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there's a Polish joke waiting to be born hereIf this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
they are so excited over their discovery they are going to take the gold home and have it bronzed.there's a Polish joke waiting to be born hereIf this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
The Polish guy thinks the German dude is trying to kill him and steal his share of the gold. He found a bottle that the German guy's wife was carrying labeled Polish Remover.two men, one a Pole and one a German, say they know the location of a heavily armored Nazi train that was rumored to be hidden away in a tunnel during the dying days of the Second World War—a train that could contain upwards of 300 tons of gold.
Maybe they completely destroyed the tracks that led to the secret Nazi train tunnel?If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
they are so excited over their discovery they are going to take the gold home and have it bronzed.there's a Polish joke waiting to be born hereIf this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
An error occurredYou have reached your quota of positive votes for the daythey are so excited over their discovery they are going to take the gold home and have it bronzed.there's a Polish joke waiting to be born hereIf this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
That's exactly what I was thinking.Al Capone's vaults all over again?
300 tons of gold is worth about ten billion dollars. Maybe there's some nice art down there too, but not that nice.The gold might be the least valuable thing on the train.
only if the trains ran on time.If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
You two...always with the negative vibes, man.That's exactly what I was thinking.Al Capone's vaults all over again?
$10,000,000.00.Pawn stars
Yeah, I would hate to find a trainload of gold right now. The timing really couldn't be worse.Horrible time to cash in gold.
They couldn't find this a few years ago?
one of the articles says ze germans did a lot of undocumented digging up mines in those mountains as well- with rumors that the mines have treasures too (I think that terrible movie, Monument Men, involved this story-line?)The track network in question was hastily built during WWII by the Germans. It was not fully documented, at least, in documents that survive (maps/plans) from inside Nazi Germany. It's not like the rail network would have shown up on a contemporary map of the town. Parts of it may never have been documented, or, quickly assembled then disassembled to be reused elsewhere (lay down temporary tracks as a spur from the main line to hide some train cars in an old mine tunnel, then pull up the temporary tracks and use them somewhere else/melt them for bullets... if Germany wins, rebuild the tracks later).If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
+ 1 for the Donald Sutherland refYou two...always with the negative vibes, man.That's exactly what I was thinking.Al Capone's vaults all over again?
Merkers Mine was where they kept most of the central bank gold and other plundered loot. What makes me a little skeptical of the 300 Tons number for the train find is the comment that Merkers' storage "amounted to nearly 250 tons [of gold]." That means that this one train (had to be multiple cars) holds more than what was reported to be "...the entire reserve of the Reichsbank in Berlin"one of the articles says ze germans did a lot of undocumented digging up mines in those mountains as well- with rumors that the mines have treasures too (I think that terrible movie, Monument Men, involved this story-line?)The track network in question was hastily built during WWII by the Germans. It was not fully documented, at least, in documents that survive (maps/plans) from inside Nazi Germany. It's not like the rail network would have shown up on a contemporary map of the town. Parts of it may never have been documented, or, quickly assembled then disassembled to be reused elsewhere (lay down temporary tracks as a spur from the main line to hide some train cars in an old mine tunnel, then pull up the temporary tracks and use them somewhere else/melt them for bullets... if Germany wins, rebuild the tracks later).If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
It's a lot of gold. It's gonna sit on the shelf for a long time. A long time. Plus, I don't ever buy Nazi stuff so I'm gonna have to pass. I won't even make an offer. Thanks for coming in.mquinnjr said:$10,000,000.00.Can't go any higher due to this being pure speculation.belljr said:Pawn stars
Ditkaless Wonders said:What a treasure trove this could be, if true. Forget for a moment the gold, but there could be missing art, jewels, and examples of weapons, and Potentially documents as well. The gold might be the least valuable thing on the train.
Why did everybody hate that movie so much? I didn't think it was great, but it wasn't that bad.El Floppo said:one of the articles says ze germans did a lot of undocumented digging up mines in those mountains as well- with rumors that the mines have treasures too (I think that terrible movie, Monument Men, involved this story-line?)Walking Boot said:The track network in question was hastily built during WWII by the Germans. It was not fully documented, at least, in documents that survive (maps/plans) from inside Nazi Germany. It's not like the rail network would have shown up on a contemporary map of the town. Parts of it may never have been documented, or, quickly assembled then disassembled to be reused elsewhere (lay down temporary tracks as a spur from the main line to hide some train cars in an old mine tunnel, then pull up the temporary tracks and use them somewhere else/melt them for bullets... if Germany wins, rebuild the tracks later).Scoresman said:If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
CBusAlex said:300 tons of gold is worth about ten billion dollars. Maybe there's some nice art down there too, but not that nice.Ditkaless Wonders said:The gold might be the least valuable thing on the train.
It was terrible.Why did everybody hate that movie so much? I didn't think it was great, but it wasn't that bad.El Floppo said:one of the articles says ze germans did a lot of undocumented digging up mines in those mountains as well- with rumors that the mines have treasures too (I think that terrible movie, Monument Men, involved this story-line?)Walking Boot said:The track network in question was hastily built during WWII by the Germans. It was not fully documented, at least, in documents that survive (maps/plans) from inside Nazi Germany. It's not like the rail network would have shown up on a contemporary map of the town. Parts of it may never have been documented, or, quickly assembled then disassembled to be reused elsewhere (lay down temporary tracks as a spur from the main line to hide some train cars in an old mine tunnel, then pull up the temporary tracks and use them somewhere else/melt them for bullets... if Germany wins, rebuild the tracks later).Scoresman said:If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
I, for one, am happy you were able to overcome your disability and figure out how to register here.Enough with the facts. Back to your regularly scheduled Polack jokes.
I'm 1/2 Polish btw. I know, I know, big surprise...
It was bad.Why did everybody hate that movie so much? I didn't think it was great, but it wasn't that bad.El Floppo said:one of the articles says ze germans did a lot of undocumented digging up mines in those mountains as well- with rumors that the mines have treasures too (I think that terrible movie, Monument Men, involved this story-line?)Walking Boot said:The track network in question was hastily built during WWII by the Germans. It was not fully documented, at least, in documents that survive (maps/plans) from inside Nazi Germany. It's not like the rail network would have shown up on a contemporary map of the town. Parts of it may never have been documented, or, quickly assembled then disassembled to be reused elsewhere (lay down temporary tracks as a spur from the main line to hide some train cars in an old mine tunnel, then pull up the temporary tracks and use them somewhere else/melt them for bullets... if Germany wins, rebuild the tracks later).Scoresman said:If this is really on a train, couldnt they have just followed the track network and eventually found it?
I would guess that the gold in question wasn't confiscated from Germans (German-Jews were stripped of everything, down to tooth fillings) but plundered from the countries they conquered.Wait, the Nazis took "several tons of gold" from the residents of a German city? How did they have tons of gold, and why would Germans steal from Germans?
Should your user name be James Daultonski?Enough with the facts. Back to your regularly scheduled Polack jokes.
I'm 1/2 Polish btw. I know, I know, big surprise...
I don't know. How do you keep a Polish man in suspense?This better be good...How do you keep a polish man in suspense?
Did you calculate that in troy ounces?300 tons of gold seems like it would be worth a helluva lot more than $1B.
Looks like it would be $8.3 billion.
DIBSThis looks like it may not be a hoax.
http://news.yahoo.com/radar-detects-object-believed-missing-nazi-gold-train-124244439.html
Polish guy stored some of his gold down there for safe keeping before making the announcementIf true, I wonder how much gold the two treasure hunters hauled out before announcing their discovery?
Since one's not Polish, I have some hope this was thought of.
I believe the radar is showing what appears to be trains with gun turrets on them which they are using to help verify the claim before actually going in.Does ground penetrating radar show gold? Is this the only evidence the treasure hunters have, or are we assuming the radar is only evidence to show local authorites that there's a train- not necessarily what's on it?