bank. these were the wild west when california s gold country was the edge of civilization. the coins found by a self-employed couple who walked past hundreds of times before. worried now that treasure hunters might show up with shovels and backhoes they want to stay anonymous. rare coin experts say that s a smart move. we ve seen shipwrecks with phenomenal amounts of coins on them. when you start to look at buried treasure, we ve never seen gold coins of this size and value. stuffed in eight rusty cans. the couple realized they shouldn t handle anything before calling in the experts. good thing they did that. cleaning the coins themselves could have reduced value significantly. as it is, this treasure is worth $10 million. several of the rarest coins could fetch a million apiece when they go on sale this summer on amazon. the couple will need to pay taxes on their sudden wealth, a
mint condition from someone who thought putting it in the ground was safer than putting it in the west. these are the days of the west when california s gold country was the edge of civilization. they were found by self-employed couple who walked the path hundreds of times before. worried treasure hunters might show up they want to stay anonymous and rare coin experts say that is a smart move because they have never seen a group of cold coins buried in the ground of this size and value. they were in eight cans of different sizes and in states e decay. the couple called in the experts and good thing because cleaning them could have reduced the value significantly. worth arou and several of the coins could fetch a million a piece when
here s how you do it, okay? you go to unclaimed.org, not.com because they will charge you money. unclaimed.org. make sure you go there. somebody in your mind that you think might have left something behind. a loved one. type in the search field the estate of john smith. the estate of mary snow and it will return what s out there and might be out there for you. that s how this money gets back to people. i want to give you one more web site here treasury hunt.gov. if you think there are savings bonds out there that might have gone unclaimed. that s easy to happen you always give kids those savings bonds and everybody forgets about them. they are really going to give it back? y. we ll find out. i m putting your name in the search field. bill: thank you. gerri willis from the fox business network. most nickels are worth five cents. one very special coin could be worth millions. a 1913 liberty head nickel, one of only five known to exist. coin experts say a mint worker probably mad