Buried treasure: California couple finds rare U.S. gold coins in backyard
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2014
- 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.
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.
RJ Walker I don’t believe gold rust
its an infinite metal, non-ferrous so of course it wont rust... only superficially tarnish
One of the reasons it became what it has to humans.
Well those aren't pure gold coins. They're 90% gold alloyed with 10% copper. The copper can oxidize in spots on the face of the coin.
I wouldn't say a word to anyone. Slowly sell a couple at a time on ebay.
The FBI would be on your ass so fast you wouldn't even be able to say "lightning". Think about it, the government is aware of how many of these coins are still out there, and selling these for hundreds of thousands at a time would start to raise some eyebrows. The NSA would be hunting ur IP down, and next thing you know Agent 1 and Agent two are standing outside of your door with loaded guns. They confiscate the coins and accuse you of theft. Now you're doing jail time in a cell with bubba and Bertha, and they're making brown sugar outta your asshole. This couple did the right thing by coming out with the coins.
+LeprachaunLucky Paranoid much?
LeprachaunLucky the FBI doesn’t care if you sell coins on eBay...they’re not stolen or illegally possessed. Finders keepers laws give them the right to do what they want.
Nah. The high publicity means a larger market of collectors willing to buy. The more collectors bidding, the higher the bid.
@@patrickm7754 The United States is no longer a nation of laws. Your putting your life at risk trusting the government.
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.
wow they suck there
That happens here in the states sometimes to
That's why if you do ever find any treasure like that, immediately take it home and start melting them all down into nuggets.
@@wetnoodle1 Just sell them privatly without the goverment knowing
@@Spooky4815 then you take the risk of snitches.
i would never tell anyone so the goverment does not steal them.
i would sell coins for collectors for big money
stratocaster1greg i know right if i find it i would not say a word only but a family secret after that go rich man in long beach buy a mansion and a ferrari
stratocaster1greg the gold is on their property it would be illegal for the government to even try to go near it or say it was theirs when it is on someone’s owned property.
@@rainbowwarrior3455 Tell that to the Indians!!
Stand up to this government
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
But I need my smartphone to play the PCH Apps?
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
reading this in 2020 is weird, because its true.
They’ve been saying this since the 70s LOL. Boringgggg
@@alexn4255 yep turns out they were right in the 70s
gold is money! it holds its value through out time
Can you imagine all the treasure still in the ground that may never be found!🤔
it is up to us to find it
Bro the most founds you will never hear of cause they never report it
Right! Thats what blows my mind is all the treasures that are still out there
'Somebody's gotta find this couple.' WTF??
Ikr, that lady sounds twisted af! Keep her away from my gold.
+MP BRUCK not to mention, they want to remain anonymous. Leave the people alone! I hate reporters so much.
***** This story is just that, a story.....
***** Is that your evidence its not a story for a YT audience? Youre presuming the coins are real Gold already....Im very skeptical about these stories. Especially GOLD-FREE GOLD=FOOLS GOLD....
Somebody’s gotta find this couple is the typical liberal response. Her thought is these people shouldn’t have this money. This should be taken by the government. When it comes to her money she wants to keep hers. She just doesn’t believe in people having wealth other than the liberal government and the media. Btw there is no difference between the two
im all about donating but not $10million
@morgan taylor...I've always thought about charity after a big score like the lottery. Rather than give away the principle, why not invest the money and donate some or all of the returns? You could do a lot of good with $10 mill.
Charity? yeah right, of course. I believe that...
said the same thing my self lol
they lie to make it look like they're saints
Yea probably not totally transparent, but that's not stupid. Also, they could very well be loaded already, or, they found much more than they reported.
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.
😢
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.
I wonder if it was really found on his property. He could've found it elsewhere and said he found it on his property.
Who cares! If someday I would find something like that, I'd melt all in small pieces and start to sell in pawn stores in different cities once per year, for sure I will get enough money trough the years for living good the rest of my days...
@@andresalvarez6074 Melting it would reduce it to gold value only, these rare dates almost uncirculated was what made them valuable...
I'm happy for them and amazing coins.
Hiking on their property? In California? How many acres did they own? And they were millionaires before they found the coins. God damn.
I'm pretty happy when I find a quarter on the ground. I can only imagine if I found this
The quarter is made of a worthless base metal. They used to be made of silver and an alloy.
@@curtisrandolph1887 64 and before are worth way more than a quarter.
Какое хорошее видео, побольше бы таких видео! 👍
Wow, what a find!
Whoa, Crazy rare find! Bullionexchanges into much more $$$ now than before.
All I can think about is; who buried the coins and why did they bury all that money so long ago?
The hypothesize it was from a string of bank robberies
My LUST and GREED is killing me inside! LOL
Could you imagine if the coins were chocolate😂😂
Do you think they will net a million for themselves after all the open hands of government are filled ?
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.
Do you have to go to the game with my friends and relatives and the first half of the day after a long time ago and I love the gold
Man that's beautiful
Adak island ?
$20 Double Eagles aren't solid gold, they're 90% gold and 10% copper, technically a $20 DE contains .967 oz. of pure gold.
Scotty N It's the collectable value of the coin that matters.
They look alot better in the capsules. It appears they have been cleaned.
Doesn't matter!!! The fact that it is rare is the main value sought after by collectors!!
If you ever find anything like this.Keep your mouth shut, and never let the government know anything
Great👍👍
Imagine already having it made, and then the Universe just giving you more...
The 19th Century Californian Gold Rush.
I would wip put the medal detector and start looking for more lol
I wonder if they kept any of the coins..
I would have just to own something so valuable and historic.
This for the world to share. But because that couple "owns" that land we'll never know. Humans and their "ownership". 🤦♂️
I think those people already were rich u kiddin me pay some bills? Gtfh! Come on man.
Chelo Figueroa i was thinking the same thing if you have a backyard big enough to hike in.
hahahah i was also thinking the same thing. B.S!
There not solid gold the 90%pure gold
Donating to local charities? I doubt it
Nobody but my wife and I would know.
Gotta be Nice
Donate to charity?? Nice people! Big tax right off... I guess they’re smarter than I thought. 👍🏽
Why did they say someone has got to find this couple.. creepy
Same thing happened in Alaska they have in ww2
Donate the rest to local charity ....
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yeah right .
Pass me the shovel !
I would just have kept my mouth shut. In no time they will have an unexpected visit from Uncle Sam.
I agree 100 percent.
I also want a barrel full of pure gold and immediately I’ll be millionaires 😂wow what a feeling❤
Early 40's hikeing in there back yard . Big yard ;)
"Their"
"Hiking"
+red7fifty seven ;)
Steven Roberts Lmaoo I know right😂
Yea this supports the idea that they were probably loaded already before finding this stuff. Donated the rest, hiking in their obviously huge backyard.
WOW😱WOW
why would someone hide gold and then abandon the place?
Men of the past, old men in particular, have often been untrustworthy of the government and economic future, so they create a stash that only they know about. Their apprehension is largely based on FDR's executive order in the early 30's, that ordered citizens to give up their precious metals. These old guys haven't forgotten about it, and make sure to protect/hide their gold. As far as abandoning the place I think he probably just died w out ever telling anyone about his stash. Truth is there are likely many cases like this around the world.
I need to start a local charity.
Alright folks. Time to go find that gold.
That's fucking awesome! Fuck the fiat currency!
why does someone need to find this couple Gayle? let them keep their privacy
Soooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous
not bad reason to legalize,
every coin has not damaged,
gold is quite soft metal
ya donate to charity... she a nice girl i heard..
pay off bills? what....did they have millions of dollars worth of bills?
Robbery of a mint or bank!
Some family’s original property probably.
My exes friend dog dug up gold coins in their backyard in Cali several years ago. They then got rid of the dog because he kept digging holes. I hate humans!!
Fool's Gold!
I would have kept them
I'd have sold one at a time.
Melt the down an sell them as bars
That was not very smart of them. Loose lips sinks ships.
And the cheapest coin in the bunch could save my home from the bank. I won't even use the "F" word... I'm never this lucky. It's a hard life for me and my family from birth to the grave.
coins ready for sale... already--- i understand.
what do you understand?
I was being sarcastic,... if the wealth is the coins... why sale them?
Darnella Allenrad If i would have found these coins ... no one would know about them!! Selling would be a mistake IMO ... The US Dollar is shit!!
Now, the people who found these coins are going to have to pay 5 mil in taxes!!
But people forget .. that's Gold/market value .. not face value!!! They should only have to pay face value of the coins in taxes!! NOT Market value since the US is not backed by the Gold Standard anymore!!
SupaNami how do you wanna cash them in if you don't tell anyone?
Tancy Milligan cash them in? I wouldn't cash them in at all ... That gold is more valuable than the US dollar not even talking about the rarity of the coins...
But, that's me .. :D
1901 coins mere pass hai
In their backyard, ya, ok.
should have kept like 8 million in gold and sold 2 million. gold will retain its value. crazy people
Greg White thats what I was thinking...sell some for a nice cash cushion and let the rest gain value so you can retire with millions more down the road. Who knows, maybe they didn’t want the pressure of possessing that much gold.
Who’s to say they didn’t already do that??? What we see could only be half of what they found..
The collectible value of the coins is much greater than the actual bullion value. They'd be better selling it all off and buying some generic gold bullion with the proceeds.
wooooooooow
Cali taxes gonna eat em up!! Keep voting it!!😂😂😂
Hi good night how can I get some attention hair with you all hi Ave some of those coins
Sell them and put the money into trading... create more.. hellooo lol
I would kept it shush
That's one way to launder drug money.
Lucks bastards, so jealous!
Not good for the land and the things living on it
Stage coach robbery
I am never this lucky!! Some ppl. Stumble upon crazy shit...like piles of gold in their back yard!!
RayRay PooteyTang
Hardly anyone is this lucky!!
If they go back to the days Spaniards owend that land the treasure belongs to their ancestors because back in those days the spanish would bury their wealth somewhere on their property.
The date of the coins and the type of coins are after Mexico, much less Spain owned the land.
Donate the rest. Great lie to keep people off your back. 😂
Fake
go to ricks pawshope
best rick can do is $100
Moses Gadaev its worth 12 million
rick- ill give 10 thousand for it
No one is coming in the shop looking for old gold coins so its just going to sit on the shelf for a couple years
Year's late but I'm taking all the risk 😆
....donate the rest to local charities.....
These coins belonged to the ancestors of the family who had the spanish land grant for that land. Its a known historical fact the spanish would bury their wealth on their land somewhere. I belive these people thought that but didn't mention it and its possible the attorneys involved also new it.
You got to be crazy if you're just going to pay off bills and donate the rest you're supposed to live off of it for the rest of your life