Hikers discover a box containing 598 gold coins worth $360000

Ten gold bracelets, 17 cigar boxes, a powder box, a comb and a whopping 598 gold coins. All are part of a valuable and mysterious hoard accidentally found by two hikers in the northeast of the Czech Republic.

Two hikers in the northeast of the Czech Republic were in for a surprise when they discovered a box with ten gold bracelets, 17 cigar boxes, a powder box, a comb and a whopping 598 gold coins.

The climbers took a shorter route while hiking in the Krkonoše mountains when they noticed the box. After opening it, they discovered items that they took to a museum.

Who might have hidden this treasure is still unknown, but one thing is certain: The hoard of items cannot be older than a century, because the coins date back to 1921, CNN wrote.

Appraisals on the items are still ongoing, but the value of the coins, which weigh 3.7 kilograms, stands at around $360,000, according to Eastern Bohemia Museum coin expert Vojtech Bradle.

The find has sparked interest among residents, who, according to the head of the museum's Archaeological Department, Miroslav Novak, are calling for help in solving the mystery of the coins' origin.

Residents' speculation is fueled by the fact that there are surprisingly no local coins in the pile.

"Half are of Balkan origin and half are of French origin," Novak said.

Bradle emphasized that the coin hoard is truly unusual.

"They must have been somewhere in the Balkans after World War I. Some of them have stamps from the former Yugoslavia," he said.

Once the material analyses of the objects are completed, they will be preserved and exhibited in the museum's coin collection.