Pray for Trout

[The Midnight]

News had footage of floods in the area. Virgin River roaring. Fort Pierce wash gotta be a river, too.

nah, the mud will freeze in a couple of days, and the roads coated with six inchers of snow again. Doc has a vehicle that is made for mud and snow, but it makes a story line for the wives. Must be having great digs on the Grand Wash rim. Doc's got his contract to go looking. He's fine.

Wow it's the same area? Notwithstanding the vehicle that he has it's still a bit concerning to me,...

 

[LogGrad98]

Man, what a tragedy if people melted down several hundred year old coins into regular old gold. I get it. I feel like they need a better system in place, one that incentivises explorers/treasure-hunters so that they are happy to turn over the artifacts for good value in return.

I think if they gave the value of the precious metal or gem in return it would be fair. So the coin might be worth 10k for historical value, but the gold in it is worth 2k let's say. So offer the treasure hunter the value of the commodity itself as long as the idea is the treasure goes to a museum or something. But if the government entity plans to profit off it then split it 50/50 since they wouldn't have it at all without the treasure hunter finding it in the first place.

I tried to Google it but another one who found some Nazi stashed gold and sich 20 years ago or so was offered what amounts to pennies on the dollar for well over 30 mill in treasure. That's crap.

 

[RJF]

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[Boris]

How much brown gold an whitish gold you think they found?

 

[Dr. Jones]

Serious question, if you ever found a huge treasure, something of historical significance, would you announce it to the world, or just piecemeal sell stuff off to finance your lifestyle? I have thought about this, especially after reading about some of the legal battles that come about due to treasure hunters announcing then the state or local government deciding it should belong to them, or someone else with a supposed stake in it.

Personally, I think I would melt the gold down and sell off gold bars a bit at a time so as not to arouse suspicion.

Here is one of the more public cases, but the payout is beyond huge:

https://www.inquisitr.com/2614385/s...nish-treasure-ship-found-off-colombian-coast/

There are legal ways to have claim. I would be sure it was found in such a place and with such a story as to comply.

Haven't heard from Dr. Jones for a while... should we be worried?

Paging [MENTION=430]Dr. Jones[/MENTION]

Thank you, gentlemen.
I just haven't been feeling this site lately. Don't know why.. probably just busy.