Hunt for gold buried at UK beach

A rush for gold has begun at a beach in Kent, southeast England, after 30 24-carat gold bars were buried in the sand as part of an arts festival.

More than 150 people started digging for the bullion, worth $18,000, once low tide had exposed the beach earlier today, BBC reports.

Lucky prospectors could keep any bars they found, organisers said.

Lewis Biggs, curator of the Folkestone Triennial festival, said the gold was buried along with lots of washers, "so if you bring your metal detector you will find lots of washers before you find any gold."

He added that no one would ever know if all the gold had been found.

Source: BBC