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Every now and then you read a story about a lucky person who finds an item that makes them an instant millionaire. While it may seem like that's a premise for a fairy tale, these things can happen in real life.
The couple was were walking their dog on their property and noticed a strange looking canister poking out of the ground.
They used a stick to dug it out and took it to their house then opened it. What inside was what looked like a batch of discs covered in dirt from holes that had rotted through the can.
After brushing it revealed a nearly perfectly preserved $20 gold coins with liberty head designs on the front, dated from the 1890s. They ran back to the same spot hoping that there could be more lying around, and when they were done digging they’d found a total of eight cans containing 1,427 coins – with a face value of $27,980.
According to reports the couple chose to remain completely anonymous to avoid people barging into their property and try to find some possible treasure using their metal detectors.
SOURCE: BOREDOMTHERAPHY
