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Daily Mirror
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Laura Sharman

Treasure hunters 'on brink' of finding £15 billion jewel stash after decade search

Thousands of treasure hunters are expected to gather in Finland in coming weeks in search of an enormous stash of gold and jewels worth up to £15 billion.

The hunt for the 'Lemminkäinen Hoard’ is reaching its decade-long climax - and it is one of the largest and most valuable treasure troves in the world.

Some 50,000 gemstones, including rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds, have supposedly laid hidden in an underground temple near Helsinki for hundreds of years.

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