Tank collector shocked to find £2million gold bullion {trunc}

The Sun, UK ^ | April 10, 2017 | Tess de la Mare and Rob Perkins

[Neil E. Wright]

Full Title: Tank collector shocked to find £2million gold bullion hidden in the fuel compartment of his £30,000 vehicle

A TANK fanatic got a new model in a £30,000 trade-in — and found more than £2million of gold bullion hidden in the fuel tank.

Nick Mead, 55, discovered the five gold bars in the Russian T54/69 while restoring it to add to his collection of 150 military vehicles.

He and mechanic Todd Chamberlain were filming themselves prising open the diesel tank in case they found munitions and needed to show it to bomb disposal crews.

Instead, they pulled out the bars, weighing up to 12lb — 5kg — apiece.

Todd, 50, said a quick calculation suggested they were worth in excess of £2million.

[Neil E. Wright]

Talk about a windfall!

[Paladin2]

SSS

[Balding_Eagle]

Bet they’re wishing the cameras hadn’t been there.

[Sasparilla]

Kelly’s Heroes??

[TexasGator]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=gold

[blueunicorn6]

That’s right......that’s where I left that gold.

[Clutch Martin]

I am guessing they will lose most of it to taxes.

[SaveFerris]

Beat me to it....

[blueunicorn6]

What’s the option code for gold in the fuel tank?

[SaveFerris]

Hello, Peggy? This is Ivan Forgetski. I can't remember where I parked my tank!

[Jim Robinson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csv1wXOr5tY

[gaijin]

It was VERY loosely based on a true Gulf War story, but the guys weren't SF, they were line grunts on a run-of-the mill patrol.

They found something like $1 billion in cash --MORE.

[Jeff Chandler]

[Farmer Dean]

Yea,for the tax man.

[Seruzawa]

I’m sure the Brit govt will pull out some act that denies these guys even a finder’s fee. They will confiscate it all. Then the EU govt will claim it’s theirs.

[lurk]

Why did they tell anyone??

[arrogantsob]

One of my favorites. Of anything with Eastwood ranks high up on my list.

[Seruzawa]

I worked with some guys whose job it was to cannibalize old govt reconnaissance gear from the Vietnam War. They pulled the drawer open on a light table and found an M60 machine gun. Apparently someone sent it hoping he could collect it later in the States. Quite the surprise.

[Hugin]

Kellinsky’s heroes?

[mass55th]

"I’m sure the Brit govt will pull out some act ..."

Probably The Treasure Act of 1996 covers their find. This specific designation of what "treasure" is: "Objects substantially made from gold or silver but are less than 300 years old, that have been deliberately hidden with the intention of recovery and whose owners or heirs are unknown."