Couple who found $10m hoard of gold coins could have broken law

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[ClaytonP]

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[2ndDivisionVet]

On their own land? Really? Last conservative out, turn out the lights.

[cripplecreek]

Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be simple.

Find millions of dollars - Flee California

[rockrr]

First rule of Finders Keepers: keep your yap shut!

[SandRat]

We knew this was going to happen.

[DManA]

If you’ve got a hoard—you didn’t find that” Barry (all your hard is mine) Obama.

[Gene Eric]

There’s a law for that...

[doc1019]

Lights have been out in California for decades.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

It was found on their own property. It belongs to them. Should I call the police to report I found a booger?

[Aria]

I wouldn’t have announced this. At the very least I’d have moved to a non-income tax state and then quietly started selling. Better yet....how about moving to a country where they don’t figure most of what you’ve got belongs to someone else.

[rey]

There are laws like this in nearly every state. The feds claim the right to any treasure salvaged from wrecks. You are entitled to a percentage, but it is a pittance.

We already live in a socialist society. Everything already belongs to the state.

[coloradan]

Ah, the enlightened and progressive California. Utopia on Earth. Why, it’s so utopic that people find millions of dollars of gold coins in their own back yards. So wonderful.

Oh, and face arrest in so doing. Forgot to mention that.

[unixfox]

Rule 1.

NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, REPORT THAT YOU JUST FOUND 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD COINS TO THE “AUTHORITIES”

[boop]

Yes, I thought that too.

Somehow I KNEW that CA would get their grubby paws on this stash.

By the time all is said and done, I bet the "lucky" finders end up OWING CA some serious $.

There's a lesson here, kiddies.

With liberals, you will never win.

Now had this couple given a few congressmen some of the coins, it would be all good.

[cuban leaf]

Find millions of dollars - Flee California

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I didn’t use those words, but it is what I basically posted in the first thread about this. I’d buy a small place in a tax friendly state and claim I found it there, if I claimed it at all.

[rey]

Furthermore, anyonoe who purchase4d the “treasure” could be guilty of receiving stolen property.

[headstamp 2]

They should have kept their mouths shut.

[MeshugeMikey]

ahahaha THANK YOU i NEEDED THAT!

March appears to be coming in like a Lion!

[BradyLS]

You knew this was coming. It's Steinbeck's The Pearl brought to life.

[Revolting cat!]

It's a fair warning to the rest of us, thanks! I'm starting to dig!