QUIRKY WORLD: Couple's $10m gold rush sparks speculation frenzy

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QUIRKY WORLD: Couple's $10m gold rush sparks speculation frenzy

Word last week that a Northern California couple found $10m (€7.3m) in gold coins while walking their dog has set off a gold rush of theories over who left behind all that loot.

One is that Jesse James’ gang deposited it in hopes of someday financing a second civil war. Another postulates that the gold originally belonged to gentleman robber Black Bart, who wrote poetry when he wasn’t sticking up stagecoaches.

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