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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 238331, member: 6763&quot;]Thieves clean out coin collector; Man spent 30 years amassing collection valued at $50K</p><p><br /></p><p>Brian Kelly</p><p>Local News - Tuesday, June 05, 2007 @ 00:00</p><p><br /></p><p>Thieves rolled away with a coin collection Andy Shurtliffe accumulated over 30 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Heyden resident&#039;s Ulch Road home was one of seven homes and camps entered late Thursday or early Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shurtliffe estimates his collection, which was stored in binders and boxes, is worth more than $50,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I pretty much lost everything that I&#039;ve saved since I was eight years old,&quot; said the Zellers worker.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;These coins are irreplaceable to me.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The theft is so painful Shurtliffe is deliberately avoiding the room in his home where he would spend up to five to six hours a day on weekends tending to his collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It&#039;s quite a lot of work,&quot; he said of his chosen hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It&#039;s something you just don&#039;t do overnight.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Shurtliffe, who has two part-time jobs in addition to his work at Zellers, doubts he&#039;ll resume a hobby he considered relaxing and a financial investment in his future.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For a man with a modest income, he says it will simply cost too much to try and replace what was stolen. Insurance will only cover a fraction of his collection&#039;s worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m pretty much out everything,&quot; said Shurtliffe, who discovered the theft after returning home from work.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m out all my coins and 30 years of labour, saving and scrounging. It&#039;s not something I wanted to think about.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thieves also snatched his DVDs, tools, a binder largely filled with O Pee Chee hockey cards from 1979 to 1981, including Wayne Gretzky&#039;s rookie card and $365 in Canadian Tire money.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m pretty much wiped out,&quot; hr said. &quot;For someone to come along and just rip everything away from you doesn&#039;t make you too happy.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Alcohol, weapons, food, swords, knives, electronics and clothing were reported stolen from six other homes on Brooks and Clark roads, Ontario Provincial Police said.</p><p><br /></p><p>More puzzling was the theft of a dozen bottles of laundry soap.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the residences are near Upper Island Lake.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No one reported suspicious vehicles or people to police, said Const. Bill Mackan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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