Fantastic story, sure to inspire treasure hunters the world over. James Howells jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon early, turning his computer into a mining device, generating a stash of 7500 bitcoins when the currency had little value. At some point, with the bitcoin value still relatively low, James accidentally trashed his computer and sold it off for parts. He kept the hard drive in a drawer, but tossed it in the trash at some point, in a moment of ill-fated housecleaning.

Since then, the value of each bitcoin has soared past $1,000, making his hard drive worth more than $7.5 million. And, no, he does not have a backup. Yikes.