Spanish gold bars found, can the government steal it from me?

jeff of pa

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So you found a bunch of Spanish gold bars in an old Spanish mine, can the government steal it from us. Gary Holt, the mine owner of the lost Josephine mine tells us why the government can't take it from us according to the Spanish American war treaty and the 1872 mining laws. What do you think? The Spanish way bill for the lost Josephine mine says there is over a billion dollars of gold and silver Spanish bars in the lost Josephine mine that we are actively searching for. When we find them hopefully Gary is right and we will be able to keep them. Spanish gold bars found, can the government steal it from me?

 

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jeff of pa

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an 80 lb gold bar, carved up , melted , and mixed with sand
is still more money then most people need. at least for awhile.

The rest would make a Nice pair of Stares or House Foundation
 

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an 80 lb gold bar, carved up , melted , and mixed with sand
is still more money then most people need. at least for awhile.

The rest would make a Nice pair of Stares or House Foundation
There are ways. There are ways. For a nominal fee.
 

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Yes,they can steal it.Not really legally,but the Gov.has unlimited resources and battalions of lawyers to make your life so miserable and deplete your savings to the point you can,t hire anyone to represent you in court that you,ll never see any of your rewards. For those who don,t know what a battalion is,it,s a lot! Mouth shut,tell no one,figure a way.Or say bye bye!
 

traveller777

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Yes,they can steal it.Not really legally,but the Gov.has unlimited resources and battalions of lawyers to make your life so miserable and deplete your savings to the point you can,t hire anyone to represent you in court that you,ll never see any of your rewards. For those who don,t know what a battalion is,it,s a lot! Mouth shut,tell no one,figure a way.Or say bye bye!
Absolutely
 

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Yes,they can steal it.Not really legally,but the Gov.has unlimited resources and battalions of lawyers to make your life so miserable and deplete your savings to the point you can,t hire anyone to represent you in court that you,ll never see any of your rewards. For those who don,t know what a battalion is,it,s a lot! Mouth shut,tell no one,figure a way.Or say bye bye!

Heard a gold bar found years ago, in a tunnel in the Superstition mountains. Man, who found the gold bars watched the US Army go in to take all the gold. As the story went, he carved his initials on a rock near the entrance.
 

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What is this inherent need to tell the world that there is something in the mine in the first place.
If has claim on the said mine, keep the mouth shut, remove, sell be a happy camper for the remains years.
But bla,bla,bla, and gets a whole lot of attention-if he looses it-then he deserves to for blabbing.
 

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Sgt Schultz I See Nothing I Know Nothing.gif
 

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I removed the link, apparently he is leasing out mine to searchers.
 

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