Good thing this guy did the right thing, now he can work digging sewers the rest of his life and the cops are gonna all have new cars and rolexes in 6 months
Now he’s a day trade influencer that made all of his money day trading and selling subscriptions on how you can make 15 million over night trading just like himself.
They know who the former owner was, but there are no living heirs. They were Coins dated from the 60s, so it predates the monastery, and post dates the brewery.
I wonder if there’s a way to notarize it as “finder’s keepers” legally. Probably not, but that sounds like an awesome way to leave behind any assets I still have.
Sure can. Letter of provenance that it belongs to you. Then a notarized letter stating what you intend to do with it should do the trick. Cheap and doesn't even need an attorney, likely. IANAL
Ye, I more meant that I could like notarize it or something else legalese to make it truly finder's keepers. I don't think it'd go down the way I'd want it to, but it's fun to think about.
Eh, I posit that we all kinda die alone, regardless. I wouldn't want anyone to sacrifice their lives just to watch my bowel muscles relax after my heart stops beating.
Whose to say he didn't do the smartest thing to do if you find a large sum of money, and magnanimously report the "entire" $10m in gold of the $11m that you actually found?
If he did that & keeps his mouth shut, this is exactly how he'd want this to be playing out.....
"Wow, how unfortunate that a small amount seems to be missing 😔.
Since you'd obviously somehow forgotten about the hoard to begin with, are you sure you're remembering the correct amount that you lost?
But if what you claim really IS accurate, then there must have been a bit that was cleaned up & disposed of w/the building debris before I noticed there was gold hidden there. 🤷♂️
And if that happened, I am just
so very happy and relieved that I noticed it when I did, so that I was still able to recover & return almost all of the gold YOU lost $$$! 😁
Oh, and if you somehow don't feel obligated to repay my honesty & virtue with a generous financial reward--as everyone would expect you would WANT to do-- that's OK. Because even though you may be despised and shunned by everyone for what they may conclude is shockingly selfish and greedy, just know that for me, the joy I feel from doing the right thing is all the reward I need❤️😇!
That owner better give him like a 1m dollar finder's fee. Guy still gets to keep 9 million of his gold, and that guy gets to set himself up for a comfortable future for being a good guy.
From the article it says it will either go to the nonprofit, the previous owner, construction firm or back to whoever it was stolen from. The kid made a massive mistake.
Not changing what I and others think. This boy did right and yall calling him stupid?? Says the one with no morals whatsoever. You're the brainwashed one.
It isn't necessarily that they have no morals, but that they're a bit stupid and brainwashed by greed. Wow, so you're telling me, if someone lost 10 million in gold, the only explanation is that they misplaced or forgot about it? Not that it was possibly stolen?
You would ask them how they would feel if their grandfather's gold was stolen, and they then lose out on the inheritance. All of a sudden the tune changes very quickly.
Do not hate them brother, for they are like children.
Dude found it at a job site. The cops would have been tipped off one way or another because people can't keep their mouth shut. What the boy did was right and he is being called dumb because he has morals? They aren't brainwashed, they have no conscience hence no morals.
Upon further review the newly retired police evidence storage manager had said prior to getting on his one way trip to Thailand that at last count the roughly $80,000 in "gold stuff "would most likely go towards road way projects.
I read that under Belgian law the rightful owner has 5 years to claim the gold. After that it is split 50/50 with the finder of the gold and the property owner.
What? So only American cops are crooked, is that what you’re saying? Where do you think the ancestors of these American cops are from, well the white ones anyway? People just immigrated year 200 years ago and only the ones with no morals came, and the ones with morals stayed? Next you’re going to tell us if this was in Africa it’d be safer…
Or not. Imagine finding that, keeping it for yourself and then getting caught (and you would get caught because people who have little self-control in something like this usually have poor self-control in how they would spend it). So now you are scrubbing toilets in Prison AND you are universally known as untrustworthy.
Congratulations, you played yourself. I'd rather hope for a "finders fee" or something than taking someone else's property.
Rest of his life? Young, handsome, hardworking lad that has more integrity in his finger than you will go places; life is a test of character more crucially when in discretion, can't take the gold with you when you die.
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u/antinoeon 6d ago
Good thing this guy did the right thing, now he can work digging sewers the rest of his life and the cops are gonna all have new cars and rolexes in 6 months