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220lb (100kg) Gold Coin Stolen


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"A giant gold coin bearing the Queen's image, and worth $4m (£3.2m), has been stolen from a museum in Germany. The Canadian coin, nicknamed the "big maple leaf", has a face value of $1m - but because it is 100kg (220lb) of pure 24-carat gold, its value is much higher at today's price for gold bullion. It was taken during the night from the Bode Museum in Berlin."

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I'd eat humble pie if I could find one that big with anyone of my detectors. I see that being melt down to move it.

Chuck

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7 hours ago, Swifty said:

So that's what you need a 19 inch coil for ;)

 

Actually ... you only need a 2" coil or a pointer!  (Where can it 'hide?')

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I would hate to be the guy that was supposed to be guarding that thing. ?

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On ‎28‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 11:48 AM, Lunk said:

I would hate to be the guy that was supposed to be guarding that thing. ?

He can join the dole queue along with the guy who put the two scuff marks and the ding on the edges.

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