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Rest in Peace
United States
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More like $3500 face. He would have to claim the value of the coins when found as taxable income.
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Valued Member
United States
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My favorate "found treasure" story is the two guys in Mass. that are fixing a roof and find a shoe box filled with old bills, (silver cert., etc.....), steal them and then two weeks later cook up a story that they found the money digging up a bush at their mothers house. The roof guy is sitting at home watching the local news when the story comes on and he says "hey look..... its the two guys that fixed my roof!?!?!?" Goes up to notice the old money missing and has them arrested!
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Valued Member
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^ I remember that story a while ago. You would think the owner would have removed the coins prior to them fixing it :P
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Valued Member
United States
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Seems like most in this thread are commenting on the ONE good place to keep their silver.
I have a safe, sure. Good place for most of the guns, and maybe a little of the coins.
But I have three other stash locations, based on the old saying - don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Afraid that any more than this and I would forget where some of it is
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Valued Member
United States
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If you have any valuables in your house (including family members) always have a dog or two. Youd be surprised how many would-be thieves are actually afraid of dogs or at least the noise they make. Good Dogs will always be loyal to you (un-like some alarm installers or safe delivery men).
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Valued Member
Canada
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Dogs aren't my thing. Allergies and what not. Surveliience however is next on my list. A few cameras on montion detectors :P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All this talk about buried treasure reminds me of some family history. My great grand dad owned a wheat farm in OK about 100 years ago. He collected about 150 or so gold eagles and double eagles. Most of that was made from land buying and selling. He kept them in a small strong box because he never trusted banks (smart man!). Problem was, he buried that box, told no one where he buried it, and then he had the audacity to up and die. To this day, no one knows where the old man's fortune is. I suppose that one day a guy running a road grader or a back hoe will hit a hard spot, get down off his machine to check on it, and say, "Holy...!" when he sees what it is that he hit. Gee... thanks, Gramps.  |
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United States
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Ed B, seems like that property would be worth getting a solid metal detector, one of the more modern ones that tells you what you have found before digging it up. No telling what your grand pappy has buried out there....
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Valued Member
United States
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Ed Ill Help too, all three of us can search that Field :)
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New Member
United States
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"Seems like most in this thread are commenting on the ONE good place to keep their silver.
I have a safe, sure. Good place for most of the guns, and maybe a little of the coins.
But I have three other stash locations, based on the old saying - don't put all your eggs in one basket."
That's a great post.
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Valued Member
Canada
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ED B if I were you I would definitely invest in a good metal detector!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ED B if I were you I would definitely invest in a good metal detector!
Wife and I were just talking about that last night. Not so much for Grandpa's gold but for use in the Pacific NW where we now live. Not even sure who owns that land now but could probably find out. Practically all of the relatives who knew the farm have died off. If I could find out what county it was in, there might be county land records that would show the property and whether or not the original 640 acres is intact. The down side of all this is that there are now so many shirt-tail relatives who are related to Gramps that even a sizable fortune would be distributed to not very much per individual. Of course, they would have to KNOW about me finding it to claim anything!  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Unless gramps mentioned where to find in his will, I think this would be a matter of finders keepers.
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United States
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Heres my alarm system and lotsa luck getting past him. Even his bark sounds like a crocodile with a fire cracker in his butt. Food wont tempt him, he's trained to defend. The house and its inhabitants especially. If I have to put him in a room when the plumber or someone has to come by the very first thing the dog does when I let him out is he checks every single room in the house for security violations.  |
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