;)
i'll bet that house sales fast.or a few more 'cousins' show up.
kinda pisses you off about the irs though
;D
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$7 million in gold found in dead Nevada man's home
By Isolde Raftery, NBC News
When Walter Samaszko Jr. died at his home in Carson City, Nev., he had $200 in a bank account. But as officials later discovered, Samaszko had about $7 million stored neatly around his home, the Nevada Appeal reported.
In late June, neighbors called authorities because of a smell emanating from Samaszko's home. He was a recluse who had told them he hated the government and feared getting shots, but still, it had been a while since they had seen him, according to the Appeal.
According to the coroner, Samaszko, 69, had been dead for at least a month. He died of heart problems, the Las Vegas Sun reported.
In came the cleanup crews, which discovered boxes of gold in the garage.
"At that point, we took the house apart," said Carson City clerk-recorder Alan Glover.
They found gold coins and bullion, tiny dos-pesos, $20 gold pieces, Austrian ducats, Kruggerrands and English Sovereigns dating to the 1840s – enough gold to fill two wheelbarrows.
Samaszko and his mother had lived in the three-bedroom home since the 1970s, which is around the time they started collecting gold. Glover told the Appeal that the two kept detailed records of the gold they had purchased.
As for who can lay claim to the riches -- Glover said the Internal Revenue Service will take a sizable amount in taxes -- about $750,000 -- and that the rest will likely go to a first cousin, a substitute teacher in San Rafael, Calif., who is Samaszko's only relative as far as authorities can tell.
The Las Vegas Sun reported that Glover's office found her using a list of people who had attended Samaszko's mother's funeral.
Samaszko's home is currently for sale for $105,000.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/17/13921601-7-million-in-gold-found-in-dead-nevada-mans-home?lite
I wonder if he was anywhere near Vegas. Z is not on, maybe his out and about with his metal dectector. :)
At least it heartening to hear the plan to pass on the balance
less taxes to the family. Quite unlike many other stories involving
gold that is.
I love the part about how he had 200.00 dollars in his
bank account! ;D
My best wishes to the cousin.
Quote from: biggles on September 18, 2012, 03:56:24 AM
I wonder if he was anywhere near Vegas. Z is not on, maybe his out and about with his metal dectector. :)
Biggles... LOL, Zorgon with his detector! :)
Carson City is up by Lake Tahoe. A true pity that the IRS should even get one cent; double taxation, a crime! But there is good news, a substitute teacher is going to be real happy... of course, then she will get taxed for the inheritance, making it a Trifecta of taxation.
Quote from: Primus58 on September 18, 2012, 04:22:26 AM
Biggles... LOL, Zorgon with his detector! :)
Carson City is up by Lake Tahoe. A true pity that the IRS should even get one cent; double taxation, a crime! But there is good news, a substitute teacher is going to be real happy... of course, then she will get taxed for the inheritance, making it a Trifecta of taxation.
Wearing his medieval clothes with his crown with his arm out detecting with his detector. Serious look on his face. ;)
Zorgon does not haz a detector :(
Only use my nose :D