What would happen if I found on a beach in Florida (land) a chest of coins?

[Jason in Enid]

Padron, just curious to know what happens in Florida if .... !!

Spain comes in and makes back-room deals with the US to steal your treasure from you, that's what happens.

 

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[JrMack]

I guess bounty is in the hand of the holder!!!!!lol the video posted of the treasure chest is the bomb---busted a gut on that one

 

[Vox veritas]

Spain comes in and makes back-room deals with the US to steal your treasure from you, that's what happens.

Jason, in Florida there are not only Spanish shipwrecks and treasures, there are also from other countries.

 

[Vox veritas]

Hello? Yes........
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Is this the Florida Division of Historical Resources?
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OK, I was walking my dog about a quarter mile north of Chuck's Steak House, and he seems to have dug up a chest full of coins.
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Well it seems most are gold, but there are a lot of silver and copper ones two.....
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I have not really counted them, there's a whole lot of them....
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No, I couldn't really get them all out of the ground, The chest wasn't really holding together too well, so I loaded about four hundred pounds of them into the back of my VW bug, and now they are all sitting in the yard of my ex girlfriends house in West Melbourne.
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Oh yeah, I know exactly where the rest of it is......
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Oh probably about another 400 lbs.... yeah, give or take.
Well, its just a VW, and it was starting to bottom out. you know?.....
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Well I've been living there.
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No not with her, I mean I've been living in the VW in her yard.
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No there is no one there at all, not anymore, I used to date her in 1984
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Oh no, her family moved in 86, nobody lives there now.
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I don't know, I once looked for her on Facebook, I think she moved to Arizona.
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The HUD sticker on the front door says it last got repo'd in April 2009
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Yeah, so I just live in the car while its parked on the lawn.
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Yeah, he usually sleeps outside whenever we are there.
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Tallahasee? Isn't that like 20 minutes from Atlanta?, No, I've got two dollars to my name and maybe about 2 gallons of gas left.
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Ok, I'll hold
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Geez, you've been gone for 40 minutes, I almost fell asleep.
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Application fee? Are you S***** me?
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Well, can you mail me the forms? So how much do THEY cost?
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Geez, That's a lot, I might have to pawn some of the stuff that I'm reporting to you.
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OK, that's a little better, yeah I could probably scrape that together in about three weeks.
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Notary? Oh S***, I don't know about that
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No, I don't have a valid ID......
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Department of building and safety? Where does that come in?
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Padron. You have some concrete example (with official information) to corroborate what you say? I am very interested in knowing.

 

[Sandman]

Even if you find a single coin or ring on the beach, slip it away like it ways junk and let nobody see it.

 

[aquanut]

Hi folks.
What would happen if I found on a beach in Florida (land) a chest of coins? And I want to do things legally!
I'm sure the answer will be very interesting!

The beach is public domain. You don't have to report anything.

 

[chkn]

First of all, keep your mouth shut. Second of all, sell one at a time here or there. Third, if anyone asks, and they will, tell them it's just some old coin your grandpa gave you. Otherwise, just play fat, dumb and happy!

 

[chkn]

Okay, so I'm fat, smart and not so happy. So there! I'll trade ya. I have a neighbor who many, many years ago had a neighbor who dug up a jar of gold coins. A big jar filled with $20 gold pieces. I guess the lady was poor and raising several kids on her own and asked my neighbor what to do. My neighbor told her don't tell anyone and to just sell one at a time. When they ask, say it was just some old coin your grandpa gave you. Sure enough, the first thing they asked at the bank was where did you get this?! Play dumb and don't give out, no matter how many drinks they buy ya.

 

[Bumpstick]

Trade them for some folding money.

 

[aquanut]

Okay, so I'm fat, smart and not so happy. So there! I'll trade ya. I have a neighbor who many, many years ago had a neighbor who dug up a jar of gold coins. A big jar filled with $20 gold pieces. I guess the lady was poor and raising several kids on her own and asked my neighbor what to do. My neighbor told her don't tell anyone and to just sell one at a time. When they ask, say it was just some old coin your grandpa gave you. Sure enough, the first thing they asked at the bank was where did you get this?! Play dumb and don't give out, no matter how many drinks they buy ya.

The bank is NOT the place to take them!

 

[TheHarleyMan2]

Hi folks.
What would happen if I found on a beach in Florida (land) a chest of coins? And I want to do things legally!
I'm sure the answer will be very interesting!

Call me and I will help you recover them under the darkness of the night and I will help you sell them off one at a time!

 

[clv]

Me and my shovel are ready to help you out. We can just sell them off a few at a time. Then again I do know a few collectors who only ask how much!

 

[sushidingo]

 

[Curtis]

sell the coins on ebay one at a time over several months....go to coin dealers in several cities and sell them one or two...if they are rare then send several people you trust out at the same time to several cities and sell them on the dame day--rare coins will depreciate more if collectors know there are several of them and it will happen in hours.

 

[streetshark1966]

state o florida will take. most of the east and southern coast you not even allowed to keep any thin older then 50 years old so shut your mouth mouth sit on your spot till after dark and no one is around and remove it then

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Loose lips sink ships, or in this case treasure chest.

 

[G.I.B.]

Give me a call, I'd be happy to help.

Oh, and the ether soaked rag is for coin cleaning.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Give me a call, I'd be happy to help.

Oh, and the ether soaked rag is for coin cleaning.

Does this rag smell like chloroform to you? LOL

 

[ARC]

Give me a call, I'd be happy to help.

Oh, and the ether soaked rag is for coin cleaning.

LOL... heh GIB.

 

[Doubter in MD]

Hi folks.
What would happen if I found on a beach in Florida (land) a chest of coins? And I want to do things legally!
I'm sure the answer will be very interesting!

If you do things "legally" you will likely be screwed out of everything. The laws being passed and the court decisions being made regarding found treasure are frankly disgusting.

If you hypothetically found it on private land that you were given permission to search I hope you made an agreement up front.

I hope your situation is more than hypothetical and I hope you slowly become rich by discreetly selling off your finds to a lot of different coin shops over the next several years.