[nickcarraway]

[Uncle Miltie]

Did the government confiscate their find?

[null and void]

I saw this and grumbled, ‘Why don’t I ever find something like this?’

Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Go take a hike!’...

[jerod]

Somebody likely hid their stash from the NAZI’s, who then took them to the nearest death camp. Nobody leaves that much money hidden for too long. So the true owner likely died during the war.

[frank ballenger]

They’re mine. Thank goodness they found where I lost them. Send them back to me now.

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gold+cigarette+cases&adgrpid=1343603772349100&hvadid=83975385318668&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=105709&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83975575900588%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=24634_13493412&mcid=915030fa7c683fd09da83faf97c01403&msclkid=ca54a487e78c1b057224cc9146661112&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_6pd41c91cl_e

gold cig cases still available

[Larry Lucido]

Those are worthless. I used 20 just trying to get a Twix out of a vending machine. No luck!

[EBH]

Just a reminder...

You can’t take it with you.

[DesertRhino]

“The hikers found the treasure in two containers hidden in a man-made wall in an overgrown field in February”

And the morons turned it over to a museum. Unreal stupidity. Those were coins that were common enough they could have sold them here and there. Looks like a WWII era hoard.

[Ge0ffrey]

They also found a note with a single word written on it: “Zihuatanejo.”

[KarlInOhio]

Whose land was it found on?

I can see a few people having claim to the gold. The land owner, descendants of those who stashed it and the finders. None of those are the museum or government.

You don't always have to shoot, but shovel and shut up still apply.

[Texas Eagle]

So that’s where I left them.

[TexasGator]

Ping

[Jim Noble]

Those coins are worth a great deal more than $341,000.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Darn!! Why doesn’t that happen to us?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The real source of the gold horde is barely touched on in the article.

From Grok...

The Nazis began stealing gold and other assets from Jews in East Bohemia following the annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, after the Munich Agreement on September 29. This marked the start of systematic looting in the region, as Jews and Czechs fled or were persecuted. Mass deportations of Jews from Bohemia and Moravia, including East Bohemia, intensified in October 1941, with many sent to ghettos like Theresienstadt, where their remaining possessions were confiscated. A recent find in the Podkrkonosí Mountains, reported on April 29, 2025, uncovered a 15.4lb hoard of gold and jewelry, likely hidden during this period, possibly around 1938 or shortly after, as suggested by the dates on the coins (1808–1915) and their circulation history. The looting continued throughout the war, with significant plundering during the Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia, where around 80,000 Jews were murdered by 1945.

[gunnut]

If you find something like this, keep your mouth shut or the authorities will be coming for it.

[SunkenCiv]

• Lost WWII Gold Treasure Worth Hundreds of Thousands Discovered in Czech Republic [04/30/2025]

[telescope115]

Holy crap…