Anybody lost a gold Bar in East Vic Park?

[bad koala]

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/31373640/gold-bar-found-in-east-victoria-park-by-cleaners/

 

[PitBullion]

How dont you feel that fall out your pocket lol

 

[SilverDJ]

Why the hell would you hand it in?

 

[SpacePete]

Seems very suspicious:

Police suspect the bar was made from stolen jewellery melted down to avoid detection but acknowledge it could also belong to an amateur gold pourer.

Small shapes resembling parts of jewellery can be felt across the bar. No gold bars matching its description have been reported as stolen or lost.

 

[Holdfast]

Why the hell would you hand it in?

Because some folk are honest, that's why !

 

[Allthatglitters]

Why the hell would you hand it in?

Because some folk are honest, that's why !

Well said. I would not want to have this in any case and particularly if the person who lost it was the legitimate rightly owner.
As it was found in Perth I think it may be the proceeds of crime. Without hijacking the thread, seeing gold in this form does bring back some great memories.
Many, many years ago I was working as a stockman with an old prospector. When you went to his house he had gold lying around in old jam jars and tobacco tins. This is the only time I have seen gold in this form. I can imagine him just putting it in his top pocket and walking around with it.
This was many years ago and different times but I would hope that most people are honest enough to hand it in just in case that the person who lost it had worked honestly to get it.

 

[SilverDJ]

Why the hell would you hand it in?

Because some folk are honest, that's why !

No honest person lost that in a park.

 

[SilverDJ]

This was many years ago and different times but I would hope that most people are honest enough to hand it in just in case that the person who lost it had worked honestly to get it.

If you found a bundle of cash in the park, would you hand it in?

 

[SilverDJ]

Completely unfounded conspiracy time, just for fun...
The people who found it actually own it, and they are trying to "clean" it by pretending they found it, hand it to the cops and get it back 6 months or whatever later when no one can prove to own it.

 

[Holdfast]

If you found a bundle of cash in the park, would you hand it in?

Not in a park but on the road.

I found a wallet which had 800 dollars in it plus ID, I found the lady on face book and within 24 hours she had her money back.

 

[tozak]

Why the hell would you hand it in?

Because some folk are honest, that's why !

No honest person lost that in a park.

Exactly why I would have handed it into police as well, who is going to claim that now? Once it's unclaimed the finder should be entitled to legally keep it.

 

[SilverDJ]

If you found a bundle of cash in the park, would you hand it in?

Not in a park but on the road.
I found a wallet which had 800 dollars in it plus ID, I found the lady on face book and within 24 hours she had her money back.

I've found a couple of wallets with similar amount of cash. If it has ID I always find the owner.
I also have got several thousand dollars in cash in an envelope in my letter box with no name on it. But a note inside mentioned something that I thought might have been associated with a neighbour on the street. I checked , and sure enough it was theirs and was returned.
I've also found cash on the street and in a shopping centre. I waited around for someone to come looking, but they didn't, so into my pocket it went.

 

[SilverDJ]

Because some folk are honest, that's why !

No honest person lost that in a park.

Exactly why I would have handed it into police as well, who is going to claim that now? Once it's unclaimed the finder should be entitled to legally keep it.

That is a valid argument I guess. Although has anyone ever really tested this something very valuable?

 

[House]

Because some folk are honest, that's why !

No honest person lost that in a park.

Exactly why I would have handed it into police as well, who is going to claim that now? Once it's unclaimed the finder should be entitled to legally keep it.

Pretty sure they are. Can't remember how many days have to pass but think it might be 3 months. Any cash or object I've handed in has always been claimed and followed up by a very thankful phone call from (hopefully) the right owner. Wallets get posted back Express as a nice surprise for the owner

Unmarked $100k is a whole different matter though, I'd assume 99% would keep it.

 

[alor]

unless no one at all knows about this except the real owner, you keep it in the fire
used to stay there 6101

 

[Ipv6Ready]

No honest person lost that in a park.

Exactly why I would have handed it into police as well, who is going to claim that now? Once it's unclaimed the finder should be entitled to legally keep it.

That is a valid argument I guess. Although has anyone ever really tested this something very valuable?

I would be worried about getting it back, unless police can assure me no one will find out who I am lol.

 

[SpacePete]

Unmarked $100k is a whole different matter though, I'd assume 99% would keep it.

I'm pretty sure $100k in a brown paper bag is what a NSW politician would call a planning approval for a major development.

 

[scrooged]

If you found a bundle of cash in the park, would you hand it in?

Not in a park but on the road.

I found a wallet which had 800 dollars in it plus ID, I found the lady on face book and within 24 hours she had her money back.

That's nice and a little bit creepy all at the same time.

 

[serial]

I found this interesting,
"If the bar was pure gold it would be worth approximately $100,000. If it is less than 10 per cent pure gold, it could still be valued at close to $10,000."

2.5kg's of pure gold would be worth a bit more than that.
Anyone else find that main stream media always seem to talk the value of gold down?
I am also surprised the cleaners even recognized it as gold, I am siding with the conspiracy theory that they are trying to legitimize money by claiming it back 6 months later

 

[willrocks]

We found a wallet when we were kids. My parents called the guy who started verbal abuse over the phone. First he claimed we stole his wallet, then he claimed we took all the cash. Despite all this we still posted it to him (at our cost).