Man Finds $2 Million Worth of Gold Coins Buried in Kentucky Field
One lucky man in Kentucky found over 700 rare US gold coins buried in a cornfield in Kentucky.
The huge treasure haul has been estimated to be worth close to $2 million.
Most of the gold coins were dated from 1840-1862 and some of the most notable coins discovered in the haul were $1 Gold Indians, $10 Gold Liberties and $20 Gold Liberties.
The man and the location of where the gold coins were found have not been disclosed to the public due to privacy concerns, but a video of the discovery was released by the US Mint.
Many historians are speculating the gold coins were buried by a wealthy Kentuckian who was worried about Confederate troops advancing during the Civil War
A man unearthed hundreds of Civil War-era gold coins and experts believe they could be worth millions of dollars.