Treasure hunter found 3 tons of sunken gold and can't leave jail in Ohio until he says where it is

Chicago Tribune ^ | 12-15-16 | Tribune news services

[PeaceBeWithYou]

SG of gold is 19.3, SG of flour is 1.47.

19.3/1.47 = 13.13

[xzins]

Is there a troy ton?

Or is this a 2000 lb ton?

[FourtySeven]

Maybe he lost it.

Maybe lost in the couch somewhere?

I once found more than a dollar in change in my couch. Amazing! Made my day.

[Dave W]

Why? He stole money that does not belong to him. I hope he rots.

[FredZarguna]

My source says 1.69. Not going to quibble. You can’t throw gold around like it’s flour is the point.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Not exactly. A troy pound is 5760 grains, while an avoirdupois pound is 7000 grains. There really isn’t such a thing as a troy ton.

[Lazamataz]

Not going to quibble.

Ah, but I wish to quibble. I am a well-known quibbler, skilled in the arts of quibbology.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

19.3 would be 24K gold, the trove was mostly coin gold, so it would have a lower SG.

Flour likely has some variability too.

[null and void]

12 troy ounces is a TROY pound.

The troy pound is 5,760 grains (≈ 373.24 g, 12 oz t), while an avoirdupois pound is approximately 21.53% heavier at 7,000 grains (≈ 453.59 g).

[DownInFlames]

$218,400,000

[PeaceBeWithYou]

I never claimed existence of the Troy Ton, only Ton, ie. 2000 lbs.

[FredZarguna]

Ah, but I wish to quibble. I am a well-known quibbler, skilled in the arts of quibbology.

In which case you should know quibbling is a mathematical/logical discipline -- not a scientific one -- and the correct word is quibbonometry.

[ladyjane]

He needs to send his information to Julian Assange.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Perhaps the ambiguity came from not specifying which pound you were talking about. Not important.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***..what he did with the treasure.***

Buried in the Cemetery of Nameless Men.(subtle reference to THE PROFESSIONALS)

[dynachrome]

“Arch Stanton”

(The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

[PeaceBeWithYou]

If you read the article(novel idea) it is likely he spent it on rent of a mansion, drugs, drugs, and his girlfriend.

If I was the owner of that mansion, I’d be looking around.

[Lazamataz]

"Ah, but I wish to quibble. I am a well-known quibbler, skilled in the arts of quibbology."

In which case you should know quibbling is a mathematical/logical discipline -- not a scientific one -- and the correct word is quibbonometry

I knew that. Why do you think I wouldn't know that? It's so funny that you'd think I wouldn't know that.

Quibblenometrically speaking, the ratio of quibble to quobble, above, is quibblopsided, causing critical quibbleosity.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

No, it is in the unknown grave next to Arch Stanton.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Good Book. Also read “America’s Lost Treasure” by Tommy Thompson.