The Saddle Ridge Treasure is a historic discovery of $10 million worth of gold coins buried in decaying tin cans on the property of one very lucky and anonymous California couple. 1,427 Liberty head coins, minted between 1855 and 1894, were discovered in eight decaying, unmarked tins buried–some up to 1 ft deep. The majority of these coins are $20 denomination Liberty Double Eagles struck at the San Francisco Mint. A post on the US Mint’s own website describes how the San Francisco Mint discovered that six bags of gold coins worth $30,000 had gone missing and never found.
Saddle Ridge Treasure
