Image: How many treasure hoards, buried under dirt or tucked in false walls, are yet to be found? (Photo by iStock)
Grab yer shovel: Hidden in five mason jars, a forgotten hoard of precious coins was discovered beneath a fieldstone wall.
By Chris Bennett
In 2018, when five jars of coins, brimming with the heft of gold and chime of silver, were dug from the dirt of an old Tennessee farmhouse, the discovery spoke volumes: Buried treasure still exists.
What else is hidden beneath farmland or tucked in rafters of forgotten barns? Plenty and then some, according to recent history: Saddle Ridge Hoard, Baltimore Hoard, Great Kentucky Hoard, Vermont Yankee Hoard, Montana Hoard, and more.
“Forgotten or hidden caches really are out there,” says Kyle Dunbar, a well-respected coin and precious metals dealer in Nashville. “People don’t realize it, but burying wealth is not just a practice of the past. It’s happening now.”
Read the full article on AgWeb:
https://www.agweb.com/news/business/farmland/buried-treasure-gold-and-silver-coins-discovered-tennessee-farmhouse
