Hoard of 800 Gold Coins From Civil War Found Buried in Dirt in Kentucky—And It’s Worth Millions

A hoard of Civil War-era gold coins found in Kentucky in late 2023. Courtesy of Jeff Garret and Numismatic Guaranty Company

Whoever bundled and buried the huge hoard of gold coins in a canvas bag in the dirt never returned.

“Probably they were killed, that’s my guess,” Kentucky rare coin expert Jeff Garrett, 66, told The Epoch Times, speaking of whoever owned what is now the “Great Kentucky Hoard.”