Trove of gold coins and jewellery 'hidden from the invading Nazis'

[Ed144]

Hikers in the Czech Republic discovered a cache of gold that experts said amounted to more than a quarter million dollars.
Walking in the Podkrkonosí Mountains, the hikers noticed an aluminum can protruding from the ground and an iron box about a yard away from it, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
When the hikers saw what the containers held, they visited an expert at the Museum of East Bohemia.
“When he opened it, my jaw dropped,” Miroslav Novak, the museum’s head of archaeology, said in reaction to the find.

Hikers Stumble Onto Iron Box, Find Fortune in Treasure from All Over the Globe Inside

While the discovery was a huge win for the Czech Republic, the hikers were only entitled to 10 percent of the total value of the find.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

[UnderMiner]

People of the past: "Lets hide our gold from the government!"
People of the present: "Let's tell the government about this gold we just found!"

 

[TexasDigs]

Crazy! Life changing find and then just give it away.

 

[joetoilet]

People of the past: "Lets hide our gold from the government!"
People of the present: "Let's tell the government about this gold we just found!"

For sure.

 

[Limitool]

Why or what possesses people to ANNOUNCE to the world when they find and/or come across something of great value...? I'll never understand the logic. What earthly good ever comes of it? Kind of winning a million on the lotto and telling the family and friends.

 

[Crow]

Why or what possesses people to ANNOUNCE to the world when they find and/or come across something of great value...? I'll never understand the logic. What earthly good ever comes of it? Kind of winning a million on the lotto and telling the family and friends.

There is multitude of reasons. it depends on situation and on people on how they predisposed? others are more calculating. For me Well without admitting to anything? I would do done perhaps some thing different after assessing the situation on how, when and where the discovery was made. I certainly would not being going public if i did not have to?

Crow

 

[achanceforgold]

Why or what possesses people to ANNOUNCE to the world when they find and/or come across something of great value...? I'll never understand the logic. What earthly good ever comes of it? Kind of winning a million on the lotto and telling the family and friends.

Eastern Europe.
And Europe in General.
The law states they have to turn it in, and the government will give them up to 10% of the find. 🤬

I remember a story a professor at the university of Novi Sad in Serbia told me.
His mom found a roman gold helmet in her garden. She broke a small piece off and tried buying food with it.
The grocery turned her in to the authorities for having gold. She spent months in jail until she told them where the rest of the helmet was.
But she negotiated that all her children would be given good educations before she finally told them.

Believe it or not. Florida has the same law. If it's of any archeological significance. You have to turn it in.
About ten years ago or more. A guy was arrested in Cocoa Beach, Fl. He found a Spanish sword. Didn't report it.
Hailed him off to jail.
Florida gives 25% of the value....🤬

I personally don't want to spend any time in an Eastern European Jail.
I don't look good with a shaved head

 

[russau]

What's the old saying, "shoot, shovel , and shut up comes to mind!

 

[Crow]

Eastern Europe.
And Europe in General.
The law states they have to turn it in, and the government will give them up to 10% of the find. 🤬

I remember a story a professor at the university of Novi Sad in Serbia told me.
His mom found a roman gold helmet in her garden. She broke a small piece off and tried buying food with it.
The grocery turned her in to the authorities for having gold. She spent months in jail until she told them where the rest of the helmet was.
But she negotiated that all her children would be given good educations before she finally told them.
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Believe it or not. Florida has the same law. If it's of any archeological significance. You have to turn it in.
About ten years ago or more. A guy was arrested in Cocoa Beach, Fl. He found a Spanish sword. Didn't report it.
Hailed him off to jail.
Florida gives 25% of the value....🤬

I personally don't want to spend any time in an Eastern European Jail.
I don't look good with a shaved head

Such a find like the helmet artifacts above to me would be travesty to break up and plunder. As it more priceless and should be national patrimony. As our link to the past. even so the state should reward honesty. Thais why I like the britIsh system.

But coin collection from various periods and gold collected before ww2 and just bullion a transportable commodity. I always laugh how archeologist put such BS spin on money or gold bars that get traded across several countries as their cultural patrimony. Yeah my money is my cultural patrimony it does not stop the government putting their hand in my wallet.

Crow

 

[achanceforgold]

Such a find like the helmet artifacts above to me would be travesty to break up and plunder. As it more priceless and should be national patrimony. As our link to the past. even so the state should reward honesty. Thais why I like the britIsh system.

But coin collection from various periods and gold collected before ww2 and just bullion a transportable commodity. I always laugh how archeologist put such BS spin on money or gold bars that get traded across several countries as their cultural patrimony. Yeah my money is my cultural patrimony it does not stop the government putting their hand in my wallet.

Crow

oh, agree.
How he told me the story, it was a hard Serbian winter during the communist era.
His mom had no food to feed the kids. she was chopping at the frozen ground with an axe looking for turnip roots or anything she could feed the kids with. She struck the helmet and voila, thought she had food for the winter to feed the kids.

If she would have turned it in. She would have gotten a thank you comrade.
They weren't allowed to own gold back then.

But she held out in prison long enough to break the government and negotiate food and a good future for her children.
"Thanks mom"

As to Archologist, I've been to more than one of their houses where they have the artifacts hanging on their wall or in a display cabinet.
To me, they are modern day Pirates. Watch any Archeologist on TV, they will have the artifacts in their offices hanging on the wall.
Not exactly public display. And they generally know less about the history of an artifact than you do. It's just a job for them. For you it's a quest. You may have researched something for years before you excavated it.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Here’s a quote from a 1930s archaeologist: “Archaeology, treasure hunting decently concealed under the respectable cloak of science”. Nothing has changed since the 30s.🤷🏼

 

[Limitool]

Believe it or not. Florida has the same law. If it's of any archeological significance. You have to turn it in.
About ten years ago or more. A guy was arrested in Cocoa Beach, Fl. He found a Spanish sword. Didn't report it.
Hailed him off to jail.
Florida gives 25% of the value....🤬

If that is exactly what happened (no more or less) that's horrible. The thought of finding something of value and/or historical value and having a Government agency invade your life and take your freedom / find away is outrageous. And then THEY DECIDE to give you pennies on the dollar for it...! It's hard to believe a citizen of the U.S.A. could have his freedom and find taken away by the Government. Sounds like a 3rd world country laws. Who the hell asked them for their opinion or thoughts on YOUR FIND...?

 

[achanceforgold]

If that is exactly what happened (no more or less) that's horrible. The thought of finding something of value and/or historical value and having a Government agency invade your life and take your freedom / find away is outrageous. And then THEY DECIDE to give you pennies on the dollar for it...! It's hard to believe a citizen of the U.S.A. could have his freedom and find taken away by the Government. Sounds like a 3rd world country laws. Who the hell asked them for their opinion or thoughts on YOUR FIND...?

oh yeah,
it happens.

this guy was recent. he leased the salvage rights off of Queens Jewels. only reported half the find to the state of Florida.
they throw him in jail. Said he stole the coins. He legitimately salvaged them. But only reported half of his find 51 of the 101 coins.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/...sure-fleet-florida-recovered-suspect-charged/

They state of Florida claims to be the rightful owner of anything lost at sea within a three-mile limit of shore.

They tried increasing the limit to ten miles down in the Keys after Mel Fisher found the Atocha. So, they could claim his treasure. He fought back and it went to the supreme court. The Supreme Court ruled in Mel Fishers favor, fortunately.