"Fairy tales still exist!" --- "Private individual finds sensational treasure in garden."

[kpete]

Man finds 650 year old jewels while digging pond in back yard





VIENNA – A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled onto buried treasure — hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find.

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. It says the objects are about 650 years old and are being evaluated for their provenance and worth.

While not assigning a monetary value to the buried bling, the enthusiastic language from the normally staid Federal Office for Memorials reflected the significance it attached to the discovery.


"Fairy tales still exist!" said its statement. "Private individual finds sensational treasure in garden."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_austria_buried_treasure
via:
http://www.americablog.com/2011/04/man-finds-650-year-old-jewels-while.html

[FormerDittoHead]

1. NOW he can join the ranks of "worked hard for every penny, so lower my taxes!" n/t

[cali]

3. what an inane comment.

[FredStembottom]

6. LOL!

n/t

[xchrom]

2. i love this story. nt

[monmouth]

4. Perhaps the "goods" from a very old heist..LOL. Good for the gardener....n/t

[jwirr]

5. The links show only 2 pieces or I am doing something wrong. I hope

that eventually there will be an on-line place to view all of them. These two are wonderful.

[TorchTheWitch]

7. why does this never happen to me?

All I get in my yard dirt is broken glass, bits and metal and plastic and other various landfill shit. I'm always hopeful that when the dog is digging numerous craters in the yard he'll find a bag of money or something... my luck he'll find a dead body.

Ok, I confess, he did dig up a quarter with the date of 1859 on it... it's worth a whole eight dollars. It is kinda cool though.