Gold bars buried on England beach lure bounty hunters
THIRTY gold bars have been buried on a beach in Britain by a German artist, prompting a flood of bounty hunters with metal detectors to seek their fortune yesterday.
The gold bars, worth a total of 10,000 pounds (US$17,000), were buried in Folkestone, southern England, by Berlin-based Michael Sailstorfer as part of an arts festival.
Members of the public can keep any of the 24-carat bullion which they find.
“There are 30 gold bars buried there, along with a lot of washers, so if you bring your metal detector you will find a lot of washers before you find any gold,” festival curator Lewis Biggs told the BBC.
“We will never know if the gold has been found or not.”
One treasure hunter, John Coker, told the Guardian newspaper: “It is the first art in the world where I’ve hopped in a car and drove to see it straight away, so that’s something.”
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