Girl Finds Gold Bar In German Lake

[Salvor6]

BERLIN – A teenager has made an unexpected find while swimming in a lake in the German Alps: a 500-gram (17.6-ounce) bar of gold.
Police said Wednesday that they are still trying to figure out where the bar comes from and how it got into the Koenigssee lake, a popular tourist destination near Berchtesgaden on the border with Austria.
The 16-year-old girl, who was on vacation, found it around 2 meters (6 ½ feet) under the surface on Friday and handed it in to police.
Divers on Tuesday carried out a thorough search of the area around where the bar was found, but didn't find any more gold or other valuables.

Here is a picture of the gold bar:

Teenager finds gold bar while swimming in lake in German Alps, police try to determine origin | Fox News#

 

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[galenrog]

This is a story from early August. There are at least two other threads regarding it. Do you have any new information?

 

[stefen]

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[GlenDronach]

A gold bar found in the water near the homes of prominent Nazis.

Wonder where that came from?

 

[Anduril]

I didn't see this article the first time around.
I hope they let the girl keep it.
$20k goes a long way towards university!!

And how likely are the police to locate the rightful owner?
Judging by the photo, I assume the serial number (assuming it originally had one) has been scraped off.

 

[grantler]

They could restore the Numbers :-) So there was no crime involved !It is still a mysteires as to who did throw away
this Goldbar ! The Girl just has to wait 6 Month ,then if nobody claims the Gold ,it`her´s !