Tonight’s Links:

Dude finds $1million in ancient coins w/ Metal Detector

– Don’t these metal detector dudes usually hang out on beaches?  I guess that’s why they don’t find anything!

– He split the proceeds with the farmer who’s land he found it on.  What a nice dude.

Dude buys $45 worth of slides that turn out to be $200million of Ansel Adams lost photos

– The dude talked the garage sale dude down from $70.

– … though, in his defense, who the hell charges $70 for a couple boxes of old slides?

– These slides were thought lost in a fire in the 1930s.

– Ansel Adams, if you don’t know, is one of the most famous American photographers ever.

Dude gets a $4,800 surprise in a painting from an auction (WOO, marijuana!)

– That’s what I call ART!

– He’s 80 years old!  That’s older than most people that are alive.

– He was intending to sell the painting (with frame and goodies intact) for a mere $25. SOLD!

In related news:  Oakland will be allowing widescale growing of weed for MEDICINAL use:

– Industrial farming of marijuana requires strict fire safety laws, apparently.  So we don’t get to burn down their fields for happy fun time parties.

– The first big leap toward wide spread legalization?!