TreasureWriter

This was sent to me and I felt compelled to post the story. Enjoy

I was hunting in Tulsa, Oklahoma near Pine and Peoria in an area that had houses but had been cleared. I had found several nice items in past hunts so I wasn’t surprised when I dug a silver quarter. The quarter had been smoothed on both sides and I noticed that there was engraving on both sides of the quarter. It said “In memory of Dick Bourland died 1873 and burried in Gravett, Arkansas–For his son John Bourland”. The last name I am not sure about but in order to tell the story I am suggesting a name.
I thought this was interesting because I had been hunting for 25 years and had never dug a “funeral token”. I place it in my bag and continued hunting for a while. I decided to go by Transmississippi Electronics where Terry Humphries and his mother Sylvia ran a detector shop. Sylvia asked me “did you find anything good”. “yes, I have something here I have never dug before, it is a funeral token.” I read it out loud “says ” In memory of Dick Bourland—-”. Sylvia made a sound as if someone had just struck her. “OOOhhh” she said. I took a closer look at her to make sure she was o.k.. She had this stack of books on the table and she was doing geneology on her family–The Bourland family.

She looked up her relative Dick Bourland and they did not know when or where he died. In one dig I answered both questions and this was only the beginning because in the following months I received many emails and letters from the Bourland family, thanking me and getting me to tell the story over and over.

This story is almost mystic to me and so improbable and yet it happened.

And yes, I did give her the quarter!