Lucky Discoveries That Made People Rich

from the largest opal in the world to rare Viking treasure hoards here are lucky discoveries that made people rich but first thanks tiny we're glad you enjoyed learning about some of the strangest rock formations in the u.s. little Finland is a pretty cool formation let us know what you think about some of these lucky discoveries and maybe we'll feature you in an upcoming video number twelve twelve pound gold nugget you might see those people the little metal detectors on the beach wearing sandals with socks and think they're complete losers but we'll see who's laughing when they bust out a 12 pound golden nugget sounds like air beat treasure hunters dream but this kind of stuff can't happen a prospector in Australia found a 12 pound golden nugget all clumped together and must have been missed by hundreds of people before him this nugget we see in the photo is 9 inches long and was under about two feet of dirt you can tell from this angle that looks to be in a t-shape which is quite rare twelve pounds of gold is currently worth two hundred and twenty eight thousand nine hundred thirty seven dollars but as believe that it's sold for three hundred fifty thousand dollars at an auction to a private buyer who wants to remain private although they might think about melting this down geologists are quite interested in his unique shape number eleven Declaration of Independence whoa hold on a minute how could someone actually have the Declaration of Independence that's locked up and the Smithsonian right turns out they made 500 copies but only 24 are known to exist people do get extremely lucky sometimes and a man found a copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden behind a painting that only cost him four dollars to purchase what an investment no one ever said anything about a buy a painting get a free Declaration of Independence copy deal at a store as he examined the frame of the painting he discovered a remarkable piece of American history in pristine condition now that is something you should hang up on the wall instead of keeping it for himself though he decided to sell it for a cool 2.4 million dollars making him a rich man in the process number 10 Superman comic book do you have some old comic books lying around your attic it could be worth some big bucks if you had this comic book somewhere you could be a millionaire this is the first Superman comic book ever made and it's basically the comic that began the superhero era that's kind of a big deal a man named David Gonzalez had his dream come true when he found this one here in his attic David sold it for $175,000 since it was in poor condition the original only sold for 10 cents in 1938 so as you can tell there was quite a bit of a price increase there was one that was reportedly in mint condition and sold on eBay for an amazing price some people take their comic books very seriously the perfect issue actually sold for three million dollars and experts couldn't believe in what good condition it was if you only had a time machine you can go back and buy a hundred of these number nine the Staffordshire hoard this massive load of treasure was found in 2009 when a farmer in central England lost a tool at his field and called a friend with a metal detector to scan for it and search of a farm tool Terry Herbert accidentally discovered the largest single hoard of anglo-saxon gold ever found as excavators dug up the field they found the toll of 3,500 pieces of gold silver and garnet that would be a toll of 3.2 85 million British pounds or 4.75 million u.s. dollars this would be split in half by the man who owned the land and the man who found it other discoveries in history of English accent gold includes the son who helmet which is currently being held at the British Museum in London and was discovered in 1939 it just goes to show you that there could be gold under the very soil that you're scanning on right now number 8 1974 G penny normally when you come across a penny you either pick it up for good luck or you just continue on with your day someone however picked up this rare penny and became a millionaire a man named Robert Lawrence found a plastic bag filled with pennies that his dad left for him not realizing they were worth anything he decided to take them along with them when he moved a few months later as sentimental value after sifting through the bag he noticed there were quite a few of old pennies and he noticed there was one in the bag that was completely silver he later on took it to a pawn shop to see what it was priced at the shop owner believed it was worth $300 max but he was way off this is the rare 1974 D penny which is made of aluminum and only ten were ever made the man cashed in on the lucky fine for two mil and donated $100,000 to homeless programs make sure you check twice which pennies you give out to the homeless next time number seven van Gogh masterpiece if getting rich is motivation enough to clean out the Attic you should really go for it in 2013 a Norwegian man discovered a work of art that he'd originally believed was a well-made forgery this painting known as the sunset at mama Shaw spent over a hundred years not hung up in the museum but in a dark attic when I was originally taken to an art museum the experts schemed it as a forgery since it wasn't signed but van Gogh was known to do this from time to time on paintings he didn't like as much in more recent years with new technology like x-rays researchers were able to authenticate it they described it as a lifetime discovery a little bit surprised by the discovery the Norwegian man just decided to keep it but if he ever decides to sell it it could be worth about fifty million dollars at least number six stolen Ferrari if it was only this easy to get a Ferrari a Ferrari was discovered in 1978 when two kids were digging around their backyard in Los Angeles the kids were alerted and no one was really too sure at first what all the metal was in the ground they realized that the kids had discovered a dino 246 GTS Ferrari that's a pretty cool fun for some kids out there it turns out this was a stolen car and was buried to hide evidence for years before they found it number five lost Pollock painting sometimes you might know only have something in your house that you just don't know is worth a lot of money this was the case for a man living in Scottsdale Arizona who had a collection of modern art that he just found to be intriguing he called over some experts to take a look at one of his sign Laker posters which was only worth about 300 bucks but the experts noticed something else in the garage that caught their eye they noticed the series of smears that was consistent with a modern artist known as Jackson Pollock this American painter is considered a major figure in Abstract Expressionism and his paintings are still worth big bucks the painting was heavily damaged but even then still worth some serious cash they had it authenticated by another expert who closely examined the painting and claimed it was indeed authentic could sell for anything from ten million dollars to fifteen million dollars number four Boulder matrix opal it seems like digging around in Australia could certainly pay off the world's largest opal matrix was discovered in Queensland Australia in 2011 and this amazing stone has 55,000 carats that's about 25 pounds of pure opal the previous largest opal ever discovered was only about six thousand 100 carats this mammoth fine took place in the dry outback of Australia which receives very little rainfall and measured in at about 10 inches in length and is valued at 1 million dollars some jewelers think they can actually get more money from breaking it into pieces and selling those individually this is an extremely lucky find that basically changes history and he better believe the guy who found it is gonna be rich number 3 Jersey Iron Age coins a great deal of coins were found on the island of Jersey in 2012 and it may shock you this island in the English Channel that contains a great deal of French and English culture also contain a massive treasure after searching for this treasure for 30 years few amateur treasure hunters found these coins that date back to the Iron Age but no they weren't made of iron but silver and it was the largest hull of Celtic coins to have ever been found each claw that you see in this person's hand was found on the island of Jersey and they're worth at least 200 pounds each you can still tell from this photo that they're in great condition this makes a toll discovery worth 10 million pounds or twelve million US dollars they were found under 3 feet of soil underneath a hedge in someone's farm the coins were packed in a clay chest and literally weighed a ton it's believed that they were stashed to keep the Romans from plundering it during their conquest of the British Isles number 2 Sutter's Mill gold discovery now for a little bit of history sometimes we discover something you might make other people rich but not necessarily yourself and this was a case for John Sutter this guy had some seriously bad luck a man named James Marshall who worked at Sutter's Mill discovered a massive golden nugget and he told his boss John Sutter about it the two decide to keep it secret for a while but hired some men to help them pan out the gold well it turns out that all the miners hired we're just a bunch of no-good thieves and they stole all the gold that came across the miners basically told everyone that there was gold and then there hills and this is what brought millions of people seeking fast riches fortune seekers from all over the world like China Germany Mexico Ireland Turkey and of course the eastern United States moved to California during this period after all his employees cheated him and took off with his gold found on his land the gold ran out and he was basically left penniless he decided to give up on the California Dream and moved as far away as possible California officially became a state in 1850 partially thanks to there being gold here if this moment in history never happened the western United States would most likely be much less developed and less rich now you know why California is called the Golden State and number one the Whydah discovery the Whydah was a British slave ship that was originally captured by black Sam and was found off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts in 1984 by Barry Clifford he actually credits a pirate treasure map that many discredited as being false it seems to be the holy grail of Huayra discoveries priceless artifacts were discovered including two hundred thousand individual pieces that were under at least fourteen feet of water rare gold and silver coins gold jewelry artifacts cannons sore handles and even the boy's leg were all found the boat is believed to carry the plunder of ten whole ships Spanish galleons were relentlessly looted by black Sam until him and his crew were swept away by a strong storm in 1717 divers pulled together huge clumps of gold coin masses that stuck together from years have been underwater a museum exhibition called real pirates the untold story of the Whydah from slave ship to pirate ship toured the United States Barry believes there is more treasure out there from this wreck estimated costs of the Whydah and all our booty oh just about four hundred million dollars so which one did you think was the most mysterious let us know in the comments section and maybe we'll feature you in the upcoming video you [Music]

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Length: 10min 48sec (648 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 21 2017