The Jars with Gold Coins

After the independence of El Salvador, new farmers started to build incredible fortunes in El Salvador. However, some of them were not as successful as others, and they decided to reach a deal with the devil. The devil would give them all the gold and silver they wished for but at a high price for their souls.

The weak farmers agreed to the devil’s terms and their souls started to corrupt fast with all the “free” gold and silver they were getting. They started to mint new coins that they had to protect at every cost since they were their treasure. After they minted the coins, they stored them in jars (figure 1) and buried them in secret places that only they knew.

Figure 1. A jar that was full of gold. ¹

These weak farmers didn’t trust anyone and even less any banker who could reuse their treasure in bad ways. This was theirs and only theirs, and only they or their descendants had to know their locations.

Years passed, and some of these farmers died without any descendants leaving many of their lands abandoned. Some curious men tried to sneak into their lands to see if they could find anything. After a while, some of them found some of these buried jars, and they thought they had been extremely lucky. And now they could do whatever they wanted.

The men started to waste money fast. They started to have thousands of parties, date multiple women, etc. However, sooner or later, the devil visited these weak men and came to collect his fee. No man knew what fee the devil was talking about. The devil told them that these jars they had stolen belonged to greedy people who never paid their duties, and everyone who found them should repay their debt with some interest.

The majority of these men couldn’t agree with any new deal with the devil, and he took his soul with them to hell. After that, he refilled the jars with new gold or silver coins and buried them again, waiting for another weak man to try finding them.

Nowadays, there are still some men who tried to find these jars to become extremely wealthy, are you one of them?

Location: La Libertad Department, El Salvador

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