A happy man inside Kentucky found more than 700 rare US gold coins buried in a Kentucky cornfield.
The vast hoard of treasures is estimated to be worth nearly $2 million.
Most of the gold coins dated from 1840-1862 and some of the most notable coins discovered during the haul included $1 Gold Indians, $10 Gold Liberties, and $20 Gold Liberties.
The man and the location where the gold coins were found have been released to the public due to privacy concerns, but a video of the find has been released by the US Mint.
Many historians speculate that the gold coins were buried by a wealthy Kentuckian who was concerned about advancing Confederate troops during the Civil War.
A man dug up hundreds of Civil War gold coins 💰 and experts think they could be worth millions of dollars. https://t.co/A1R2ydSwas
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Per WYMT:
Recently unearthed in a Kentucky cornfield, more than 700 rare US gold coins have become one of the largest coin collecting finds of the 21st century.
The coins date from 1840 to 1862 and are estimated to be worth more than $2 million.
Labeled “The Great Kentucky Hoard,” experts described the find as extremely rare, rarer still to find the coins in such good condition.
“There were only these phenomenally beautiful, preserved coins among them,” said Andrew Salzberg, Executive Vice President of the Certified Collectibles Group. “And I think they’re so well preserved because they weren’t exposed to the air and buried in the ground.”
Watch the moment they were exposed: