[thecodont]

Ping.

Not ancient history but still interesting.

[GSWarrior]

I jog around the lake frequently and often see kids with long nets removing trash from the water. I always thank them for helping to keep the lake clean.

[Vendome]

It’s not treasure. It’s Oakland and dat tuff id tolen goots!

Sheesh.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Richard Bailey, executive director of the Lake Merritt Institute.

He's lucky they didn't find pieces of a dismembered body.

[wolfman23601]

I’d be willing to bet they found crime evidence.

[FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs]

I can’t think of any group more deserving than a bunch of SF ‘enviro-nazi’ indoctrinated youth. /sarc

[Jack Hydrazine]

Still no Jimmy Hoffa.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

The school's sixth-grade students have worked at Lake Merritt once a week for about 15 years.

You'd think that they would have graduated by now. How many twenty-six-year-old sixth-graders do they have? They must really do poorly on tests and stuff. =/

[GeronL]

Captain GeronL “Aye... so there is where I put my treasure”

[exit82]

The government of Spain has filed for return of their assets. /s

[exit82]

The Lake Merritt Institute has been cleaning the lake for about 20 years,

Can't those watermelons ever finish a job?

[patriot08]

[bgill]

One of the bags had "Wells Fargo" stamped on it, which led Bailey to believe that the items had been stolen.

Ya think?!? Real smart there having kids go out to pick up trash when who knows what they'll come in contact with - drugs, used condoms, needles, etc. Imagine if the bad guy who hid that stuff was still around and didn't take kindly to them snooping around and taking it. The school and parents once again haven't thought this though.