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.
The couple are entitled to keep the gold because it was found in a wall rather than buried in the earth, which might have meant the state was entitled to a share, the BBC reported.
