BISMARCK (AP) -- Bismarck police say a man told him his brother accidentally threw out more than $10,000 in gold coins he had kept in a basement.
Police Sgt. Dwight Offerman says Kris Lengenfelder reported the coins were tossed when his brother cleaned out a storage area last month. He said 13 1-ounce gold coins were in a bag.
Lengenfelder said he figures the coins are in the Bismarck landfill by now.
But for anyone thinking of digging for them, Offerman says a city ordinance prohibits scavenging at the landfill.
