After hours of searching through the mud with metal detectors, treasure hunters Frank Pelle and Bent Gregersen made the discovery of their lives on a ploughed field in the Danish island of Bornholm earlier in April.
X-ray scans revealed 250 gold and silver coins dating back to Viking days
[Credit: Bornholms Museum]
[Credit: Bornholms Museum]
The two lucky gold-diggers found an ancient Viking gold treasure hidden in the ground.
"It was an amazing feeling, for we had searched for hundreds of hours without luck," Pelle told Ekstra Bladet.
After studying x-rays of collected earth samples, Bornholms Museum, the local archaeological museum, estimated that the treasure of 250 gold and silver coins was buried in the ground in the 1080s.
