A New York couple made a highly unusual discovery in a pond in the metropolis. While magnet fishing, Barbara Agostini and James Kane found approximately 100,000 dollars (almost 92,000 euros) in banknotes in a rusty and completely muddy safe.
“It was kind of surreal,” Agostini said. “At first I thought it was a joke.” The two magnetic fishermen had often found safes in ponds, lakes and other water masses in New York, but never with such a content. Kane kon zijn ogen niet geloven toen hij de natte en beschadigde stapels geld zag, bij elkaar gehouden door elastiekjes.
I’ve taken bundles of money to the police
De eerste afbeeldingen en video’s van de vondst werden gepubliceerd in onlinediensten en lokale media. The two took their find to the New York Police Department (NYPD) to ‘stay out of any trouble’. A police spokesperson confirmed that in principle ‘any discovery of money worth ten dollars or more should be reported to the police’.
A couple wants to convert their find into cash
Vanwege de voortschrijdende verslechtering van het geld konden de authenticiteit en waarde van de bankbiljetten echter niet definitief worden opgehelderd. The couple now wants to take their find to the Treasury Department in Washington so they can convert it into cash.
Source: Krone
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