Posted on 04/09/2017 8:31:23 AM PDT by mandaladon
A tank fanatic got a new model in a £30,000 [$37,000] trade-in and found more than £2million of gold bullion hidden in the fuel tank.
Nick Mead, 55, discovered the five gold bars in the Russian T54/69 while restoring it to add to his collection of 150 military vehicles.
He and mechanic Todd Chamberlain were filming themselves prising open the diesel tank in case they found munitions and needed to show it to bomb disposal crews.
Instead, they pulled out the bars, weighing up to 12 pounds 5kg apiece.
Todd, 50, said a quick calculation suggested they were worth in excess of £2million [$2.5 million].
He added: We didnt know what to do. You cant exactly take five gold bullion bars down to Cash Converters without questions being asked, so we called the police.
Nick runs Tanks-a-Lot, giving petrolheads the chance to drive any of his tanks on his farm in Helmdon, Northants.
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Yeah, because government never steals sht.
Everytime there is a bit more money the budget ballons up.
This is pearls to swines. But I suppose many French people gave away jewish gold positions to Germans...
Geez. Howabout figuring out what your have in hand before calling the feds.
E-Bay of course!!!!!!!!!!
Oh please.
You don’t just melt them, you turn them into small hammered gold rings, ear rings, gold leaf, pendants and the like.
No one pays attention to an artsy ring or bead sold on Etsy.
fink = find
Didn’t know these had serial numbers. If they’ve got serial numbers it’s different, then the true owner can be found.
You could have just said "I see your point".Oh well,some take defeat better than others. ;-)
Defeat? Ha!
Why would he owe taxes on it? He paid $37k for them. Just because he got a good deal for them doesn’t mean the gov gets $$ out of him!
Yes, looked in the backyard and found a King Tut statue bust. Amazing it was next to Hoffa’s body. Lucky day.
Presto-chango you go back to the station in a year and it's: "$100,000, what $100,000, we don't have no $100,000!
Yah,in South America that kind of thing can happen.But this is Britain we're talking about.And remember that I mentioned consulting a lawyer before doing anything.In a civilized country the lawyer might advise that he go along with you to the police station with,perhaps,a couple of witnesses and a video camera.
Melt it and drip it into cold bucket of water and you end up with small gold nuggets, just don’t sell too many at one time. Gold nuggets are sold on ebay everyday.
That’s a very good plan.
Indeed. It's all the government's money anyway. You should be happy with any pittance they allow you to keep. Bow down to your masters and smile!
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