A man cleaning the gutters of an old farmhouse in Tennessee, USA, stumbled upon a hoard of gold and silver coins hidden behind a stone wall, reports AgWeb.
A couple who had purchased a farmhouse in the southern part of Middle Tennessee hired a worker to clean the gutters. While on a ladder, the man noticed a glint of light near a stone wall. Upon closer inspection, he realized that rain had washed away the soil, revealing metal lids.
Five glass jars, filled to the brim with gold and silver coins, were recovered from the ground. The collection consisted primarily of U.S. gold coins minted before 1933, as well as Morgan and Peace silver dollars. Most of the coins date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with many specimens over a hundred years old. According to experts, the coins had been buried in the ground for several decades.
It remains unknown who exactly hid the hoard. The collection was purchased by Kyle Dunmar, a dealer from Nashville; the terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Previously, it was reported that an amateur archaeologist in Germany discovered the country’s largest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins, which had remained in the ground for nearly 2,000 years. They were likely buried intentionally during the second quarter of the 2nd century AD, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
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