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August 4, 2016

There's Gold in Them Thar Hills

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The Saddle Ridge Hoard - is the largest known discovery of buried gold coins that has ever been recovered in the US.
After Mary noticed the can, John bent down to pick it up, but found that it was stuck in the dirt. He began to use a piece of wood to pry it from the ground. On their walk back to their house, struggling to carry the weight of the find, the lid of the can cracked open, revealing the edge of a single gold coin. They returned to the site with some hand tools to see if they could find anything else. They found another can about a foot away from where the first can was discovered. Although it was partially decomposed due to rust, it held several more coins. They continued to return to the site to look for more coins, primarily digging in the ground and eventually using a metal detector. Their work eventually resulted in the discovery of eight cans filled with 1,427 coins.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 4, 2016 8:35 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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And then the fools opened their mouth and the Gummint rushed in.

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