Wouldn鈥檛 you like to wake up one morning to find almost 1,500 gold coins hidden in your backyard?
That鈥檚 what happened to a Northern California couple who on their property last spring.
The pair stumbled onto more than 1,400 rare U.S. gold coins鈥攕tored in decaying metal cans and minted between 1847 and 1894鈥攚hile they were taking their dog on a daily walk.聽, some of the rarest coins in the collection could fetch as much as $1 million apiece. 聽 聽 聽 聽
It might be the , according to veteran numismatist Don Kagin. 鈥淭his family literally found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,鈥 he said. 聽
The lucky couple wants to remain anonymous and will sell most of the cache, CBS reports. As for who hid the gold pieces in the first place, that鈥檚 still unclear. The , suggesting they were buried at different times. 聽
New Mexico treasure hunters, take heart. There might be a . 聽聽