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(Still cleaning up old unposted blog articles. So - not current, but nonetheless inspiring...)
A couple of Gauguin's stolen from London turns up on an Italian factory worker's wall, some 40 years later.
Via the BBC, note the subtext: "Factory Worker's Wall", implying - that Factory Worker's don't appreciate art? Or that they have an eye for discount masterpieces? Inherit classism, or salacious detail designed to lure in viewers?
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Not all treasures have great commercial value, sometimes they're just great in the way they change our thinking.
An ancient Kilwa Coin, found on the North Coast of Australia - having travelled all the way from Tanzia. Which asks the question - how did it get there?
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(Found this while combing through old blog notes. Just cleaning up...)
French Climber finds a Chest filled with Jewels on Mont Blanc: https://www.thelocal.fr/20130926/climber-finds-treasure-chest-on-mont-blanc-glacier/#:~:text=A%20French%20mountain%20climber%20scaling,two%20mysterious%20Indian%20plane%20crashes.&text=French%20authorities%20have%20paid%20tribute%20to%20the%20young%20man.
Update: https://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/frenchman-still-waiting-to-know-if-mont-blanc-treasure-will-be-his/
Now, wonder how many treasure hunters find things similar and are wary - for good reason - of reporting their finds to the authorities...
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Busy, busy, and no time really to get out and about on the world wide web. But a couple of interesting treasure finds I should share - not mine:
#1 - 13 Year Old Metal Detectorist finds Bronze Age Axe Hoard:
#2 - $30 drawing proves to be by Albrecht Durer and is worth millions:
Which gives one a taste, survive the winter, get a Jeep and lets get this ball rolling!!
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For the last five years, fishermen and divers on the Musi River near Palembang (on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia) have been bringing up gold rings, jewelry, seals, encrusted Buddhas and other treasures, leading Archeologists to suspect they may have discovered the "Lost Island of Gold", or the Kingdom of Srivijaya.
Via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/have-sumatran-fishing-crews-found-the-fabled-island-of-gold
or the Daily Mail (Worse Journalism, Better Pictures): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10122973/Lost-Island-Gold-Sumatran-fishermen.html