Apparently, they found five cans of gold coins. If they were smarter, they would have “found” one can of gold coins and waited to see what their local kleptocrats did about it.
Well, maybe they are honest and don’t want any stolen property?
Having said that, they should have figured out which two or three coins had the highest numismatic value and set them aside.
Then melted down the rest into 5 ounce gold bars and sold the bars one at a time in different places. The gold alone is around $2M I think, given there are over 1,400 coins.
Then take the two or three high value coins one at a time to different coin dealers.
If they’d advised the authorities of the one found can, you can bet those authorities would search every inch of their property, and their neighbors’ properties, in search of more gold.
“If they were smarter, they would have “found” one can of gold coins and waited to see what their local kleptocrats did about it.”
LOL that’s great. Best idea yet! Look up “sociopath” in your dictionary.