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

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  • CascadeChris
    CascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    So I take it he won't be filing a SNAD claim?

    The more you VAM..
  • topstuf
    topstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Two officers from Northamptonshire Police took the bars away for investigation and handed him a receipt.

  • bronco2078
    bronco2078 Posts: 10,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @topstuf said:
    Two officers from WhataRipoffcestershire Police took the bars away for investigation and handed him a receipt.

  • AMRC
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    @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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  • CaptHenway
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    Perhaps it was looted from the Kuwaitis by the Iraquis?

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  • CascadeChris
    CascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 11:12AM
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    @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..
  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 11:15AM
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    I have doubts about this story.

    He found the tank on Ebay?

    :)

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  • epcjimi1
    epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 11:56AM
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    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
    Azurescens Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It's daily mail cmon guys haha

  • topstuf
    topstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Can tanks be stickered?

  • CascadeChris
    CascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2017 5:55PM
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    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..
  • ChangeInHistory
    ChangeInHistory Posts: 3,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @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
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    Was Izzy Switt ever in Baghdad?

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

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

  • boyernumismatics
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    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
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    @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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  • Coinstartled
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    @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
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    @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
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    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
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    Tanks for posting this most interesting story.

    Dr. Pete
  • Tomthecoinguy
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    @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
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    @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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  • WoodenJefferson
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    ...and yet not one picture of the gold bars. Do they really exist?

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  • Tomthecoinguy
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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

  • TwoSides2aCoin
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    God save the queen, or bail her out.

  • UnclePennyBags
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    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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  • BAJJERFAN
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    @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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  • BAJJERFAN
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    @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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  • BruceS
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    edited April 10, 2017 3:16PM
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    they supposedly filmed it for "proof" in case they found guns/ammo, so there is a video somewhere...

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  • CaptHenway
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    @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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  • Azurescens
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  • Azurescens
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    He deserves a Patton the back for turning them in.

  • CaptHenway
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    Don't tread on me!

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  • BAJJERFAN
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    @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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  • epcjimi1
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    @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

  • asheland
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    Crazy stuff

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

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