What would you do...

[DirkSears]

...if you actually found the proverbial "motherload"? Weather it be a mason jar full of Double Eagles, a strong box full of confederate gold bars, a long forgotten or sealed gold mine, ship wreck full of Spanish gold, a long lost civilization...

We all dream of that one big discovery. So now that you found it, what would you do with it?

 

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[Ant]

Keep my mouth shut .

 

[rebelLT]

I second "keep my mouth shut". I would have to find a way to convert my find to usable cash without letting those bandits know what I had. You know the bandits i'm talking about! THE IRS!!!!!.

 

[PALEOMAN]

WHAT TREASURE ?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

A mason jar full of coins is a bit different from "a long lost civilization".

I'd keep my mouth shut on the coins and sell a few at a time.

The civilization I guess I'd turn over to someone "official" (after I'd swept the area as best I could for anything near the surface).

Imagine what you'd do if you found two shoeboxes full of baseball cards from 1955 to 1958 in an attic.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

You're all SICK! sick, sick, sick. How can you so blatantly advertise that you'd break the law by not giving the IRS their share? You go on a public forum admitting you'd break the law? Haven't you read the tax codes? You're supposed to divulge ALL income, no matter the source. Sheesk, I'm gonna have to stop associating with y'all It's people like YOU who bring a bad name to this hobby (almost as bad as people who don't ask permission to hunt city sand boxes).

But I'll tell you what: send me the $$, and I'll absolve you of all guilt. See what a nice guy I am? Now go do the right thing

 

[deepskyal]

I'm with those above...keep my yap shut! Seems like all the big finds end up in court or something.

I too would slowly convert to usable cash...then bury it somewhere safe. Hmmm let's see early 50's, over weight, bad lungs......could be another treasure comming to a town near you.
Maybe I'd go out west...never been there.
Al

 

[MD Dog]

well since i'm in this sport for the health and fun of it, and since i no longer need the money. I'd do the right thing and keep it quietly hidden until i could get my closest official from the Christian childrens fund to come get it and let him have the headache.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Mouth sealed.

 

[jsu]

I WOULD`NT TELL ANYONE ESPECIALLY MY WIFE!!!!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Treasure Tales, you wouldn't alert the IRS? Sheesk, of all people here, I figured this would be the first thing you'd do! hmmm....

 

[Tubecity]

i'm talking about! THE IRS!!!!!.

Have you ever noticed if you join the two words- 'the IRS' ,
you get the word 'theIRS, sure makes me wonder.

If I found the big one , I'd only tell you guys on here
& nobody else. I can trust you , right?

 

[aa battery]

Ask Mr Jim of California he found 21 double eagles in a jar or can i cant remember. His story was in a magazine, great story.He is in chat all the time ask him. By the way i wish he would post it on tnet....aa

 

[Pepper2004]

I would keep my mouth shut. Cash it in a little at a time in different States. 8) Leave no cyber or paper trail.

 

[aa battery]

TT Jim of Calif you know the man he lives in Stockton. He doesnt post much but he has some very good stories.

 

[johnnycat]

Thank the Lord, spend little by little, and zip up my pie hole.!!!

 

[LadyDigger]

Funny this question came up....lol...I was at the church today...doing some detecting (Yes, I have permission from the Trustee of the church ...whom by the way, was heavy into metal detecting some 30 + years ago )...anyways, I found some alright things and as I was digging this one hole, in my mind I was thinking..."Hmmmm, could there be coins under this rusted out lid?"....NOPE...just the rusted out lid...I know, I keep digging just incase...as the lid was a pretty good size...anyways,

I would probably get me 3 good strong rust resistiant boxes and re-bury the treasure and leave my kids a treasure map!!! I would want them to feel the joy of how I felt when I found the mother lode and make them also, work for their inheritance!!!

Oh, would I tell anyone? Ah...I don't think so! IRS, City of Va Beach, State of Va, all branches of the government, the utility companies, and the list goes on....get enough of my hard earned money!! If they want a cache, they can get their own metal detector and go look for it!!!

That's what I would do......
Annmarie

PS: the church yard (where one of the two houses once stood)...gave me a pretty 1934 Merc Dime...my shovel, however, scratched the back of it...but it's still pretty and the second one I ever dug up!!! I'll go back and try to find my half and dollar coins later .... LOL!!! The wheaties I found were in very bad shape (1928?, 1944, 1945, 1950 and 1953D)...but they will still go in my collection!)