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

epcjimi1 · April 9, 2017 9:12AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4395042/Collector-finds-2million-worth-gold-bullion-tank.html

Nick Mead (pictured) bought the tank after spotting it on eBay. He found the gold hidden inside the diesel tank

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4395042/Collector-finds-2million-worth-gold-bullion-tank.html#ixzz4dllM4pLd

CascadeChris · April 9, 2017 9:29AM

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

bronco2078 · April 9, 2017 10:03AM

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

topstuf · April 9, 2017 10:06AM

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

bronco2078 · April 9, 2017 10:11AM

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

AMRC · April 9, 2017 10:24AM

@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?

bronco2078 · April 9, 2017 10:43AM

@AMRC said:

@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?

He didn't steal the gold he bought the tank it was hidden in. It didn't belong to some poor old lady it was previously stolen from a bank in Germany at the end of world war 2 by a group of future Hollywood stars.

CaptHenway · April 9, 2017 10:46AM

Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

CascadeChris · April 9, 2017 11:09AM

@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

WillieBoyd2 · April 9, 2017 11:11AM

I have doubts about this story.

He found the tank on Ebay?

epcjimi1 · April 9, 2017 11:51AM

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

Azurescens · April 9, 2017 1:06PM

It's daily mail cmon guys haha

topstuf · April 9, 2017 1:45PM

Can tanks be stickered?

CascadeChris · April 9, 2017 5:54PM

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.

ChangeInHistory · April 9, 2017 6:06PM

@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.

Coinstartled · April 9, 2017 7:06PM

Was Izzy Switt ever in Baghdad?

AmazonX · April 9, 2017 7:09PM

Wow! I always forget to check my tanks whenever I buy them.

TurboSnail · April 9, 2017 7:16PM

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

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

Justacommeman · April 9, 2017 7:17PM

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

He was Langboarded.......

mark

UnclePennyBags · April 9, 2017 7:22PM

What I could do with 2 million and a tank!!!!

boyernumismatics · April 9, 2017 7:24PM

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

UnclePennyBags · April 9, 2017 7:28PM

@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

Coinstartled · April 9, 2017 7:55PM

@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.

AmazonX · April 9, 2017 10:43PM

@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...

ricko · April 10, 2017 4:38AM

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

DrPete · April 10, 2017 5:43AM

Tanks for posting this most interesting story.

Tomthecoinguy · April 10, 2017 6:15AM

@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.

messydesk · April 10, 2017 6:47AM

@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."

WoodenJefferson · April 10, 2017 8:17AM

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

Tomthecoinguy · April 10, 2017 8:34AM

@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

TwoSides2aCoin · April 10, 2017 8:46AM

God save the queen, or bail her out.

UnclePennyBags · April 10, 2017 1:27PM

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!!!

BAJJERFAN · April 10, 2017 1:51PM

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

Where would one find a listing of such items?

BAJJERFAN · April 10, 2017 1:53PM

@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.

BruceS · April 10, 2017 1:55PM

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

CaptHenway · April 10, 2017 3:08PM

@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.

Azurescens · April 10, 2017 4:34PM

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

Azurescens · April 10, 2017 6:27PM

He deserves a Patton the back for turning them in.

CaptHenway · April 10, 2017 6:54PM

Don't tread on me!

BAJJERFAN · April 10, 2017 6:55PM

@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.