A metal detectorist is suing the FBI, claiming he alerted them to 7 tons of Civil War-era gold and they took it away in a secret overnight dig

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[–]Tarrock 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, he was a fucking idiot for trusting the government with this info. He should've dug it up himself and melted it down to get rid of any identifiers.

[–]Siebel_Fawlty 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah seriously. Finds a horde of gold and his first thought is “lemme tell the feds about this ASAP.” What a dumb ass.

[–]chottohen 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Typical