Couple Find Gold Coins in the Wall while Renovating

[dualstow]

A retired British couple renovating a building in southwest France have found a hoard of gold from the 1590s - and it looks like they will get to keep it. Jenny Whetton said her husband was clearing rotten mortar from the brick walls when he touched what felt like a dead rat.
It turned out to be a silk purse with 45 gold coins.
The coins are Spanish in origin with three bearing dates in the 1590s.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/262 ... enovations

[barrett]

Mon Dieu! Ils ont trouvé mon or! I knew I shouldn't have left it in the damn wall.

[sophie]

Guess that's the 1590's equivalent of hiding them behind the light switch!

That's the problem with finding a place that thieves will never look...neither will your heirs.  I thought of a place where my family would definitely not miss coins if I hid them there, but a thief breaking in would not think to look.  Unless he's a knitting enthusiast :-)

[MachineGhost]

Oh man, that gold is gonna be worth a fortune!

[dualstow]

I just remembered I left a ball of yarn at your place, Sophie!

[sophie]

That wouldn't be the unexpectedly heavy one, would it??