Bauer finds over $3 million worth of Civil War-era gold coins in the field

We all dream of finding hidden treasures, and there are actually reports of several buried treasures in and around Acadiana.

That dream recently came true for a corn farmer when he found hundreds of late 19th century gold coins buried on his land since the Civil War.

The Great Treasure of Kentucky

A farmer got the shock of his life after plowing his corn fields when he chanced upon a cache of Civil War-era gold coins with an estimated value of over $3,000,000.

Details about exactly where And WHO noted that the coins were kept secret except that this happened in Kentucky.

The find is so important that it is mentioned “The Great Treasure of Kentucky”.

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What’s special about this find is, among other things, that it contains some of the most famous coins from this period, such as: “Double Eagles from 1863 and hundreds of US gold dollars from 1850 to 1862 and a small number of silver coins” according to ngccoin.com.

The coins have been certified by the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) to ensure they are authentic and well preserved.

Although the identity of the farmer who found the coins remains a mystery, he spoke to Kentucky Educational Television via email about how he found them.

The farmer tells KET that he found his first coin in these fields when he was 9 years old and that he always felt this find after plowing the field.

That’s exactly what he was doing that day when he noticed something in the dirt.

He first found an 1856 Seated Liberty Half Dollar about 20 to 30 feet from where he would eventually find the entire treasure.

Then he said he moved on and noticed “a glint of gold” where he found a $20 double eagle from the 1860s.

For the next hour, he says, he continued digging and kept finding hundreds of gold and silver coins.

As he stopped and returned the coins to his house, he realized that he had just found over 800 coins, 770 of which were gold.

Once he fully understood what he had just found and the potential value of the find, he knew he needed help.

The farmer contacted a coin dealer and agreed to work with him to sell these coins as long as the dealer kept his identity confidential.

After the dealer was able to identify all 800-plus coins, “The Great Kentucky Hoard” was valued at over $3,000,000.

For more information, visit ngccoin.com.