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Posted: 4/9/2017 2:43:44 PM EDT
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3291710/tank-collector-two-million-gold-bullion-military-vehicle/
A TANK fanatic got a new model in a £30,000 trade-in — and found more than £2million of gold bullion hidden in the fuel tank.
Nick Mead, 55, discovered the five gold bars in the Russian T54/69 while restoring it to add to his collection of 150 military vehicles. He and mechanic Todd Chamberlain were filming themselves prising open the diesel tank in case they found munitions and needed to show it to bomb disposal crews. Instead, they pulled out the bars, weighing up to 12lb — 5kg — apiece. Todd, 50, said a quick calculation suggested they were worth in excess of £2million. He added: “We didn’t know what to do. You can’t exactly take five gold bullion bars down to Cash Converters without questions being asked, so we called the police.” Nick runs Tanks-a-Lot, giving petrolheads the chance to drive any of his tanks on his farm in Helmdon, Northants. He traded in an Army lorry and an Abbot self-propelled gun for the T54/69 in a deal worth about £30,000 after seeing it advertised on eBay. Todd and Nick had already found machine gun ammunition while stripping down the tank and were worried they would find guns. View Quote |
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A TANK fanatic got a new model in a £30,000 trade-in — and found more than £2million of gold bullion hidden in the fuel tank.
. He added: “We didn’t know what to do. You can’t exactly take five gold bullion bars down to Cash Converters without questions being asked, so we called the police.” View Quote Seriously? They couldn't think of ANYTHING at all? |
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Why would you call the police? There is no crime. Finders keepers. Congratulations fools, you just gave that gold to the state. They will get it one way or the other.
ETA: After calling police, two officers took away the bars and gave them a receipt. .... Nick said: “Even if I don’t get any of the gold back I will still have my beautiful tank.”
A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said they could not comment “for operational reasons”. View Quote |
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Fucking seriously?
If I found some random gold bars, THE LAST MOTHERFUCKING THING I WOULD DO is call the police. Just how fucking stupid are these people? |
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"...worried that they'd find guns?!?"
I'd worry about NOT finding new toys to play with! |
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View Quote That's my other dog impression. |
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Nick is a fucking idiot and may have just donated 2M Pounds as a demonstaration of that fact. "Subject" attitude.
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Geez, calling the bomb squad for munitions and the police for gold bars. I'm sure he'll get to keep the gold bars almost as positive I am that he'd be allowed to keep the munitions. What an idiot.
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Fucking seriously? If I found some random gold bars, THE LAST MOTHERFUCKING THING I WOULD DO is call the police. Just how fucking stupid are these people? View Quote ...and by the way; this shows just how down the slope these Europeans have come in regards to being individuals. When faced with ANYTHING, their only reaction is to allow The State into their lives and TELL them what to do. IF the spirit of Freedom ever lived in Europe it is dead. |
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We own tanks and play with them all day but are worried about guns
And the police are the last fuckers I would call if I found gold |
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What a thing to idiotically give away. I really don't understand the way some people think.
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In before someone says he'd be a thief if he didn't report it!
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqw0Gz9GahM[/youtube]
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The tank collector already has 150 military vehicles and a farm to run them on. Sounds like he is fairly well off to begin with.
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After calling police, two officers took away the bars and gave them a receipt. .... Nick said: “Even if I don’t get any of the gold back I will still have my beautiful tank.”
A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said they could not comment “for operational reasons”. View Quote |
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Hmmm. Never heard of it. What is it again? What does it look like?. No, never heard of such a thing.
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Fucking seriously? If I found some random gold bars, THE LAST MOTHERFUCKING THING I WOULD DO is call the police. Just how fucking stupid are these people? View Quote I swear, they turned a population of hard mother fuckers into a population of faggoty statist assholes who bend over at the slightest breeze....90% of them anyway... You are right, dumb motherfuckers. He is not worthy to own any tanks... |
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]...and by the way; this shows just how down the slope these Europeans have come in regards to being individuals. When faced with ANYTHING, their only reaction is to allow The State into their lives and TELL them what to do. IF the spirit of Freedom ever lived in Europe it is dead. View Quote |
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How does one sell "$2 million" in gold bars with no questions asked? Hit up a we buy gold place and slap them on the counter? Doesn't seem that easy to me.
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Europeans: afraid of gold, bullets, and guns. Super free society you've built for yourselves over there.
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Fucking seriously? If I found some random gold bars, THE LAST MOTHERFUCKING THING I WOULD DO is call the police. Just how fucking stupid are these people? View Quote |
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What shit headed brainwashed knobs. "We found some money that is rightfully ours, better call the government."
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How does one sell "$2 million" in gold bars with no questions asked? Hit up a we buy gold place and slap them on the counter? Doesn't seem that easy to me. View Quote Start a gold reclamation business and launder the gold or a dozen other ideas they could come up with. |
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and here's the guy who sold it to them:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/767109/Soviet-tank-Ebay-military-mad-mechanic-30-000 |
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Well, for starters, you don't call the police! Start a gold reclamation business and launder the gold or a dozen other ideas they could come up with. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How does one sell "$2 million" in gold bars with no questions asked? Hit up a we buy gold place and slap them on the counter? Doesn't seem that easy to me. Start a gold reclamation business and launder the gold or a dozen other ideas they could come up with. But given the kind of individual involved he was probably more concerned that doing anything less than stupidly above board might endanger the family trust fund that makes the found $3 million look like pocket change. |
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Doh.. gold does melt down and can be formed into smaller pieces that don't draw attention. You'd think a tank mechanic might have a blow torch
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Fucking seriously? If I found some random gold bars, THE LAST MOTHERFUCKING THING I WOULD DO is call the police. Just how fucking stupid are these people? View Quote Fuck just carve off a small piece and sell a little at a time as you need it. Would love to know the story on how they got there tho. |
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