'Lost' necklace which was part of My Dog Sighs treasure hunt is finally found

A 'lost' necklace worth £3,500 which was part of My Dog Sighs treasure hunt has finally been found.

The piece of art was part of the artist’ s treasure hunt around the city over the Easter weekend, but had not been found until now after even being ‘misplaced’ by the man who hid it!

The Portsmouth street artist, real name Paul Stone, hid more than 8,000 pieces of art worth £10,000 as part of Portsmouth’s centenary anniversary of becoming a city which included coins, beer mats, paintings, necklaces and even bronze statues.

However the voucher for necklace, made in a collaboration with Charlotte Cornelius, had not been found which prompted My Dog Sighs to check that it was still in place. But Mr Stone had hidden it so well that even he could not find it at first.

However he eventually did manage to locate it and hid it again last night - watch the video embedded in this story for more.

Taking to social media this morning (Saturday, April 18) My Dog Sighs said: “The lucky finder has chosen to stay anonymous but has given me permission to post this part of our discussion. From bits of the discussion (not in this post) it seems like it was found by a very worthy couple.

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“They’ll be collecting the piece of jewellery from Charlotte Cornelius shortly and I hope it brings lots of sparkle into their lives.

“A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the treasure hunt. I hope, whether you found something or not that you enjoyed some quality time in our amazing city.

“For those wondering, the treasure was buried in the area of the beach in front of the Briny. Close to the new stone groins and in sight of the Portsmouth marker sculpture created by John Maine.”