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It was wonderful!  The trip and experience of a lifetime.  I hope each of you finds a treasure too.  I will continue to help all of you out in finding the others, but I will not try and get another one unless you all want me to.  I have found the treasure that I have been searching for all these years, and I am satisfied with that. I will tell you all the details as soon as I can post it.  There is going to be an article on it in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, probably at the beginning of June, because they want it to be a Sunday feature article.  I will contact Byron Preiss today, and continue to keep you in the loop. Many thanks to all of you, especially Johann and SoonerFan, who located the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.  My friend Andy, who accompanied me on the trip, was invaluable, and will likely post on these boards as well.  (my real name is Brian, btw).  The treasure was not where we thought it all was, but luckily we found it anyway. No Rob, no one dug it up and put it back.  The casque was in a plexiglass box which apparently had caved in under the weight of the dirt and mud on top of it after all this time.  The top of the box is in about 50 pieces, and the casque itself was caked in mud.  All of the paint had washed off over time, except for the imp on the front, the key, and some paint under the cover of the casque.  Interestingly, the key has a small metal rod in it, so perhaps it can be detected with a strong metal detector. What a wonderful feeling!