Hikers in the Czech Republic discovered a cache of gold that experts said amounted to more than a quarter million dollars.
Walking in the Podkrkonosí Mountains, the hikers noticed an aluminum can protruding from the ground and an iron box about a yard away from it, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
When the hikers saw what the containers held, they visited an expert at the Museum of East Bohemia.
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“When he opened it, my jaw dropped,” Miroslav Novak, the museum’s head of archaeology, said in reaction to the find.
Whoa, what a find! Hikers in the Czech Republic uncovered a $340K stash of gold coins & jewelry near Zvičina Hill! Hidden since WWII, this treasure’s now at the Museum of East Bohemia. Keep
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