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Saddle Ridge Hoard – couple discovers $10 million in old gold coins buried in their backyard. Where did the treasure come from?
It’s amazing when even a single Gold Rush era gold coin is found, let alone a thousand of them. But that’s the sort of phenomenal find that a Sierra, Nevada couple ran across last month and they didn’t have to go far to find it – it was buried right in their backyard. Dubbed the Saddle Ridge Hoard, it is believed to be the biggest hoard of gold coins ever unearthed in the United States. Valued at $10 million dollars, the find has left some wondering if the newly discovered cache is long-lost stolen loot from an unsolved San Francisco Mint heist in 1901.