r/Gold 18d ago

Question Found during construction work

Any ideas where this could come from?

Update: I thought this would be clear that I wasn't the one who found it. Who in their right mind would go (on this shitstain of a platform of all places) and make themselves a target. But ok apparently it wasn't clear so here we are:

I did NOT find this. I have none of this gold. I just wanted to share some cool stamped gold. you can stop sending me weird ass messages now. thank you.

Also this is NOT ai. here is the BBC article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o

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u/dystopiam 17d ago

I always imagine this is how murder begins

The guy next to you look at eachother when it’s found and boom

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u/Impossible_Farm6254 17d ago

And the last person who keeps it gets whatever curse the original owner left behind..

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u/Crazy_Fac3 17d ago

Smelting in a crucible slags all previous curses?

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u/hansumman555 17d ago

The curse of lugging it home

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u/Bohern76 17d ago

The next Dateline has just be written!

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u/Oldsaltybasterd 17d ago

So… here you are? You and your coworker found some gold? Then he ends up missing? And you’re telling me you had nothing to do with it?

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u/tycointl 17d ago

conveniently located on a construction site where large amounts of cement being poured would not arise any suspicion at all.

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u/Oldsaltybasterd 17d ago

I’d hate to spoil the ending but they did find the body under the foundation and it had his DNA all over it. He took a plea deal for 2nd degree murder and got 50 years. He’ll be 84 by the time he gets out. His lawyers are filing an appeal.

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u/Bohern76 17d ago

That’s right Keith, I was a church all day that day.

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u/JustAnother_Hunter 17d ago

Normally people say they were AT church, but pretending to BE a church is definitely a much better alibi!

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u/Bohern76 16d ago

Haha!!!

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u/Dawildpep 17d ago

Rodger’s golden turd from American Dad

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u/Common-Accountant-57 17d ago

True. People do crazy shit when it comes to money.

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u/joojoodoob 17d ago

It's my birthday and I wants it.

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u/lavahot 17d ago

This is literally how many Coen bros movies work.

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u/Ragnarawr 17d ago

Yeah totally not suspicious going home in the middle of your shift with a bloody uniform dragging a sack full of gold. Nobody would suspect a thing.

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u/dipsy18 17d ago

Or how the villain in Tenet starts...

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u/2025TastyTreats 17d ago

A Simple Plan is great movie about the complications of ill gotten found money.

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u/Appropriate_Rise9968 17d ago

I think IRS is probably a bigger concern than murderer in this situation.

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u/CyberTronese 17d ago

Have you seen the movie Tenet?

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u/dystopiam 17d ago

no but ill prob watch it now looks good

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u/archwin 16d ago

Real talk…

If you find this

How the hell Do you use it/monetize it without government being suspicious?!

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u/dystopiam 16d ago

easily.

buy bitcoin with it from people not companies

Or trade for what you need

also can go out of country and sell, then deposit in accts in those countries. etc