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If true then why would they hide it? It’s the Feds gold. They can do what they want with it.
Oh, fer sure you can trust the F. B. I…….. absolutely 👍
Hey...somebody has to pay for the new FBI headquarters....planned to be as large as the Pentagon.
He never heard of the “shovel” then “shut-up” part of the equation.
If true, I have a hard time finding any sympathy for the idiots.
I don’t see in the story when this dig happened. If it’s there I can’t find it. If it isn’t this is terrible reporting.
He told the FBI? There’s a great video by a law professor on YouTube entitled “Do Not Talk to the Police”.
That’s true whether it’s a traffic stop or if you’re digging for gold.
For the curious, here’s that video.
So the FBI went to the courts and presented evidence that the gold belonged to the government and obtained a search warrant, and then eventually obtained the gold.
So what did the FBI do wrong?
There is no claim of ownership of the gold by the treasure hunter. Even if the gold was on private property, the search warrant entitles the FBI to enter and seize the gold. The FBI owes no explanation to the treasure hunter for it’s activities and or search methods or even the disposition of the gold after being seized.
Am I missing something?
Well of course they did. When you find a treasure cache you dig it up and keep quiet about it.
Find it first, then declare it
Getting stranger with every revelation...
Think Kelly’s Heroes. Most of the gold was pocketed I’ll betcha. There’s no other reason to be secretive.
Never, ever talk to the FBI.
You’re not helping or being a good citizen. The FBI doesn’t need or care about you; that’s not their purpose anymore.
FBI exists solely to protect and enrich their masters, politically and financially. That’s it. You, as a citizen, are the target. Don’t give them reason to throw you into a cage or bankrupt you.
Never Ever.
Period.
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He had better have proof...and he better have it in triplicate/
What was he expecting from the FBI.. a handshake, or a percentage of the gold?
He seems a bit naive.
“Civil War-era gold...”
Bill Carson?
OK, having not read the entire article (hey, rules are rules!), I have to ask, why would the FBI withhold information on what, if anything they discovered?
As I understand it, if the gold was property of the U.S. Government, the gold belongs to the government no matter who finds it. I can see no reason why the FBI can’t be completely forthcoming.