Fuddyduddy1952
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In the county where we live buried is the Beale treasure.
Virginiaplaces.org
Geography of Virginia › beale
Beale's Brewery
Beale's Brewery › legen...
Legend of the Beale Treasure
(Bad links, but easy to look up)
Like most treasures it may be fact or fiction, but gold, silver, jewels in today's value probably worth $80-$100Mil.
What's fascinating to me is if you found it (seriously) what would you do?
If you reported it, you'd be faced with a nightmare. First, taxes I bet would be well over half. Then people would come out of the woodwork with lawyers...decendants claiming their share, "friends" asking for money. I bet it would be worse than lottery winnings.
Then, you could keep quiet...or could you? Even kept secret you'd have to get rid of it a little at a time, but how? Gold or silver bullion there are buyers, but wouldn't they get suspicious or report it? Jewels really hard to get rid of.
Even your (or family's) life could be in danger.
It seems like such a strange problem, a real roller coaster ride!
Virginiaplaces.org
Geography of Virginia › beale
Beale's Brewery
Beale's Brewery › legen...
Legend of the Beale Treasure
(Bad links, but easy to look up)
Like most treasures it may be fact or fiction, but gold, silver, jewels in today's value probably worth $80-$100Mil.
What's fascinating to me is if you found it (seriously) what would you do?
If you reported it, you'd be faced with a nightmare. First, taxes I bet would be well over half. Then people would come out of the woodwork with lawyers...decendants claiming their share, "friends" asking for money. I bet it would be worse than lottery winnings.
Then, you could keep quiet...or could you? Even kept secret you'd have to get rid of it a little at a time, but how? Gold or silver bullion there are buyers, but wouldn't they get suspicious or report it? Jewels really hard to get rid of.
Even your (or family's) life could be in danger.
It seems like such a strange problem, a real roller coaster ride!