Idaho Couple Finds buried Treasure

[willie pete]

Why can't I be so lucky?

RUPERT, Idaho - A south-central Idaho couple working on a home renovation project dug up a plastic tube filled with 18 silver bars worth nearly $47,000, then tracked down the previous home owner now living in Utah and split the treasure.

James and Brytten Sievers tell The Times-News they found the container on Oct. 29, about 4 feet down, and inside were bars of Johnson-Matthey silver worth about $2,600 apiece. The container had a 1982 date, as did newspapers wrapped around the silver. Some sleuthing found that Clint Nelson had built the home and was living in it in 1982.

James Sievers says Nelson was a business man and someone paid him in silver. Nelson buried five tubes filled with silver when prices for the metal fell, but one of the containers got left behind when he moved.

[Glass]

o-oh. Can anyone say "IRS Audit"?

[Spectrism]

And they are stupid enough to tell the world.

You have to love fools. They so willingly surrender valuables that it is very profitable to be in their proximity at the right times.

[Twisted Titan]

Talk about a God dam gift horse.........


T

[Libertytree]

What I can't fathom is mis-placing 18 bars of silver...or one for that matter.

[Trinity]

Why are these people shouting to the world about their honesty and good nature? I don't trust them.

[1970 silver art]

What I can't fathom is mis-placing 18 bars of silver...or one for that matter.


Yeah that is a lot of silver to "mis-place" IMO. I would go nuts if I mis-placed even one of my 1-oz silver art bars.

[hoarder]

Damn. I knew I was missing some 100 ounce bars. Oh, well.

[Twisted Titan]

And they are stupid enough to tell the world.

You have to love fools. They so willingly surrender valuables that it is very profitable to be in their proximity at the right times.

It is very difficult for people to keep their trap shut when something like this happens.

On the flip side you have to respect people (especially these days) that go to the trouble of tracking down the previous owner to share the loot. I would suspect 95% (myself included) of the population would have kept all that silver for themselves and went on with their lives.

Perhaps this couple are just simple and honest people. Not too many of them left anymore.



Which is exactly why they will get punished with a IRS audit and may have a few people bring a fictious lawsuit against them hoping to cash in on some that good will.


We live in a time and place where those who attempt to do good will be gutted and dined upon by the wicked and corrupt.


And that is the raw bitter truth of it.


T

[Libertytree]

Let no good deed go unpunished.

[Neuro]

What I can't fathom is mis-placing 18 bars of silver...or one for that matter.
Don't dig them down when you're stoned! ;D

[Spectrism]

And these "do-gooders" who exposed their helping hand to the world exposed the previous owner as a "silver hoarder" who needs to have an IRS audit and psychological review.

[EE_]

The day I leave behind 1,800 ounces of silver, I've either died or I had way more then I needed.
James and Brytten Sievers, (aka dumbasses) should have kept it and shut their dumbass mouths.

[midnight rambler]

The day I leave behind 1,800 ounces of silver, I've either died or I had way more then I needed.
James and Brytten Sievers, (aka dumbasses) should have kept it and shut their dumbass mouths.



The only party which benefited from them being blabbermouths was the state.

[JDRock]

Why are these people shouting to the world about their honesty and good nature? I don't trust them.


:ROFL: you cynical bastid! ....i couldnt agree more.

[ShortJohnSilver]

If they bought the home, they owned everything in it and on it. They were stupid to talk about it and should have "known the law" before they did anything.

True story: my brother bought an old warehouse, took photos when it was bought. Then couldn't find the old bookcase that he had photos of - the guy who sold the place had "cleaned the place up for him" ... it was worth about $1500 and he had to return it to my brother because the photos showed it was present in the building when the place was sold.

[Trinity]

And these "do-gooders" who exposed their helping hand to the world exposed the previous owner as a "silver hoarder" who needs to have an IRS audit and psychological review.


James Sievers says Nelson was a business man and someone paid him in silver. Nelson buried five tubes filled with silver when prices for the metal fell, but one of the containers got left behind when he moved.

Basically this Nelson guy is screwed now. All because of some nice honest self righteous people.

[midnight rambler]

And these "do-gooders" who exposed their helping hand to the world exposed the previous owner as a "silver hoarder" who needs to have an IRS audit and psychological review.


James Sievers says Nelson was a business man and someone paid him in silver. Nelson buried five tubes filled with silver when prices for the metal fell, but one of the containers got left behind when he moved.

Basically this Nelson guy is screwed now. All because of some nice honest self righteous people.


Only systemites would do such a thing, because it's for the greater good.

[hoarder]

This little episode demonstrates that decent, naive and innocent people do not fit into the modern ZOG world they live in. I don't blame them. I can't hate people for being naive and innocent.

[Trinity]

I can't hate people for being naive and innocent. Suit yourself but how do you know these people are naive and innocent? I do not know them so I can't make that assumption. For all I know this Sievers character might work for the government installing surveillance cameras at street intersections. I'm going to make the assumption he is not innocent but instead looking to buy a stairway to heaven.

[hoarder]

I can't hate people for being naive and innocent. Suit yourself but how do you know these people are naive and innocent? I do not know them so I can't make that assumption. For all I know this Sievers character might work for the government installing surveillance cameras at street intersections. I'm going to make the assumption he is not innocent but instead looking to buy a stairway to heaven.
If he had poor character I think he would have just kept the silver. I just don't see this as a character issue, low intellect probably.

[Jersey Thursday]

Sounds like Nelson should have kept quiet also.


Nelson buried five tubes filled with silver when prices for the metal fell...
The only one that would know how many original tubes there were was Nelson. Why wouldn’t he just say there was just the one tube and he forgot where he buried it?

[Trinity]

I can't hate people for being naive and innocent. Suit yourself but how do you know these people are naive and innocent? I do not know them so I can't make that assumption. For all I know this Sievers character might work for the government installing surveillance cameras at street intersections. I'm going to make the assumption he is not innocent but instead looking to buy a stairway to heaven.
If he had poor character I think he would have just kept the silver. I just don't see this as a character issue, low intellect probably.


hoarder, I'm just wondering why this guy went to the newspaper with the story. If I found this Silver and I knew the previous owner was a good guy I would have given it back to him but would not have called a newspaper and told them about my good deed. That makes me suspicious. IMHO

[hoarder]

Sounds like Nelson should have kept quiet also.


Nelson buried five tubes filled with silver when prices for the metal fell...
The only one that would know how many original tubes there were was Nelson. Why wouldn’t he just say there was just the one tube and he forgot where he buried it?
Maybe he was innocent and naive, too. He might have claimed all the original silver as income. Maybe it was offset by so many expenditures that there was no significant tax burden anyway.
Or maybe he's just stupid...

Lotta maybe's

[hoarder]

hoarder, I'm just wondering why this guy went to the newspaper with the story. If I found this Silver and I knew the previous owner was a good guy I would have given it back to him but would not have called a newspaper and told them about my good deed. That makes me suspicious. IMHO
Good point. Glory grabber = character flaw.

[willie pete]

doesn't seem like you would forget one (a tube) or remember how many you buried ...I guess he spread them around and forgot...I'd have a map :D

[Trinity]

If I knew the guy was an arse I would have kept the stash, = character flaw. ;D

[Uncle Salty]

And now the rest of the story:

The container had a 1982 date, as did newspapers wrapped around the silver. Some sleuthing found that Clint Nelson had built the home and was living in it in 1982, but had moved to Utah. James Sievers called him.

"I said, 'I found something in the backyard when I was digging around and I think it's yours,'" Sievers said.

The couple said that when Nelson realized they wanted to return the bars to him, Nelson said his faith in humanity had been restored. He also told them to keep the silver, they didn't owe him anything.

"So I'm doing the chicken dance again," James Sievers said. "But 30 minutes later I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to split it with him."

So last weekend the Sievers packed all the silver - in case Nelson decided he wanted it all - and drove to Utah.

"What a decision to be faced with," James Sievers said. "I could have just kept my mouth shut."

But Nelson only accepted half.

"Clint was a businessman and he said someone had paid him in silver," James Sievers said. "Apparently the bottom had fallen out of silver and he buried it because he was tired of looking at it. He said at one time there were five tubes buried back there and that one just got left behind."

Instead of reburying the silver, the Sievers said they opted for a safety-deposit box.


Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/11/06/1407679/south-idaho-couple-find-buried.html#ixzz14enRXnff

[Uncle Salty]

So, the original owner said keep it. But the people who found it decided they only wanted half.

Seems like two good people if you ask me. Both were not greedy about it.

Yeah, the press found out somehow and now the government will probably get their mitts on it, but overall, it's a story about decent people trying to do the right thing. Nothing wrong with that.

If you can't see goodness in this story, you need help.

[Trinity]

If you can't see goodness in this story, you need help.

Of course it's a good story. It should also be just between them. I don't get the "hey honey lets call the news people about this" part.

[hoarder]

Some people do not have the capacity to keep a secret. It would eat them alive if they tried. If Sievers had a clue he would hate the media and IRS and either kept the silver or gave it back discreetly.
I think a lot of honest decent people live in a world that should be rather than the real world that's corrupt.

[etc]

What I wonder is how many cases like that happen and you never hear about it, because, well, they keep quiet. 9 times out 10 I guess?

[cedarchopper]

Unless otherwise agreed to, mineral rights go with the property. I would never give up any treasure I found on my property.

[Uncle Salty]

If you can't see goodness in this story, you need help.

Of course it's a good story. It should also be just between them. I don't get the "hey honey lets call the news people about this" part.


I agree that is should be kept secret, but who know how the story leaked?

These are good people. I doubt they are paranoid hoarding apocalypse doom porn preppers like many here on GSUS.

It's just nice to see goodness in a sea of corruption, greed, and deception that we get from our political and financial leaders.

[Jersey Thursday]

Silver spot price
June, 1982 $4.98. 1,800 oz. = $4,980
Nov, 2010 $26.80 . 1,800 oz. = $48,240
968.67% increase

The guy that paid Nelson in silver has to be feeling good about the whole thing.

[Hatha Sunahara]

Jersey Thursday 1800 oz silver at 4.98/oz is worth $8,964. It's only 500% appreciation, but I think the dollar has lost most of that value, so the silver keeps everything steady. Still, back in 1982, $9000 was a lot of money.

Hatha

[Jersey Thursday]

Jersey Thursday 1800 oz silver at 4.98/oz is worth $8,964. It's only 500% appreciation, but I think the dollar has lost most of that value, so the silver keeps everything steady. Still, back in 1982, $9000 was a lot of money.

Hatha


You are correct, sir. I should have gone to bed earlier.
And yes, $9K was a lot in 1982. There were 4 additional tubes in addition to the one that was left behind.
Somebody owed Nelson some serious dough.