I love a good buried treasure story. This one does not disappoint.
California couple discover $10 million in buried coins
I love a good buried treasure story. This one does not disappoint.
I live in gold country, probably not too far from these folks. I’m seriously considering renting a metal detector and taking more walks on my property.
Not as good as you think given that several state laws were violated by this couple and now they risk at the least a huge fine if not having the whole thing taken away from them and perhaps even jail time. Follow up articles go into the details
Among the laws are the same ones that got Brian Hogan in trouble for not making a legit effort to return the iPhone he found. Which made it stolen property and Gizmodo guilty of buying said stolen property for a felony level amount (something they got off with because it wasn’t worth the DAs time or the state’s money to pursue).
Which laws were those again? The coins are more than 100 years old. The original owners are dead.
Those laws include very detailed procedures for what to do in cases like this, to attempt to return the items to the rightful heirs.
They ignored all of this, perhaps out of ignorance. But an auction house etc would hopefully do their die diligence that such issues were cleared so tegu don’t get slammed with selling ‘stolen’ goods