He can keep the $800,000 worth of gold bars and coins he unearthed while digging for a swimming pool in his backyard.

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A man in the Lyon region of France found gold bars and coins worth more than $800,000 while digging a swimming pool in his ...

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Ownership of a treasure belongs to the one who finds it on their own property.” This line from the French civil code, written ...

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A French man digging a swimming pool in his backyard stumbled onto a fortune hidden just beneath the surface. The unexpected find: five gold bars and a stash of coins, wrapped in plastic bags, with an ...

Beryl Gastaldello and Damien Joly will captain a 22-strong France team for the European Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland, in December. The pair will be joined by the likes of Maxime ...