I've always wondered if it was true that this couple found these coins on their own property? Of course they COULD be telling the truth ........................... but if/when I find a large cache ............................... IT'S GONNA BE ON MY OWN PROPERTY, if you know what I mean? I know, everybody always says "keep your mouth shut about it", but in reality, how do you liquidate them without anybody finding out about it. It looks to me as if that would be nearly impossible. And what good are they if you don't liquidate?
I gotta tell you, I would give the IRS the share that they would want to steal, (and steal it is in my book), and live happily ever after! Would good would it do you if you keep them hidden?
Sell a few off at a time to try to hide it? No siree not me, I'm selling them in all one chunk just like this couple did.
"Finding them on my own property" would avoid most any legal dispute.