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Man Caught Digging For Treasure In Cemetery

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May 12, 2009 6:31 am US/Pacific

Man Caught Digging For Treasure In Cemetery

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (CBS13) ―

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A man with a metal detector was caught searching for treasures on sacred ground in Nevada County, but was not arrested.

Georgie Coulter and her son noticed a man using a metal detector and shovel at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Grass Valley.

They say the man and his son were digging near a tree where they discovered a cast iron decoration which is most likely part of an old grave.

"He had been here for maybe an hour before my son said: 'We better call police, it just doesn't look right'," said Georgie Coulter.

"It's really kind of sacred ground," explained Matthew Coulter. "There are a lot of people...most of the graves you'll see in here are from Ireland, England, all over the world, and all died before 1900."

Police questioned the man with the metal detector and he told them he was just out looking for coins, which is not a crime. He was not arrested.

The cast iron decoration he found is going to be given to the Catholic church that oversees the cemetery.

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