After This Man Found A Safe Buried In His Backyard, The Police Came Knocking

After Matthew Emanuel, a man from Staten Island, found buried treasure in his backyard the police came knocking just days later! Read on to see why…

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Lockbox Buried Treasure Staten Island Matthew Emanuel

CBS New York

Over the next few weeks, Matthew Emanuel spent most of his free time carefully peeling apart wet dollar bills and setting them aside to dry. While the process took him hours upon hours, he wanted to do whatever he could to keep the newly-discovered treasure safe. And the more he worked, the more Emanuel realized that he could save many of the bills!

Still, for every step that Emanuel took forward, it felt like he took two steps back. For every bill he saved, he would lose two or three, sometimes even more. Meanwhile, he was no closer to finding out who the safe belonged to!

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