A gold-digging puppy has sniffed out sovereign coins worth nearly £6,000 on his 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. On his first walk around the local fields on March 30, the young dog stumbled upon a small fortune.
To his owner’s 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 in Blackpool, one of the country’s leading gold dealers, which valued them at £5,943.96.
