Skrimpy
Bronze Member
Gold Seeker said:...which begs the question...
What is the point of discovering a huge cache like this if you are going to be paranoid that the govt is going to be breathing down your back?
I don't mean to scare anyone away, but what would be the point of discovering a large cache when you aren't even free to disperse it how you see fit?? "You" do all the legwork, "you" do all the reasearch, "you" put in your blood and sweat, the "they" end up taking most, if not all, of it. How is THAT freedom?
Sorry -- maybe this should have gone in the "Personal Rants" area....
As should have mine about the two rent-a-cops bugging that menace to society metal detectorist Ian yesterday in SC...but hey, pet peaves. The solution is if you find something like this...zip the lips, bury it in the back yard and sell it off a little at a time to pay off your debt, your mortgage etc. and change your lifestyle slowly. If you don't realize a large sum there isn't anything to tax. If you only sell one gold coin the government doesn't care. Or, if you can get someone to take gold as payment then so be it! You can pay someone in chickens if you want. As long as they accept it. The ONLY thing that is really worth money is the gold that backs it up. The rest is just "Legal tender" for use in public or private transaction, but does NOT have to be accepted as payment. So pay in gold!