Well, they got on TV didn’t they?
Say buy-bye to your new-found wealth.
Finders isn’t always keepers.
The government wasn’t satisfied with the 50% tax burden. They want it all!
>>Why, in this day and age of out of control government, would you want to report something like this? Just STFU for a few months, go see a reputable coin collector through a third-party, and cash in.
I knew this would happen as soon as I saw the story. The gummint decides who wins and loses, and they didn’t give to the OFA first.
You’re right. Sell one coin at a time....in a foreign country if possible.
IDK what exactly the truth is, but the cover story ain't it. Time will tell.
They should be many thousands of miles away by now, on a nice warm beach somewhere
And it may have been buried in the 1930’s as a big FU to FDR...
No kidding, who didn’t see this coming.
Hell, they ripped off Mel Fisher after he found the Atocha, off of the Florida coast, as if our govmnt has any rightful claim of a 1622 Spanish ship wreck, at any level at all is total folly.
I saw this coming a mile away… probably good Cali liberals who trust their precious big government first.
Stolen in 1900? What the heck is the statute of limitations on stolen gold? I doubt it is more than 100 years.
Even if the gold was stolen or not stolen I’m sure the state or the feds will make up some nutty story to get the coins and bury the finders in legal redtape and attorney fees.
I once had an experience where I found myself instantly more wealthy. I regretted telling anyone about it. These folk should have never said a word.
Not too bright to disclose this were they?
This is bullshit. It’s not the coins lost from the mint. Any media speculation as to it being so is just to gin up envy and lawyer greed...
I PRAY they are SUPER LIBS!!!
The statute of limitations expires in 7 years, after which you get to keep the gold, even if you robbed bars of gold bullion out of the U.S. Government repository at Fort Knox, so long as you can prove you remained in the jurisdiction for the full 7 years.
Stupid is as stupid does. Anyone could see this coming mile away, and they deserve everything that they won’t get. They should have said nothing to anyone, set up a dozen different companies in different states, and gradually sold off the coins over 10 or 15 years.
I sincerely hope that these idiots are big government liberals, since it would be the height of irony for them to have been screwed by the very government that they worship.
Government has mineral & property rights, i.e., gold & cannons, e.g., man digs up circa 1760’s cannon in side of back yard hill & Uncle Sam claims it.
I’m reminded of the Aesop tale of the fox and the crow.
I never thought they were lucky in the first place. Given that sewer of a state they live in, and given the proclivities of the federal govt, I knew they'd never see a dime.
And people saying they should have sold it in secret? Yeah, coins worth a million $ each would be a cinch to keep secret.
Me? I would have melted it down for just the gold. At least it would be something. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the pigs in kal took it and somehow managed to penalize the couple for the discovery.