Stolen gold bar from Fisher museum

[aquanut]

They caught 'em!https://www.local10.com/news/florid...rom-florida-keys-museum?__vfz=medium=sharebar

 

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[Simon1]

Did they get the bar back ?

 

[Jason in Enid]

Wow, glad to hear theyve been caught!

 

[old man]

Did they get the bar back ?

No they didn't.

 

[Simon1]

Glad they finally got caught.

 

[3cylbill]

her's how it SHOULD go give the gold back or your hands will be removed ..DO YOU UNDERSTAND ........CHOPPY ...CHOPPY.

 

[ARC]

I played with that bar as a kid.

 

[Boatlode]

Lock them up. And Hillary too.

 

[thetigers2]

 

[Joeyboots]

Wow that is good news. But I hope the artifact is not lost. Unfortunately after this much time it may have been melted down and sold for gold content. Possibility of a rogue collector to buy it intact for historical value? Common coppers interrogate the crap out of these jokers!

 

[ARC]

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The guy who stole it prolly wore that sticker as well. heh

 

[Darren in NC]

Enrada said he thought he knew the guy who stole it. I wonder if this confirms his suspect.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I hope they buried it where I'll be detecting next

 

[Geobound]

Square peg, round hole?

I'd like to know how they got it out, or did they just simply cut it in half and run?

 

[Salvor6]

Square peg, round hole?

I'd like to know how they got it out, or did they just simply cut it in half and run?

The original artical said the thieves smashed the plexiglas housing.

 

[WaterScoop]

The original artical said the thieves smashed the plexiglas housing.

Plexiglass is easy this was bulletproof glass

“Before the heist, the museum had encouraged to visitors to pick up the 74.85-ounce bar to feel its heft. The bar had been on the display for more than 20 years, and the museum officials said more than 6 million visitors had lifted the bar. However, that unique set up may have helped the men carry out the theft. Police at the time of theft said the thief broke the display case -- made of bulletproof glass -- to extract the bar.

 

[ARC]

It was Plexi.

 

[Boatlode]

The original artical said the thieves smashed the plexiglas housing.

Wow, they must have used a sledge hammer. The glass on the one in Sebastian is an inch thick.

 

[ARC]

Pry bar I would be willing to bet...

Hitting would have caused too much noise.

 

[old man]

I believe they used acid on the plexiglass.