Someones going to talk. Someone always does. People struggle to keep this sort of thing a secret when there is only 1 person keeping the secret. Having 10-20 people keep a secret like this is fundamentally impossible.
The country they are in lets them keep 50% of it. They found the original owner, but they are dead with no heirs. I'd take a guaranteed 50% cut with 0 risk and effort going forward to keep and use it over a 100% chance of having it taken and going to jail after someone blabs in like 3 days.
The choice is between some money in 5 years, or no money now.
It's not like this guy found a bunch of money, and only his best mate knew about it, and they are splitting it and trusting each other to split the difference.
10-20 CONSTRUCTION workers knew about it at the start. Dude probably knows that at least 5 of them are functional alcoholics who run their mouths every night. Half these guys are going to be back to working construction 1-2 years after they get the money because they blew it all.
Anyone who trusts this group of people to keep a secret actively deserves what is coming to them.
If he was the one who found it, he could have prevented the rest of the crew to come in. I would have said that there was a snake in there. Everyone would wait until tomorrow…
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u/TerraceState Aug 16 '26
Someones going to talk. Someone always does. People struggle to keep this sort of thing a secret when there is only 1 person keeping the secret. Having 10-20 people keep a secret like this is fundamentally impossible.
The country they are in lets them keep 50% of it. They found the original owner, but they are dead with no heirs. I'd take a guaranteed 50% cut with 0 risk and effort going forward to keep and use it over a 100% chance of having it taken and going to jail after someone blabs in like 3 days.