French climber found on Mount Blanc treasure worth 246,000 euros

French mountaineer, conquering Mont Blanc, found a tin box with jewelry - emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Found a treasure valued at 246,000 euros, it is reported that he spent on the glacier for about 50 years. Nakhodka climber handed police. "This young man was very honest, quickly realized that the jewelry belonged to someone who died on the glacier. Mountaineer could keep them for himself, but rather to convey their police "- quoted the representative of the local law enforcement agency Sylvain Merli AFP.

Police identified easily as on the glacier could be dragotsennnosti - on bags, inside which lay stones, was stamped "Made in India." Plane crash involving Air India aircraft occurred on Mont Blanc in 1950 and 1966, the mountain still keeps human remains, pieces of luggage and the plane crashed details. Under French law, the person who discovered the treasure, though it may leave its own, but only in the event that the owner or his heirs have not been established. Now the French authorities communicate with their Indian counterparts, to try to find the former owner of the precious stones.

Source: mirfactov.com/