When she found her voice, she squeaked, "Cole these are gold bond certificates!" She picked up another one and found it was of similar quantity as the last one. She sifted through the pile and each of them had varied quantities mentioned in them but none was less than hundred troy ounces.
"And what is that?" asked Cole knowing that it was definitely something huge judging by her reaction. He scratched his head as confusion set in.
Dawn gulped. She started to laugh. "Father was too clever. He had been stashing his money over here for years." She took out the one, which was at the bottom of the stash and pointed at the date. "Do you see that?"
Cole squinted his eyes to see the date. It was much before he was born.
