The current furor over the potential long-lost Nazi loot train in Poland is exciting, but honestly, it's not all that shocking that there might have been a Nazi train hiding in tunnels all this time. It's not the first time we've discovered hidden Nazi junk.

A Whole Mess of Nazi-Era Gold Coins

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Just this past July, a man named Florian Bautsch discovered a whole bunch of Nazi-era gold coins in northern Germany. After managing to dig up 10 of them with the help of a metal detector, Bautsch called in local archaeologists. The results of the two-week excavation that followed? A total of 217 gold coins believed to have once belonged to the Nazi-era Reichsbank, with an estimated value of around $50,000.

A Long-Buried German Machine Gun Bunker

A television crew for the Canadian documentary program War Junk literally unearthed a German machine gun bunker on Juno Beach in Normandy this June. Known as a Tobruk, these kinds of defensive structures were very common during Hitler's reign. After using aerial photos to pinpoint a suspected location and ground-penetrating radar to confirm it, an excavator revealed the bunker, which had been swallowed by sand since World War II. A museum on the beach sits close to the find, but people there had no idea a bunker existed in that location.

Three Entombed Bunkers on Danish Beach

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The machine gun bunker isn't the only Nazi location to be buried in the sand and forgotten. In 2008, storms off the coast of Denmark uncovered a group of three bunkers near the town of Houvig. What separates this particular find from the previous, besides being discovered by two kids on holiday, is that the entombment appears to have occurred rather rapidly. Beds, belongings, and other gear were found inside.

Goebbels' Bunker Underneath Holocaust Memorial

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Workers discovered a bunker in 1998 (not pictured above) believed to have been connected at one time to the Berlin home of Joseph Goebbels, the infamous man in charge of Nazi propaganda. Ironically, the reason it was discovered was thanks to the construction of a Holocaust memorial nearby. Plans for the bunker weren't found after the war, so its location remained a secret until then.

Secret Nazi Nuclear Bunker? Probably Not

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Around December of last year, the Internet was ablaze with reports of a secret Nazi nuclear bunker near the city of Linz, Austria. These claims, made by filmmaker Andreas Sulzer, alleged that the Nazis had used a nearby factory as a front. Further analysis, however, suggested that Sulzer had merely found some portion of an SS shooting range.

Secret Nazi Lair in Argentina? Probably Yes

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On the other side of the coin, there is reason to believe that the claims from March of a secret Nazi lair in the Argentinian jungle are true. A team of archaeologists spent months looking into the site, uncovering Nazi-era coins and symbols as well as porcelain with German markers. The thought is that the complex was meant as a refuge for high-ranking Nazis, should they need to flee.

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