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re: Man suing FBI, claiming he alerted them to 7 tons of Civil War-era gold and they took it
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:13 pm to saint tiger225
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:13 pm to saint tiger225
If the FBI says there is nothing there, then there is nothing there. It's the FBI. We all trust the FBI, right?
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Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:15 pm to saint tiger225
quote:
Can anyone explain if the gold was originally for the Union and was headed to the U.S. mint, would that still make the gold the governments?
Just curious if he has a legit claim or if it is still being considered government property. Regardless, I hope he wins and gets it. Just curious how this works, especially considering it's so old.
from my understanding, it was union (US) gold, so it belongs to the government, so you get nothing from it, beyond a small 1-2 % finders fee and the right to claim that you are who discovered it.
if they say they found nothing, than you get 1% of nothing, and i dont think anyone can ever prove what they really found or didnt find
This post was edited on 2/20/23 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:17 pm to keakar
Thanks for that info! That's exactly what I was wondering.
I can't math but I like money and 1% of 7 tons seems like a good bit of pocket change.
I can't math but I like money and 1% of 7 tons seems like a good bit of pocket change.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:21 pm to Bamboozles
Looks like they got ta
Parada’s
Hill with a lotta
Gold in it; give it to the Fed, let’s spend.
Gettin’ diggy wit it
na na na na n-na na
na na na na n-na
Parada’s
Hill with a lotta
Gold in it; give it to the Fed, let’s spend.
Gettin’ diggy wit it
na na na na n-na na
na na na na n-na
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:21 pm to fr33manator
quote:
Why on earth would you tell the FBI anything?
That's the strange part. You would think these were very intelligent men to figure where that gold was. I mean they weren't complete idiots but to tell the FBI makes you go WTF?
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:24 pm to Bamboozles
I,100%, would absolutely never turn over any type of currency or jewels. I don’t care where it came from.
That’s mine now
That’s mine now
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:32 pm to Chief One Word
quote:
That's the strange part. You would think these were very intelligent men to figure where that gold was. I mean they weren't complete idiots but to tell the FBI makes you go WTF?
I mean, just think. You don't tell the FBI, or ANYfrickINGBODY, and locate where the gold is. Dig a hole and verify your findings.
Then you basically have a hoard of gold you can go and get from as you need. Don't go living like someone who has JUST FOUND A HOARD OF GOLD!
But you can incrementally begin to change said gold into fungible assets. Make some investments, hell go to the casino and place some big arse bets. Basically launder the gold in manageable chunks...you have 7 fricking tons of it.
Or you can tell Uncle Sam and get diddly.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:36 pm to Bamboozles
Y'all should check out the mind-numbing amounts of gold and silver that various US banks via the Fed stole from countries and people all across the world pre and post WWII, and when finally pressed for their return, said oops and reforged them so that no original markers could be found.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:36 pm to Bamboozles
What an idiot. That gold would have been lost in a boating accident so quick no one would ever find it.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:58 pm to Bamboozles
quote:
Man suing FBI, claiming he alerted them to 7 tons of Civil War-era gold and they took it
Duuuuhhhh
Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:11 pm to Bamboozles
Sit on it and just chip away what you need
Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:15 pm to Bamboozles
The fbi is the most corrupt organization in the history of planet earth.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:24 pm to Bamboozles
Correct order:
1. Locate it
2. Physically get your hands on it
3. Lawyer up
4. Consider telling the government.
Incorrect order:
1. Locate it
2. Tell the government
3. Never get chance to get your hands on it
4. Lawyer up
1. Locate it
2. Physically get your hands on it
3. Lawyer up
4. Consider telling the government.
Incorrect order:
1. Locate it
2. Tell the government
3. Never get chance to get your hands on it
4. Lawyer up
Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:44 pm to Bamboozles
He was an idiot for telling them. Our government doesn’t care if we live or die…as long as they get theirs.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:52 pm to Bamboozles
His first mistake was telling ANYONE
This post was edited on 2/20/23 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:59 pm to HempHead
Pretty sure the Swiss did the same thing, seizing the accounts of Jews rounded up in the Holocaust then demanding a certificate of death to release the r money.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 8:02 pm to Sus-Scrofa
Correct order:
1. Locate it
2. Physically get your hands on it
3. Purchase a melting furnace
4. Create a import/export business
5. Buy boats for said business
6. Pick a new country
7. Consider telling the government to frick off.
1. Locate it
2. Physically get your hands on it
3. Purchase a melting furnace
4. Create a import/export business
5. Buy boats for said business
6. Pick a new country
7. Consider telling the government to frick off.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 8:06 pm to saint tiger225
quote:
I can't math but I like money and 1% of 7 tons seems like a good bit of pocket change.
Probably roughly $4 million.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 8:49 pm to Bamboozles
The 'Government' is akin to Artificial Intelligence. Sooner or later it turns on those who created it, for good of 'the whole' as it were.
Keep the Government's gold, but pay the man for his work in recovering it.
Keep the Government's gold, but pay the man for his work in recovering it.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 9:04 pm to Bamboozles
quote:
We feel we were double-crossed and lied to,”
Lol well no shite. Have you not been paying attention?
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