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Man goes to dig up garden. He's expanding his pond. And he finds around 200 pieces of medieval jewelry, brooches and rings encrusted with pearls and inset with gems.
"Austria’s department in charge of national antiquities said the trove consists of more than 200 rings, brooches, ornate belt buckles, gold-plated silver plates and other pieces or fragments, many encrusted with pearls, fossilized coral and other ornaments."
Read more here: Gizmodo & CBC.
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A man uses an old metal cup given to him by his grandfather for target practice. Man later has cup appraised, and discovers that it's made of solid gold, over 2300 years old, with an appraised value of over a quarter of a million dollars. Man sells cup.
Link: Achaemenid Cup
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On the rounds of the thrift shops the past few weeks, the weather having stalled the launch of Garage Sale Season.
Finds include an assortment of fine vintage cufflinks, the click-fit of gold plate and glass rubies, enamel and paste diamonds, but pretty (and sparkling) nonetheless. A handful of antique postcards - a couple of which are remarkable and I shall be loathe to send them on until I've scanned them into the computer. A 1967 Cougar Quarter (actually a Bobcat), found in my change is as well a pleasant surprise. And to round it all off, a (Canadian) 1st edition of Miracle on 34 St and a copy of Peter Fleming's "Brazilian Adventure", which I'll review shortly.
In short, the ordinary treasures one finds while passing time until the garages open and the treasure hunting can begin in earnest....
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In the realm of the more day-to-day treasures, a statistician out of Toronto cracks the Scratch Lottery Ticket Code, then turns over his findings to the lottery board because he calculates he can only make around $600.00 a day at it, and it isn't worth his while....
I almost wonder if the Lottery Board itself doesn't put out these news releases, knowing that the number of would-be ticket crackers will fill their pockets far more than the successful ones. I do know that even if he did crack the code, it's unlikely that there's been any great overhaul on the ticket printing process.
Link: Wired
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Not exactly what you'd expect to find in the "Treasure" category, 2 tales of master criminals and their "successful" operations. The Antwerp Diamond Heist and a local boy from Winnipeg, both done very well. Inspiring, if only as a reminder that not everyone lives in the same box that I do. And - regarding the bank thief Gerald Blanchard - the difference between bank robbers and bank officials is only one of hours and clothing. The official does less, on a better schedule and in a suit - than does the thief.
Courtesy of Wired.com:
Link: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist
Link: Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief