$4.8M gold heist

mitch · Mar 3, 2015

if anybody is wondering, i had nothing to do with this, so don't be calling me looking for some gold cheap. but if i find it, one of them bars is gonna go unreported...

http://news.yahoo.com/4-million-gold-stolen-truck-north-carolina-171614803.html

MrBrendan · Mar 3, 2015

Just one? You're low maintenance.

dlilazteca · Mar 3, 2015

50,000 reward for a 4.8 million, they must not want that gold back. Insurance agency should offer more.

monk · Mar 3, 2015

i got it. i aint selling it till the price comes down. heck, i aint greedy !

BKJ · Mar 3, 2015

mitch said:
if anybody is wondering, i had nothing to do with this, so don't be calling me looking for some gold cheap. but if i find it, one of them bars is gonna go unreported...

I've noticed all the gold inlays you've been doing lately... just saying!

Roger Bleile · Mar 3, 2015

Something is very fishy! The truck just happens to break down on an isolated stretch of highway and the robbers just happen to be there when the truck pulls over, then somehow the guards open the doors without a fight. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to smell an inside job.

Crazy Horse · Mar 3, 2015

Roger. it may have been a bathroom stop. ;~)

monk · Mar 4, 2015

BKJ said:
I've noticed all the gold inlays you've been doing lately... just saying!

the truth is-- iv'e done very little inlay work. i have never done any in gold. if i thought my cutting was good enough to justify doing more inlay, i'd surely be doing it.

monk · Mar 4, 2015

Roger Bleile said:
Something is very fishy! The truck just happens to break down on an isolated stretch of highway and the robbers just happen to be there when the truck pulls over, then somehow the guards open the doors without a fight. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to smell an inside job.

you're quite right about that. considering there's lots of folks out there that will whack a person for a mere wallet or purse. all that gold ?? what sort of planning there ? i've done some dangerous work in my younger days, but back then i wouldn't even consider having a job handling all that cash or shiney stuff.

monk · Mar 4, 2015

Crazy Horse said:
Roger. it may have been a bathroom stop. ;~)

perhaps the worlds' most expensive nature call ?

take-down · Mar 4, 2015

How on earth would you cash it in though
Spend the rest of your life making gold chains and selling them to the gold buyers?

Crazy Horse · Mar 4, 2015

take-down said:
How on earth would you cash it in though
Spend the rest of your life making gold chains and selling them to the gold buyers?

Black market. With the right connections you could get maybe 30 cents on the dollar. Then there's the foreign black market. Lots of rebel outfits might be willing to deal with you.

I tend to believe that the dudes who pulled off this job did it with inside help which is going to be their downfall. No one in the legitimate jewelry business (trade) is gonna touch ano of that hot gold. Too many law enforcement guys watching every gold transaction.

Idaho Flint · Mar 4, 2015

All that gold is going to make on heck of an inlay job.

Gargoyle · Mar 7, 2015

not necessarily an inside job. Magnet stick something to the trans or drive train, wait till it's nearing the remote area, remotely set off the magnet device- cause a transmission leak or damaged brake line or something. Vehicle will pull over, guard gets out to check the problem. Jump them. Remove the magnet device to eliminate evidence.

Hollywood does stuff like that all the time in the movies.

Idaho Flint · Mar 9, 2015

Gargoyle, are you trying to tell us something? Sounds like you have done this before.... So do you have some gold for sale cheap?

Mike

dlilazteca · Mar 9, 2015

MacGyver could have pulled this off with a stick of gum and the aluminum wrapper

Saludos,
Carlos

SamW · Mar 9, 2015

Am I correct that this is about 280 pounds of gold? Not that large of a stack!

DKanger · Mar 9, 2015

How on earth would you cash it in though

Move to Alaska and get a gold claim.
Melt it down into smaller, rough ingots.
Take it into town once a month and sell off small quantities.
Might take a couple of seasons. Enjoy your Alaskan vacation while you're there.

Big-Un · Mar 10, 2015

It happened in Wilson County, North Carolina, and made me wonder, is this how David is financing Ken's Engrave-In?

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