Quote Originally Posted by BurlyGuys View Post
Does that make me a crook? Am I going to get banned from the forum?
No on both counts. While I have gone to great extents to return valuables that were lost to people (wedding rings and class rings that I found with my metal detector), The chance of this stash having an owner that can rightfully claim it is virtually nil in my opinion.

I do applaud the gentleman that found it for trying to find a rightful owner, but in this situation it will never happen and the press and greediness of his fellow man will be a giant pain in the butt for him.

The person that stashed that money there did not throw it away. My guess is that it was a family member who tossed it all after a loved one died. This family member and rightful heir to this stash will obviously have no clue as to the details of this stash which need to be offerred up in order to claim it. More than likely, if someone does claim it, it will be a friend of a worker at the dump that may be able to fill in some details such as the day it was dumped there, etc.

I'll say it again, many times I will try to find the rightful owner, but in this situation I would have kept my mouth shut.