Buried treasure: California couple finds rare U.S. gold coins in backyard

A Northern California couple found $10 million worth of rare coins dating back to the 1800's while hiking on their property. Ben Tracy reports on how they've become accidental millionaires.

[rjwalker]

This shows the great quality of gold. They were buried in a rusted can for over a hundred years, but they appear absolutely mint. Any other coin would be badly rusted and corroded, but not gold. It's like it didn't age at all.

[ryantettenburn]

I wouldn't say a word to anyone. Slowly sell a couple at a time on ebay.

[suomenpresidentti]

Good for them. If I would found those here in Finland, our natioanal department of museums would seize the coins and I would not receive one cent from the find.

[stratocastergreg]

i would never tell anyone so the goverment does not steal them.

[channelthree]

I heard about this story from watching mysteries at the museum.

In the 1800s, a guy who worked at the bank was stealing gold coins. When the bank came up short, eventually, it was figured out, and he got arrested and sent to prison. He served his time, but he either never went back for the money or couldn’t locate the money.

[johnw]

To all those people saying they are not lucky or i can't find anything cool . Maybe try putting down your smart phones and tablets and or get off your computer and go outside FFS . I know one thing for sure you wont find anything sitting inside your house or apartment

[CCK]

I would save one of those cans for my kids, and another incase the value of the dollar goes to shit which might be sooner than expected

[Tai]

gold is money! it holds its value through out time

[carollkeen]

Can you imagine all the treasure still in the ground that may never be found!🤔

[Tito.ccs]

Charity? yeah right, of course. I believe that...

[Lovebug]

im all about donating but not $10million

[Ozricoo]

'Somebody's gotta find this couple.'    WTF??

[electronicsNmore]

I wonder if it was really found on his property. He could've found it elsewhere and said he found it on his property.

[sandytoes]

1963 our bar in northern california was burglarized...we had a huge safe, had gold coins in it. the owner of the bar was Greek and had stored them in the safe for years. They were 20 dollar gold coins. We assumed someone from Happy Camp hid in the bar in the bathroom, hid up above and waited until it was closed. He then broke open the safe and took all the gold coins. They were never recovered.

[zappzapper]

I'm happy for them and amazing coins.

[TokensandCoins]

I'm pretty happy when I find a quarter on the ground. I can only imagine if I found this

[Chris-pniy]

Hiking on their property? In California? How many acres did they own? And they were millionaires before they found the coins. God damn.

[ptimal]

That would be fun to experience eh. You know there are probably countless buried gold coins, bars, etc., around the world. Really crazy how they stumbled onto this stash tho. Often stories like this have some sort of hidden twist that we don't get to hear.

[philosothink]

Imagine already having it made, and then the Universe just giving you more...

[mattcrrn]

Whoever says melt it is not only foolish for loosing $millions but additionally selfish for destroying these rare historical pieces. One of those coins is worth more than all the coins in gold weight 100 fold.