U.K. – A family’s new truffle-hunting puppy is already worth its weight in gold after digging up 15 sovereign coins worth £6,000 on its first walk.
Adam Clark, 51, bought Ollie, a lagotto romagnolo, as a surprise for his daughter Alicia, nine, last month.
The breed is notorious for digging – especially for truffles – and on March 30 the young dog stumbled upon a small fortune during its first walk around the local fields.
To Mr Clark’s delight and utter disbelief, Ollie instinctively dug up a total of 15 gold sovereign pieces likely dating back to the nineteenth century.
Mr Clark, who works in property, took the gold coins to be examined by Chards – one of the leading gold dealers in the country – who valued them at a staggering £5,943.96.
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