Hikers Become Treasure Hunters by Chance: They Find a Rusty Box Containing $340,000 Worth of Treasure

Aluminum can and iron box hide nearly 600 coins now valued at more than $340,000.

Two weekend hikers thought they were just stopping for lunch in the Podkrkonoší Mountains—until a rust‑flecked can and a dented iron box poking out of the soil changed everything. Inside lay jewelry, artifacts, and 598 gold coins dated between 1808 and 1915. Museum specialists who later examined the trove have pegged its market value at roughly $340,000, and they still can’t explain how so much wealth traveled halfway across Europe unnoticed.

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