We split the gold 50-50, ja?
Posted on 10/06/2024 7:12:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A military enthusiast bought a tank on eBay recently and discovered $2.5 million of gold bars hidden inside, in one of the most unexpected and intriguing places where gold has ever been found.
Nick Mead discovered the five gold bars stashed inside the diesel tank of the ex-Iraqi Army Type 69, a Chinese copy of the Soviet T-55, back in 2017.
It’s believed the bullion was looted by plundering Iraqi soldiers during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait but forgotten about inside the 36.7-ton tank.
Man regrets handing in the gold found in the tank from eBay
Stunned by the discovery, Mead handed in the gold to the authorities. Now, seven years later, he has admitted he wishes he had kept the hidden booty.
The 62-year-old, who runs Tanks-a-Lot on his farm in England, told the Daily Mail: “I regret handing it in. I should have at least got a finders’ fee for it but I got absolutely nothing.”
Grecian Delight supports Greece “When we found the gold bars we didn’t know what to do with them. It’s not like you can take five gold bars down to the pawn shop. So we called the police.
“Gold has a fingerprint. They know where it’s been mined. It was definitely stolen from Kuwait. At the time there were all these wonderful conspiracy theories claiming we had kept it. But I haven’t got any money for it, sadly.”
Mead told the Daily Mail he isn’t sure what has happened to the gold and believed the authorities were still trying to track down the bullion’s owners.
The exact history of the tank is unknown but an inspection revealed it is a Chinese copy of the Russian T-55 design and manufactured under the designation Type 69.
It was built in the early 1980s and has just 1,507 miles on the clock. The vehicle was first bought by a self-taught mechanic, who has been restoring military vehicles for seven years, and resold on eBay.
Unexpected places where gold bars have been found
Throughout history, gold bars have been discovered in some unexpected and intriguing places, adding to the allure and mystique of this precious metal.
In 2012, a plumber in the Netherlands stumbled upon a trove of gold bars while working on a toilet in a private home. The toilet had been installed in the 1980s, and the homeowner did not know of the hidden treasure.
The plumber’s find consisted of 19 gold bars, weighing a total of approximately 10 kilograms (22 pounds) and valued at over $1 million.
In 2015, a man working at a recycling plant in Canada made an astonishing discovery while sorting through discarded items. He unearthed a metal box containing 18 gold bars, weighing approximately 16 kilograms (35 pounds) and worth over $1.8 million.
The bars had been concealed inside the box for decades, hidden in plain sight among ordinary household waste.
Most recently a couple from the United Kingdom discovered an unexpected cache of rare gold coins while renovating their home.
The couple found an unusual cup under the kitchen floor, hidden between old floorboards. Initially thought to be a trivial find, it turned out to be a pot of unimaginable value.
The hoard consisted of about 260 gold coins dating from 1610 to 1727, with an estimated value of more than $800,000.
Marlon Brando?
It was a rare tank option for that model sort of like the gold sovereigns issued to James Bond in his briefcase in From Russia With Love.
“resold on eBay.”
I need to check the vehicle section more often.
Maybe I’m thinking of the wrong one
Wasn’t he the German officer that lets him use his tank to shoot the bank? I may be mixing 2 movies
Expensive homemade chess-sets
““Gold has a fingerprint. They know where it’s been mined. It was definitely stolen from Kuwait.”
No... moron. Two big problems with that. Gold is used, recycled, etc. And even if you could identify what exact mine it came from, good luck proving that mine ONLY sold to Kuwait.
What an idiot! Gold melts at a very low temperature. He would have been a millionaire! I would rather sit on all that gold and never be able to use it than to just give it away. The police that he called probably kept it and sold it themselves.
” It’s not like you can take five gold bars down to the pawn shop. “
You got no Vietnamese restaurant in town? No local curry joint....there in England? No Chinese laundry?
He should have kept one to see if they would give him a reward.
somebody found my tank???
Ah, you didn’t disappoint.
> He should have kept one to see if they would give him a reward. <
Better:
He should have turned in one to see if they would give him a reward. As for the rest, hide them in a secure location far from his property.
Kelly’s Heroes tank?
Seized by FEMA yet?
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot?
Yes! Thank you.
We split the gold 50-50, ja?
“The German tank commander played by Karl-Otto Alberty is actually a parody of Brando’s character in 1958’s The Young Lions, Lt. Christian Diestl.”
Found it - he was pretending to be him in a cameo appearance (as it were)
THERE it is!!
More than likely what happened - or could never get back to it because they were captured
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