Amateur British Treasure Hunters Found a Buried Stash Worth Up to $15 Million. Then They Went to Prison.
This undated handout photo provided by the British Museum shows a coin which was part of a load of buried treasure valued at up to $15 million found by a pair amateur hunters using a metal detector. The two were sentenced to prison fon Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, for hiding the find from authorities. (British Museum via AP) At a Glance The treasure is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.British law requires that such finds be reported to...