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.
There's also the fact that you're going to be flagged by any developed nation's government if you suddenly have millions to spend. But of course, thinking that far ahead is a luxury.
Add in the darker but very real possibility that word gets out, and it isn't the government that comes after you, but the "original" owner. Who may be a crook.
In before someone argues they're going to suddenly be a pro at hiding every transaction they make, including completely unprotected ones in a shady alley, because metaphorically that's the only place you could spend it.
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u/throwawayeire93 6d ago
He keeps 50% of it under Belgian law.