Posted on 03/25/2021 9:00:16 AM PDT by PAUL09
A California Couple Found $10 Million In Gold Coins In Their Backyard
A California couple who discovered a $10 million cache of hidden gold coins might not be so lucky after all.
According to a published article, the coins may have been stolen from the United States Mint in 1900 and are thus government property. This image provided by the Saddle Ridge Hoard discoverers via Kagin’s, Inc., shows one of the six decaying metal canisters filled with 1800s-era U.S. gold coins unearthed in California by two people who want to remain anonymous.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle’s website–a search of the Haithi Trust Digital Library provided by Northern California fishing guide Jack Trout, who is also a historian and collector of rare coins, turned up news of the theft.
The California couple, who have not been identified, spotted the edge of an old can on a path they had hiked many times before several months ago. Poking at the can was the first step in uncovering a buried treasure of rare coins estimated to be worth $10 million.
“It was like finding a hot potato,” the couple told coin expert Don Kagin from Kagin’s, Inc. The couple hired the president of Kagin’s, Inc. and Holabird-Kagin Americana, a western Americana dealer and auctioneer, to represent them.
Geez people can be dumb.
Well, sure. But think of the tax savings!
shoot. shovel. shut up.
why do they have to talk.
Sort of like the guys who discovered the civil war gold.
Newsollini will be contacting you.
Moral of the story, when you find gold coins, keep your mouth shut!
STFU! Seriously just keep the damn thing!! I wouldn’t report anything to this corrupt government.
And they told everyone WHY????
Dig all night.
Isn’t this an old story?
They should have melted them down and then sold it.
Only way to sell them would be after melting down . . .
Just check the serial numbers. Pretty sure they’re the coins i misplaced a while back. 😂🙌 I have a list.
The FBI should immediately open an investigation into whether they conspired to rob the treasury or whether they interferred with the recovery of stolen government property. That will bankrupt them and send a clear warning to other white-privileged do-gooder citizens.
People are such idiots.
Don’t say a thing.
Maybe happened in the past but new to me so follow what some are saying about those that found the gold.
You are correct. It looks like this is an old story. Not sure why they published it as if it were recent.
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