Post by JohnUK on Apr 8, 2016 18:11:09 GMT -5
This is a fascinating tale.
Just before the Second World War, Alan Turing took the view that if Britain were to come under German occupation, bank accounts would be useless and his savings would at best be frozen, at worst taken over by the occupying forces. Either way, he calculated, he would lose just about everything he had.
So, he drew out his savings and bought two very large ingots of silver bullion to be hidden away until it was safe again to cash them in … except that he forgot where they were buried. He even built his own metal detector, but failed to find the spot.
Read the story here:
www.johnwinter.net/jw/2016/04/alan-turings-treasure-the-enigma/
