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    Gold thief

    Police: Thief stole 86 lb. bucket of gold flakes worth $1.6M



    86 pounds gold flake stolen

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    Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
    If this was not an inside job with prior knowledge of what was in the pail bet the thief had a big surprise when he opened the pail.

    Who would be dumb enough to ship 86 lbs of gold using regular freight over say Brinks who use armed guards.

    Something very fishy about the shipment, was it insured and did the pail really contain gold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alloy2 View Post
    If this was not an inside job with prior knowledge of what was in the pail bet the thief had a big surprise when he opened the pail.

    Who would be dumb enough to ship 86 lbs of gold using regular freight over say Brinks who use armed guards.

    Something very fishy about the shipment, was it insured and did the pail really contain gold.
    I don't know how "fluffy" gold flake is, but I think buckets the size of which was stolen would weigh more than 86 lbs. My five gallon buckets of stripped copper wire or windings usually weigh 50 - 60 lbs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Otto View Post
    I don't know how "fluffy" gold flake is, but I think buckets the size of which was stolen would weigh more than 86 lbs. My five gallon buckets of stripped copper wire or windings usually weigh 50 - 60 lbs.
    Good thought Otto your absolutely right as gold has a specific gravity much greater than copper and your bang on with the copper weight per 5 gallon pail.

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    Be careful of clickbait headlines. Most likely the bucket contained 86 lbs of material which contained a percentage of gold flakes. Im sure the value was pulled out of thin air by using the total weight of the contents of the bucket from the current spot gold value. These third rate “news” sites will print anything for clicks. I could be wrong tho.
    I can understand why it could be an interesting story. Imagine lugging around that much gold…

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    IT TAKES A LOT OF GOLD FLAKES TO FILL A 5 GL BUCKET. OLD FLAKES ARE SURPRISINGLY FLUFFY REMEMBER THEY ARE ONLY 30 MICRONS THICK AT BEST. sOUNDS LIKE AN INSURENCE SCAM TO ME
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    I had gold flakes until I started using head and shoulders

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    It's just weird.

    Quote:

    NEW YORK — Police in New York City are looking for a quick-thinking thief who stole an 86-pound bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million off an armored truck in Manhattan.

    The unidentified thief swiped the 5-gallon metal bucket off the back of the vehicle on Sept. 29 when a guard briefly went to the truck's cab to reportedly retrieve his cellphone.


    The story says it was an armored truck but in the video it looks more like a common carrier freight truck with a lift gate. Normally, there would be at least two guards with an armored vehicle. One would be on point.

    The details don't match up so i'm inclined to call bull on this one. You can see on the video that something happened but there's no way of knowing exactly what.


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