Massive Gold Hoard! Felt like Mel Fisher today!

[UnderMiner]

So last night I was cruising around the city in my truck in the freezing cold. Picking up junk every now and then at the curbs. I scored two garbage bags full of old vinyls, some boxes of household junk and a nice Italian vase - then at this big apartment building someone was tossing out everything! This is not an uncommon sight as many of the apartments are owned by very old people who live alone. So I'm guessing someone died and everything was being tossed out. All the furniture, all the pots and pans, all the small trinkets - most in black garbage bags. I tossed ten or so of the bags into the truck and called it a night.

This morning it was too cold to leave the house, so it wasn't until around 1pm that I went out and began sorting through all the junk. To make a long story short - this was the motherload of trash finds. Besides netting me a bunch of really cool antiques I scored a big gold hoard! I have never found this much gold at once ever before. The hoard consists of one large 14K gold ring, one hefty 14k gold chain-link bracelet, and one massive 18K gold bracelet. Nearly a grand of gold by weight! Combined it all weighs 30.7 grams! Holy smokes! - Argh!

The hoard:


The 14K gold ring:


The massive 18K gold bracelet (Made by the Turkish gold smith "Atasay Kuyumculuk" - "AK"):


The 14K gold bracelet:


Wearing the gold:

 

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[TheMastermind]

Wow! It amazes me that someone would throw out gold like that. Good grab, man!

 

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[treasuresalvor]

Nice score!!!

 

[fuzzy535]

great score man! i work part time for a apartment rental company, we tenants dont pay they go throughthe eviction process and most move out but they leave much stuff behind, it my job to go in and finish cleaning out. i always check couches and chairs for change, and what ever chiney stuff i can find! ill scrap most of the the pots and pans, silverware and what not, donate what furniture is still good and always check pockets! i did find a nice harely davidson jean jacket hanging behind a door once. but the only valuable jewlry i found was a tungstan ring, which was down behind the toilet.

 

[UnderMiner]

great score man! i work part time for a apartment rental company, we tenants dont pay they go throughthe eviction process and most move out but they leave much stuff behind, it my job to go in and finish cleaning out. i always check couches and chairs for change, and what ever chiney stuff i can find! ill scrap most of the the pots and pans, silverware and what not, donate what furniture is still good and always check pockets! i did find a nice harely davidson jean jacket hanging behind a door once. but the only valuable jewlry i found was a tungstan ring, which was down behind the toilet.

My Uncle was a superintendent and he would do the same thing. One time he found a WWII German Stahlhelm helmet.
Not sure if he found any significant treasures other than that.