Gold bullion buried on Folkestone beach – hidden bounty draws crowds

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Gold rush with spades after artist Michael Sailstorfer hides £10,000 of gold on foreshore for town's Triennial arts festival



The bars were said to be barely two inches long and weighing about the same as a pound coin.
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The Guardian broke the news at 12.45pm, saying that when the tide came out at 4pm on the Kent foreshore there was free gold and it was finders keepers.


By 4.15pm people were arriving with metal detectors,

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perhaps unaware that organisers had also planted quite a few metal washers to fox them.
One of them was Ian Thomson, 30. "I'm not feeling hopeful. It's good as an art project and it gets people down to the beach, although it could be a joke. I'll be pretty upset if it's a joke."



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While the crowds gradually dwindled on Thursday organisers were bracing themselves for big numbers at the weekend.No one was admitting to finding any gold – no one has to. But the bars are worth several hundred pounds.


Because we will never know if all 30 bars are found, the work, Folkestone Digs, in theory could last forever. There may always be gold at this small beach.


Gold bullion buried on Folkestone beach ? hidden bounty draws crowds | UK news | The Guardian
 

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