several caches in the area, and searches were conducted after his demise; but nothing was found until Chapman accidentally discovered a cache of gold coins with about a $300 face value in 1910.
Subsequent searches failed to uncover any of the hermit's other caches which are still thought to be hidden in the area.
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