The Kentucky hoard, farmer finds coins in cornfield

[fishfryer]

Next I would buy a metal detector

Yep, you could probably afford at least a cheap model

 

[TJay]

My point was, you could sell it off for say $1000 per coin "quietly" (aka, not letting the government know about it) or you could have it authenticated and a story published about it, thus possibly raising the price to maybe $1500 per coin..

I was just stating I'm not sure if all the hoopla is worth the extra money because of the taxes seeing as I'm not sure of the state and federal taxes on found treasure, then getting taxed again for selling it.

In the article it says that there is a very rare $20 gold piece minted in Dahlonega that often brings six figures at auction and the collection had 18 of them. I hate paying taxes as much as the next person but in that case it's a good idea to get them all graded and appraised.