[C19fan]

Also found royal burials of Viking kitties. The coins look to be in great shape.

[bmwcyle]

He does much better than the mystery gold hunting shows on TV.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[PIF]

Vikings were financed by mussulmen, you know, and, obviously, so were the royal kitties ...

[lee martell]

When I was between ages of 9 and 13 y/o, to actually find
a real treasure ‘chest’ would have been a dream come true!
I would not even have told my parents or friends until after I had hidden away a certain amount for future use.
And not a moment before.
I would have obscured the trails and given anyone else misinformation. All this if no witnesses.

[Fireone]

“A secret is known by only one”

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

They’ll give him a nice feather for his cap, blow glorious smoke open his ass and then confiscate his treasure.

[Spruce]

The state archaeology office then became involved and the entire treasure was uncovered by experts over the weekend...

The kid won't see on single penny. The state will take it all and give him a nice pat on the head.

[Tucker39]

So the boy and a friend found 1 coin. The gubmint got wind of it, stepped in, discovered the BIG haul, spirited it away, and the young boy is left high and dry without an attaboy or a get lost! That’s the ENTIRE story.

[SkyDancer]

Annnnnd, here comes the government to claim it all.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The State will take the discovery and reward the boy with a booklet of coupons for free fries and McDonalds

[Mastador1]

What a misleading headline, okay lie, the 13 year old only found one coin, the experts found all the rest.

[Midwesterner53]

And the kid gets what as a reward? The coins or a pat on the back? Likely he should have never alerted the government.

[Robert DeLong]

[jmacusa]

Hey kid, those are mine. Uh, yeah, ... I mean I dropped them uh, a thousand years ago. Really.

[Oatka]

YEARS ago there was a radio comedy show called “The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show”. One of the recurring characters was a somewhat dim boozer called “Remley”.

One day he shows up with a treasure map he bought for $10 - “the guy swore it was real”. It referred to a spot in someone’s back yard.

Harris and Remley sneak in the and start digging. After a few minutes, Remley excitedly says “I hit something metal!. “Keep digging” advises Harris. “I got it! It’s a big, round silver disk. It has writing on it.” “What’s it say? What’s it say?” Harris almost screams in anticipation. Remley wipes the dirt away and says,

“Pontiac”.

[waterhill]

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