So this Brit owns "Tanks-A-Lot" in England, where he buys old tanks and other military vehicles, restores them, and lets "petrolheads" drive them. He bought a Russian T54/69 off of eBay. During the restoration process, he finds five gold bullion bars in the gas tank, roughly valued at $2.5 million!!!

He called the police ("We didn’t know what to do. You can’t exactly take five gold bullion bars down to Cash Converters without questions being asked, so we called the police."). The police, of course, took away the gold, although they did give him a receipt. And, "A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said they could not comment 'for operational reasons'."

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3291710/...on-military-vehicle/

Interesting. Could be a sequel to Oak Island Treasure. Looking for the owner.

As an employee of a local law enforcement agency I think my first phone call would have been to a lawyer.

Hopefully it works out well for the bloke.

What a complete idiot. Kiss that bullion goodbye.

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Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
What a complete idiot. Kiss that bullion goodbye.

Yup, he gonna get screwed, count on it.

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I think my first phone call would have been to a lawyer.

First thing to do would be to tell nobody. Otherwise you'll likely loose it just like what probably happened with this guy. This is an older story, and I haven't seen any updates.

He's right. You can't just walk down the street with a huge gold bar and sell it without raising some questions. You could however buy yourself a torch, melt it into smaller amounts, and send it to refineries all over the world without a single question being raised.

Just pay the taxes on your new income, and you're good to go.

Police: "Well, Guvnah. We made some calls, yeah, and were not able to place the owner, so 'ere's your gold bullion... 'ave a nice day."

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OK. Good plan, but who owns the bullion? I don't store my gold in a gas tank. There is an owner somewhere.

I don't think Saddam is going to be asking for it back, anyway.

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OK. Good plan, but who owns the bullion?

The guy who bought it in the tank. Unless noted otherwise, generally when a person buys something they own everything within.

Who owned the diesel fuel inside the tank? The same person that owned the gold inside the same tank.

If the person he bought the tank from owned the gold, then the argument would be that ownership transferred to the purchaser. More likely, however, whoever put the gold in the tank wasn’t the owner and therefore the gold would legally belong to whomever it was stolen from. Legitimate ownership of stolen property doesn’t transfer to the thief.

These people that find treasure in weird places have some odd behaviors. Like the folks that found a coffee can full of 1800’s gold coins up in the California mountains on their property. STFU and lay it off quietly. The LAST people I’m calling is the law.

5 year old story.

https://youtu.be/1sCo5GaDq7k

Dammit, how do I post a Youtube video these days?

I’d take up jewelry making. I’d also buy a safe. Maybe a Chubb Sovereign, the TRTL60x6 type.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
5 year old story.

Sorry about that. I heard it on the radio this morning (Kim Komando show) and thought it was interesting. Didn't check the date on the story.

BTW, Kim is known for her "dad-joke" style jokes and puns. Her joke for this one was that it was "Au-fully heavy". I groaned, and didn't even have to have it explained to me. I'm a sucker for dad jokes!

Probably a part of a smelt of 600. They vanished in 1944 When the Nazis were on the run.

There’s a sucker born every minute.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
If the person he bought the tank from owned the gold, then the argument would be that ownership transferred to the purchaser. More likely, however, whoever put the gold in the tank wasn’t the owner and therefore the gold would legally belong to whomever it was stolen from. Legitimate ownership of stolen property doesn’t transfer to the thief.

"Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves."

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Originally posted by a1abdj:

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OK. Good plan, but who owns the bullion?

The guy who bought it in the tank. Unless noted otherwise, generally when a person buys something they own everything within.

Who owned the diesel fuel inside the tank? The same person that owned the gold inside the same tank.

Absolutely right. You bought it. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.

I had a woman who had bought a 10 year old Ford from an individual ask me what kind of warranty coverage she had. I told her she had that 'Oklahoma warranty': If it breaks in half, she owns both pieces.