Hindenburg Meets Iceberg

Another week in Australia without a new government. Not bad for a Monday. The current Prime Minister is set to meet with three so-called independent members of Parliament to discuss forming a minority government. This gives us a chance to correct an error we made awhile back."Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods," wrote HL Mencken. We misattributed that quote to Mark ...

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Raritan entrepreneur says his buried-treasure business is a matter of knowing where to dig

RARITAN — For more than 25 years, Ronnie DeGhetto has had a fever— gold fever that is. The lifelong borough resident is a self-proclaimed treasure hunter and owner of The Gold Digger — a metal detector and treasure hunting business. It was a love of old pirate movies that got DeGhetto out on the search for treasure.

Treasure hunters' vacations could pay off

Beachcombers can make amazing finds along Delmarva coast. Pieces of eight. Doubloons. Gold bars. Rocks studded with Columbian emeralds.

Oil tank dug up at school

Peel the grass off a pristine lawn and what do you find? Tires, vinyl siding, plastic bags. A refrigerator.