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		pavel_lishin on Feb 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tin cans filled with $10M in gold coins found buri... The article mentions that the cans were exposed by erosion. They were almost certainly buried there to keep them safe. And as far as forgetting... well, that's not unprecedented. Remember the guy who threw away a hard drive with 7500 bitcoins on it? http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/11/30/from...

IbJacked on Feb 25, 2014 [–]

Rather than forgotten, I would guess the owner died. Their arrangement in the cans suggest they were being saved over a period of time, which makes me think it was someone's personal savings and he simply died with no one knowing about the stash.

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