New Delhi, May 22 -- Two hikers in the Krkonose Mountains of the Czech Republic found a mystery box. It was full of gold coins, jewellery and other items. The anonymous hikers found the mystery box while walking through a forest.

The aluminium box contained 598 gold coins, 10 gold bracelets, 17 cigar cases, a powder compact, and a comb. The hikers gave the treasure to the Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Kralove.

Experts believe the items are around 100 years old as one coin is from 1921. The treasure may have been hidden during the tense times before World War II, either by Czech and Jewish families leaving the area or by Germans in 1945.

"The finders came to our museum's numismatist (coin expert) without a prior appointment. Only ...