A couple on Staten Island were having work done in their backyard, and discovered buried treasure worth a small fortune.
Maria Colonna-Emanuel's husband Matthew said finding the treasure tucked away in a safe was like a childhood dream come true.
They had an issue with deer eating their trees, so they had new trees placed around the perimeter of their yard, but in the process they discovered the exciting find that they originally thought was just an cable box, according to CBS2NY.
'It was really prominent when the deer ate away all the foliage,' husband Matthew said.
After the couple did a bit of sluething, they realized the address was connected to a home on their block.
So they headed over to their neighbors.
'First I knocked on the door and I asked them if they were ever robbed and they said they were,' Matthew said.
The NYPD confirmed the couple were robbed in 2011, with a safe with $52,000 inside.
So, the Emanuels did the right thing. They returned everything, making their neighbors very grateful.
Not a cable box: They had seen the white box peaking out but figured it was just a cable box, until they did some yard work
'A couple of people asked us, 'Why did you return it?',' wife Maria said. 'It wasn't even a question. It wasn't ours.'
Meanwhile the couple adds, they haven't recieved a reward, but that the true reward is good karma.
Now, where the safe once stood, is a ceramic elephant in tribute to their incredible find.
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