Woman Goes For A Walk And Accidentally Discovers Huge 900-Year-Old Treasure Trove

IFL Science ^ | May 31, 2024 | DR. KATIE SPALDING

[Blood of Tyrants]

10% of what the government says their worth = about $100. What they are actually worth is probably > $1,000,000. It’s the golden crap rule. It’s worth crap until they own it and then it’s golden.

[lilypad]

I found a million year old sharks tooth about 4” long while wading at a beach in St. Pete

[COBOL2Java]

10% seems cheap. It might never have been found without this woman.

Hey! 10%'s good enough for Joey!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They’ll send her a czech.

[Verginius Rufus]

I found a decorated potsherd on the grounds of Old Mission San Antonio de Padua in California, presumably painted by one of the Mission Indians.

[Beowulf9]

oh, thank you.

[webheart]

She won’t get Jack $#!+ for finding them, except for the social media bump. There is virtually no way to determine the value since it is all on display and not liquidated. Maybe, just maybe, she could get 10% of the value of the weight of the silver. The coins are the size of dimes 900 dimes equals 75 ounces at 8 dollars an ounce, 600 dollars times one tenth? Jack $#!+.

[Vermont Lt]

In the US if you found a couple hundred gold coins, you would have to consider it “income” and when you sold it, it would be subject to capital gains tax. Of course that’s after everyone else gets their cut.

It’s not even worth walking around with your eyes on the ground.

[LastDayz]

Ha.... found one of those toof while plowing up a garden years ago. No idea what it’s worth.

[itsahoot]

Does the finder of these treasures ever get to keep what they found?

[Red Badger]

Only if they keep their mouths shut...............

[minnesota_bound]

Owner: I knew I buried that jar around here or was it over there?

More likely the owner was killed violently.

[rottndog]

Silver’s hovering around $31 an ounce right now.

Of course the real value would be in the antiquity.

[ReformedBeckite]

Typical American would sell it all as scrap metal with out considering it as being valuable coins so they can buy more Miller light, LOL