Posted on 06/02/2024 12:37:15 PM PDT by algore
A New York City couple got their hands on about $100,000 in cash from a safe they pulled up from a lake while 'magnet fishing' in Corona Park.
To pull of this unique feat, James Kane and Barbie Agostini attached a neodymium magnet - which go for as little as $21.99 on Amazon - to a fishing rod and reeled the old safe out from the depths of the water.
And at first, it was a mundane discovery because as Kane told NY1: 'We have found plenty of safes before, this is just what a magnet fisher does.'
The couple explained that the safes they find are usually empty, save for some plastic baggies that once held cash. But after they wrenched this one open, it became clear that they'd stumbled on quite the score.
'We pulled it out and there were two stacks of freaking hundreds. Big stacks,' Kane said.
Agostini thought Kane was joking at first, but when she saw the bills inside plastic baggies, she said she 'lost it.'
Unfortunately for them, water did manage to work its way inside the baggies and damage the hundred dollar bills.
It's unclear if they'll be able to cash in the bills, but there is a chance that the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing will redeem their money.
If more than 50 percent of the currency is identifiable, a lawful holder of the notes 'may receive a redemption at full value,' according to the BEP website.
Kane told NY 1 that he's always wanted to become 'a treasure hunter,' and when he and Agostini were bored during the pandemic, they decided to take up magnet fishing.
'We call it the poor man's treasure hunting,' Kane said.
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any bones nearby??
Show and tell is very stupid...
Yep.
$100,000. Not anymore after taxes and getting robbed. Why do dumb people like this always find the goodies? Of course the smart ones never tell so we don’t hear about it.
The money will be confiscated. You can bet on it.
How many safes did they find? And they all had empty baggies? …From the same lake? How old are the bills?
A pattern of safes and empty baggies until one day they’re full. It sounds like it’s a thing to dunk safes with money in baggies in that lake to be dredged up later. Seems rather odd, as told.
“I Wanna be Rich”
by Calloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFytMWVgB_U&ab_channel=UnidiscMusic
Lyrics:
Imagine
Cash cold, that’s what I need
I want money, lots and lots of money
I want the pie in the sky
I want money, lots and lots of money
So don’t be asking me why
“We’re taking the money on the possibility of illegal activity.” - The Feds, probably
Maybe! But the magnet wouldn’t find those!
Freaking idiots.
Based on the photos, those are not old bills
They should have kept their mouths shut. If the cash isn’t confiscated, the IRS will be after them.
That sure seems like how all these stories ultimately end. Wonder who owns the lake? The county? The city? Private lake perhaps?
What IDIOTS, fish and don’t tell.
Also… How much did the safe weigh? What was the test on the line? Sounds like they tied a good knot.
Safes don’t have to be big and heavy, true. But if it were small, might it be a secure money box?
Biden Treasury Dept: We have linked this to a mafia organization from 1947. You get NADA.
Smallish safe. New-style bills. But lots of sediment.
Still a funny story.
Do you think government thieves care who owns the lake?
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