![]() ![]() ![]() A series of criminal and civil proceedings led to a public auction in 1846 of 104 recovered coins. Rumors of the treasure - and the dispute over its ownership - grew. Two other locals soon 'commandeered' the treasure for themselves, and coins from the site began appearing across France as they were sold off illegally for cash. The discovery of this "Gourdon Treasure" set off a long chain of hijinks. To their dismay, however, they soon uncovered what they assumed (wrongly) to be a priest's grave, furnished with a gold platter, a golden chalice - and many more coins. Treasure! Gourdon, French Burgundy, Easter Sunday 1845 - a young girl's foot scraped the topsoil, uncovering a golden gleam - a coin! Weeks later, she and a companion brought a pick-axe to the same field, and began to dig. ![]()
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