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Show the nickel. >> i was ready to tell them the coin was not genuine and you always want to meet someone with the business. >> once he has it in the hands. paul montgomery sg does a double take. this doesn't look like a fake. paul invites jeff garrett who has a pedigree as solid as his own and four other experts to assess the nickel authteesity. >> i think we found the coin. >> it is goose bumps. >> they were the coin experts and you get an indication as to whether it is real or not. >> they didn't show any and i was nervous. >> and this convention holds an unprecedented opportunity that stac...

Their coin wasn't genuine, but at the same time you always want to meet someone that has history in the business. jamie: but once he has the coin in his hands, paul montgomery does a double take. he was expecting to see a fake, but this doesn't look like a fake. paul invites jeff garrett, who has a pedigree as solid as his own, and four other experts to assess the nickel's authenticity. >> he says i think we found coin. >> they were the coin experts. and you try to get some indication from their expression as to whether it's real or not. but they didn't really show any. so i was a little nervo...

Discovered that was missing from the san francisco mint. these coins were discovered mostly $20 gold pieces and in the right time range, but the mint says these are not the coins? why not? >> right. well, when this discovery was first announced, people started looking for answers. this 1901 theft is one of the larger thefts around this time period. like you said $30,000 in $20 coins. the timing seems about right. the coins found were dated from 1897 to 1904. most of them were $20 coins. so it seemed to match up. but right, the spokesman from the u.s. mint said when they heard of this discovery...

Bank. these were the wild west when california's gold country was the edge of civilization. the coins found by a self-employed couple who walked past hundreds of times before. worried now that treasure hunters might show up with shovels and backhoes they want to stay anonymous. rare coin experts say that's a smart move. >> we've seen shipwrecks with phenomenal amounts of coins on them. when you start to look at buried treasure, we've never seen gold coins of this size and value. >> stuffed in eight rusty cans. the couple realized they shouldn't handle anything before calling in the experts. go...

Mint condition from someone who thought putting it in the ground was safer than putting it in the west. these are the days of the west when california's gold country was the edge of civilization. they were found by self-employed couple who walked the path hundreds of times before. worried treasure hunters might show up they want to stay anonymous and rare coin experts say that is a smart move because they have never seen a group of cold coins buried in the ground of this size and value. they were in eight cans of different sizes and in states e decay. the couple called in the experts and good ...