The report claimed that residents were looking for ancient coins and they were from the Haifeng county in Shanwei city.

The crowd allegedly started to gather after one person claimed to have spotted under the debris of one house some silver coins from the Republic of China era, which weredistributed about 100 years ago.

Some people were said to come with metal detectors and the scavenger hunt lasted from the afternoon to the night.

In response to the footage, a spokesperson from the Haifeng Culture, Broadcasting and News Publishing Bureau told Beijing Youth Daily the residents had managed to find'dozens of silver coins' and had returned them to the owner.

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