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Military buff finds £2million worth of gold bullions hidden inside his £30,000 Iraqi tank

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  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So I take it he won't be filing a SNAD claim?

    The more you VAM..
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two officers from Northamptonshire Police took the bars away for investigation and handed him a receipt.

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Two officers from WhataRipoffcestershire Police took the bars away for investigation and handed him a receipt.

  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bronco2078 said:
    why would he tell anyone ? Especially if he is in the UK they like to think everything you find is theirs

    Wild a$$ guess: it's the right thing to do?

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,813 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

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  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 11:12AM

    @CaptHenway said:
    Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

    My first thought was that Three Kings movie with George Clooney and Mark Walberg lol

    The more you VAM..
  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 11:15AM

    I have doubts about this story.

    He found the tank on Ebay?

    :)

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  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 11:56AM

    Yep, probably baloney, except there appears to be a choice of vehicles. Then again, no better way to bring attention to your business than a claim of gold in the diesel tank and a receipt from the police.

    http://www.tanks-alot.co.uk/vehicles.htm

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's daily mail cmon guys haha

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can tanks be stickered?

  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 5:55PM

    The UK has a provision where you have to declare found treasure. Usually buried treasure and the like though. If this story is true I wonder if it applies to this situation.

    The more you VAM..
  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,092 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:
    The UK has a provision where you have to declare found treasure. Usually buried treasure and the like though. If this story is true I wonder if it applies to this situation.

    I'm not sure, but I think after all the investigation and it's free of other claims, the finder ( eventually) gets around half.

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was Izzy Switt ever in Baghdad?

  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @AmazonX said:
    Wow! I always forget to check my tanks whenever I buy them.

    Septic tanks? you must be full with ..... ;) j/k

  • boyernumismaticsboyernumismatics Posts: 473 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm still surprised with how many people call the police or contact the Feds with their finds, much like those 1933 double eagles...

  • UnclePennyBagsUnclePennyBags Posts: 327 ✭✭✭

    @boyernumismatics said:
    I'm still surprised with how many people call the police or contact the Feds with their finds, much like those 1933 double eagles...

    @boyernumismatics said:
    I'm still surprised with how many people call the police or contact the Feds with their finds, much like those 1933 double eagles...

    For real.... I'm hitting it with a torch and throwing in pocket change and cashing it in a little at a time

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @boyernumismatics said:
    I'm still surprised with how many people call the police or contact the Feds with their finds, much like those 1933 double eagles...

    Better question would be, how many similar windfalls are discovered and kept quiet. Obviously only the those that are revealed make the news.

  • AmazonXAmazonX Posts: 680 ✭✭✭✭

    @TurboSnail said:

    @AmazonX said:
    Wow! I always forget to check my tanks whenever I buy them.

    Septic tanks? you must be full with ..... ;) j/k

    They say I'm usually full of...gold...

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is an amazing (if true) story..... I do not know if the UK laws that apply to buried treasure apply to something like this...it is arguably different since it is not an antiquity (which they specify). As far as I have been able to discover, he was not legally obligated to report the find. Cheers, RickO

  • DrPeteDrPete Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭

    Tanks for posting this most interesting story.

    Dr. Pete
  • TomthecoinguyTomthecoinguy Posts: 849 ✭✭✭✭

    @AmazonX said:
    Wow! I always forget to check my tanks whenever I buy them.

    I'm sure like most forum members here, I check all my tanks after reading this. Sadly, I found nothing in my tanks. :'(

    I did find a couple of cents in my SUV though. :)

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,339 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Two officers from Northamptonshire Police took the bars away for investigation and handed him a receipt.

    "This is a receipt for your gold, and this is my receipt for your receipt."

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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    ...and yet not one picture of the gold bars. Do they really exist?

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    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:

    @Tomthecoinguy said:

    @AmazonX said:
    Wow! I always forget to check my tanks whenever I buy them.

    I'm sure like most forum members here, I check all my tanks after reading this. Sadly, I found nothing in my tanks. :'(

    I did find a couple of cents in my SUV though. :)

    and be sure not to overlook the fuel tank on your capt america panhead...... you may find something in there to help you find your other tanks

    I totally forgot about the Harley, found a quarter in that!

    lol

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,624 ✭✭✭✭✭

    God save the queen, or bail her out.

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  • UnclePennyBagsUnclePennyBags Posts: 327 ✭✭✭

    I bought a 78 Camaro about 20 years ago and found a couple of funny green cigarettes under the back seat.. Never looked in the gas tank though!!!

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

    Where would one find a listing of such items?

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bronco2078 said:
    why would he tell anyone ? Especially if he is in the UK they like to think everything you find is theirs

    He had no way to fence the stuff.

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  • BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 10, 2017 3:16PM

    they supposedly filmed it for "proof" in case they found guns/ammo, so there is a video somewhere...


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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,813 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BAJJERFAN said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

    Where would one find a listing of such items?

    I have no idea, but that does not mean that such a list does or does not exist.

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  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Who won the first Tour de France?
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    The 7th German Tankdivision

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He deserves a Patton the back for turning them in.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,813 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't tread on me!

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    @BAJJERFAN said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

    Where would one find a listing of such items?

    I have no idea, but that does not mean that such a list does or does not exist.

    I think there is probably a tally somewhere, but since I have nothing to repatriate I won't go looking for it.

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  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭

    @BruceS said:
    they supposedly filmed it for "proof" in case they found guns/ammo, so there is a video somewhere...

    Yep. See what happens next.

    http://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/animals/tank-restorers-strike-gold/vp-BBzIxkJ

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crazy stuff

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭✭✭

    gold isn't safe even inside the tank of a tank. wow

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