![]() When the lid cracked off, they found dirt-encrusted coins, some in better condition than those on display in museums. The Northern California couple, identified only as John and Mary by Kagin’s, had walked the path on their gold country property for years before they spotted the edge of a rusty can peeking out of the moss in February 2013. Getler and coauthor Bob Brewer argue in the book the KGC existed for many decades after the Civil War and continued to bury and protect underground gold and silver caches. ![]() Though the coins very well could be a fortune buried by a wealthy businessman, the time period, markers near the cache and manner in which the coins were buried fit the mold of the KGC, said Warren Getler, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who coauthored “Rebel Gold,” a book about the group. ![]() Numerous theories have cropped up since the discovery of the Saddle Ridge Hoard was announced last week.Īnother suggests the coins may have been buried by the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secretive, subversive Confederate group that some believe buried millions in ill-gotten gold across a dozen states to finance a second Civil War. McCarthy said he was aware of the Dimmick story before the cache was discovered but never suspected the coins were from the theft because he knew what that lot would have looked like.ĭespite hearing from quite a few people, Kagin’s has not received any credible claims to the coins and does not expect to, he said. The numismatist firm did extensive research to determine whether the coins were ill-gotten, he said. “That’s 12 times as many permutations as we should have if it was the group that Dimmick defalcated with,” McCarthy said, adding that it’s doubtful the mint would have coins made more than 50 years earlier still in its stocks.
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