Why can’t this happen to me?

Mgarmy

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/us/south-carolina-coins-trnd/index.html

TurtleCat

Yeah, I know the feeling. Whether it’s the jars of gold coins in the yard, the 19th century proof set in the attic, or the junk box continental dollar there’s always someone who’s a bit luckier than me.

PRIZ430

Why??? Are you saying you would not give them back???

DrBuster

Good for them giving them back.

bob48

Nice find and some very honest people in the world.

TurtleCat

@DrBuster said:
Good for them giving them back.

I agree, and I would like to think I’d do the same. But I still wish I could find a treasure trove!

ECHOES

"Integrity means following your moral or ethical convictions and doing the right thing in all circumstances, even if no one is watching you".

Had that happened to me I would hope the person would return to me as well...

Edit to add, KARMA

Mdcoincollector2003

That must be a beast of a collection if they didn’t notice 25,000$ worth of coins missing

TurtleCat

@Mdcoincollector2003 said:
That must be a beast of a collection if they didn’t notice 25,000$ worth of coins missing

Even though these look to be largely bullion it does show there may still be a ton of unslabbed coins that aren’t all moderns or valued at bullion.

Jimnight

True American.

matt_dac

Imagine what he has in the safe if this is what he stuffs in his sock drawer?

"He said he'd put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago for safe keeping and didn't see it in his rush to get packed up and moved out of the house. The rest of his coin collection was in his safe."

nencoin

Great story for sure. Personally I would have preferred the ending to have been a little better, in that the foolish guy who left $25k of coins in his previous house perhaps decided to give the couple, both of who served their country, one of the coins.

They didn't return the coins expecting a reward; they did it because it was the right thing to do. But come on, man. A circ $5 Lib presumably means little to him if he can't even remember he had them, so it seems he could have thanked them for their service and honesty by giving them one.

Mgarmy

With the greed I have seen as recently as last week with people bragging how they gamed the system...where is the line drawn? Would like to think I would give it back, one of those you do not know if you would run toward the gunfire until you have been in that situation sort of thing. If you bought an old house and found morgans in the walls...what would you do?

NumisOxide

Honest people.👍
The owner didn't even take them out for a steak dinner?👎🤔

TurtleCat

It’s possible the owner did something for the finders and it just didn’t get a mention in the article.

ms70

I'll be there's more than $25K there.

IkesT

I plan to find a big handful of gold coins in the CoinStar machine.

When I do, I'm keeping them...

NumisOxide

@TurtleCat said:
It’s possible the owner did something for the finders and it just didn’t get a mention in the article.

Possibly and hopefully.

chesterb

I'd like to think I'd give them back BUT I'm a coin collector and sometimes things were just meant to be!

Coinscratch

You made me click on cnn and I almost threw up in my mouth a lil bit 😝
Seriously though they will sleep better at night having done the right thing.

Hydrant

Easy decision.

3stars

@Mgarmy said:
With the greed I have seen as recently as last week with people bragging how they gamed the system...where is the line drawn? Would like to think I would give it back, one of those you do not know if you would run toward the gunfire until you have been in that situation sort of thing. If you bought an old house and found morgans in the walls...what would you do?

Keep them. Unlike the story above, there would be no way to ascertain who put them in the wall and when, but presumably between 1921 and today. Could have been any number of previous owners, most of whom if asked would say that they are theirs.

Mizzou

In case you didn't know -
Once the documents are signed at closing, anything left in or on that property belong to the new owner

Mgarmy

Yep.

ricko

Great story... Technicalities aside, it was the right thing to do. Must have been a real thrill to find such treasure. When we moved into this house, I found some eating utensils behind the utensil drawer And no, not silver. Cheers, RickO

kiyote

Now I’m reminded what an honest group metal detectorists are. They will go out of their way to reunite a found gold class ring with its owner. There are still plenty of honest people in the world.

Mgarmy

My favorite found story is the can of gold in ca as I remember

Coinscratch

I remember one where a kid was metal detecting and found a bunch of old colonial coins or something worth 630,000.
Unless your looking for Jean Lafitte's treasure there's not a lot going on in So. TX.

Mgarmy

Best place I heard is Gold Coast in florida where there are something like 13 of 16 Spanish galleons (memory might be off on exact numbers.). Evidently these gold coins wash up and the metal detector guys do it like for a full time job. Awesome

Coinscratch

Every year I go to Destin to visit my in-laws and bring the detector. Its a Garrett machine and I still haven't figured out the salt eliminator/whatever. Not expecting to find any gold coins but possibly a gold ring w/ some diamonds - That would be nice.

kiyote

This could have ended up like that “wall of a greed” banknote story where only lawyers get rich.

https://coinweek.com/education/coin-grading/pedigrees-hoards-the-cleveland-wall-of-greed-hoard/

SilverEagle1974

Just remember that those who keep any found coins would NOT make it into the news.

So, for every story like this, there are probably more NOT told of found discoveries.

I believe in Karma & think anything found should, at least, have an attempt made on the rightful owner.

I found a gold ring a few years back in my workplace & it was reunited with the Nun who had lost it.
To me it was a lost item, but to the Nun it had sentimental value. It had belonged to her Grandmother who passed away during childbirth.

I believe in paying it forward.

Just my thought.

Chris

ElmerFusterpuck

I would have made an effort to return these coins or find out more on them, like the people in the story. To the people who are on the fence or would quietly keep them without making some effort of finding ownership, or put in stupid snark about the news source, I'd prefer not do business with them.

Mgarmy

I also believe in paying it forward

Coinscratch

Duly noted Elmer 😂 But for whatever it’s worth I would have contacted the owners and slept better. So don’t get so butt hurt about your news channel.

BLUEJAYWAY

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trueblood

@3stars said:

@Mgarmy said:
With the greed I have seen as recently as last week with people bragging how they gamed the system...where is the line drawn? Would like to think I would give it back, one of those you do not know if you would run toward the gunfire until you have been in that situation sort of thing. If you bought an old house and found morgans in the walls...what would you do?

Keep them. Unlike the story above, there would be no way to ascertain who put them in the wall and when, but presumably between 1921 and today. Could have been any number of previous owners, most of whom if asked would say that they are theirs.

Agreed. I have to think the guy that found it wasn't a coin collector so he didn't care. Odd that the alleged owner didn't give a nice reward. But if I bought an old house and found coins in it I would keep it in a NY second. But I am in the minority obviously, can't trust me that is for certain. one to think of it I bought an old house and found coins in the wall when I demoed it and I kept them, everyone last of them. I guess I couldn't have contacted the old owner, there is a chain of title but you know what they say " finders keepers".