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Gold Worth $2.5 Million Found Hidden in Tank Bought on eBay
Greek Reporter ^ | October 6, 2024 | Tasos Kokkinidis

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ebay; gold; goldbars; iraq; kuwait; nickmead; saddamhussein; tank
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To: nickcarraway

Three Kings

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120188/


41 posted on 10/06/2024 8:12:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: ryderann

Three Kings


42 posted on 10/06/2024 8:14:56 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: SaveFerris
Karl-Otto Alberty


43 posted on 10/06/2024 8:25:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: SaveFerris

Brando was in the Young Lions.

The Kraut tiger tanker was played by Karl-Otto Alberty


44 posted on 10/06/2024 8:29:07 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: kiryandil; Alas Babylon!

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4269331/posts?page=38#38

Apparently somebody else noticed what they were doing lol


45 posted on 10/06/2024 8:33:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

what you do in a case like this is first go on amazon and buy a gold-melting kit, and melt the whole lot into one ounce pieces. then sell a couple at a time at different shops that buy gold, with the story that you were cleaning out the junk left behind by a favorite uncle and you found them in an old coffee can on the back of a shelf of junk in the old guy’s workshop ... if that don’t work in the UK, then fly to the USA and travel around for a few days to make the sales, perhaps enlisting the help of a native friend if necessary ...


46 posted on 10/06/2024 8:43:01 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: DesertRhino; nickcarraway

“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.”

when you melt it down into one ounce bars to be sold a couple at a time to many different retail gold-buying shops, you could always add a tiny bit of silver and copper to change the “fingerprint” if one was REALLY paranoid ...


47 posted on 10/06/2024 8:47:33 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: catnipman

Good point


48 posted on 10/06/2024 9:04:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: simpson96

Why do people call the “authorities” when they find cool, valuable stuff? That would NOT be my first inclination.


49 posted on 10/06/2024 9:22:03 PM PDT by madison10
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To: catnipman

Funny. I’m reading posts like this and thinking “That’s clever”. Now all I need to do is find a bunch of gold bars.


50 posted on 10/06/2024 9:24:37 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: madison10

In England if they find something old (metal detectorists) and it is museum quality the government has to give them the appraised value. If the government doesn’t want it they can keep it. It is to encourage the detectorists.

I guess this doesn’t fall under the same law. Oops.


51 posted on 10/06/2024 9:27:11 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: 21twelve

It should have.


52 posted on 10/06/2024 9:31:56 PM PDT by madison10
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To: lowbridge

You people can return my gold to me any day now, thanks in advance.

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Hello long lost cousin. I won’t be greedy and 10% will do just fine. Thanks in advance.


53 posted on 10/06/2024 9:35:11 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: nickcarraway

More clickbait from the past. Must be slow news day for anti-Trump stuff at DM.

/s


54 posted on 10/06/2024 9:54:06 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: catnipman
what you do in a case like this is first go on amazon and buy a gold-melting kit

That leaves an electronic trail.

First, go to a public library and try to find a paper book on gold smelting, to learn the technique. If you can't find it there, go to a book store and buy the book for cash.

Then try to buy the tools you need, for cash. Preferably piece by piece, in different stores.

That still leave the problem of where to melt the gold, at least for those of us who live in multi-unit buildings, with no private garage or basement.

55 posted on 10/06/2024 11:38:48 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: lowbridge
Dear Kind Sir,

I was told by a mutual friend that your reputation as the good Christian and honorable man. I recently have find $2,500,000 in gold hidden a tank left over from the Nigeria's recent civil war. If you will be assist me in converting this gold to cash to be transferring to United States...

56 posted on 10/06/2024 11:44:20 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: ETCM; nickcarraway; ryderann

Yes. Three Kings.


57 posted on 10/07/2024 12:15:09 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

“ 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”.

Somebody’s dead more likely.


58 posted on 10/07/2024 12:59:53 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: nickcarraway

59 posted on 10/07/2024 1:20:12 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

Why on earth do any of these people let people know what they’ve found? I’d keep my mouth shut and sell it off in different places. Just pocket the cash - nobody else needs to know.


60 posted on 10/07/2024 1:58:34 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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