The haul was sent to Britain's Treasury department.

In Massachusetts somebody found an abandoned safe with over $100,000 inside. Lawyers lined up with plausible and implausible claims for the money. The judge ruled the state got to keep it.

FTA: Their owners could not be traced, so Bank of England officials used a drill to break open the boxes. They found jewelry, gold and even master tapes by British bands Joy Division and New Order.

Seems like the owners of the latter should be fairly easy to find.

Seems like if he bought the building, he's the owner of the contents left abandoned at the building.

If I found saftey deposit boxes in my building, anyone would be the last people I'd tell.

doglover: If I found saftey deposit boxes in my building, anyone would be the last people I'd tell.

especially if you were already setting up a cash-based business like a restaurant that you could slowly funnel your new found gains through.

doglover: If I found saftey deposit boxes in my building, anyone would be the last people I'd tell.

Right, but I thought that it was the builders that found it.

Grables'Daughter: doglover: If I found saftey deposit boxes in my building, anyone would be the last people I'd tell.

Right, but I thought that it was the builders that found it.

don't drag the article into this.

thomps: Grables'Daughter: doglover: If I found saftey deposit boxes in my building, anyone would be the last people I'd tell.

Right, but I thought that it was the builders that found it.

don't drag the article into this.

/puts head down

Sorry.

*safe* deposit box

not "safety"

*safe*

ZAZ: The haul was sent to Britain's Treasury department.

In Massachusetts somebody found an abandoned safe with over $100,000 inside. Lawyers lined up with plausible and implausible claims for the money. The judge ruled the state got to keep it.

This is why you don't report to the government anything that you find, otherwise they'll keep it for themselves. Whoever is in power makes the final decision, so who did you THINK was going to get the money?

/finders keepers b*tches!

MadAzza: *safe* deposit box

not "safety"

*safe*

Good point.

/have to go find and ATM machine.

Oh great, one more reason not to like him.

Odd Bird: MadAzza: *safe* deposit box

not "safety"

*safe*

word

What IS the *safe* word?

Grables'Daughter: Odd Bird: MadAzza: *safe* deposit box

not "safety"

*safe*

word

What IS the *safe* word?

In my case? Usually a muffled scream.

labman: Seems like if he bought the building, he's the owner of the contents left abandoned at the building.

As anyone who has had to sit through a hellish 1L Property Law class can tell you, that would depend entirely on whether the property was "abandoned", or merely "mislaid" by it's proper owner. And then Britian adds additional wonky laws about treasure hordes being property of The Crown, but money found in burial mounds and the like being property of the finder with a "first right of refusal" buyout by the British museum or somesuch.

Odd Bird: Grables'Daughter: Odd Bird: MadAzza: *safe* deposit box

not "safety"

*safe*

word

What IS the *safe* word?

Lady's choice; pick something you wont forget and can utter while under duress.

Dammit, Odd Bird's here, and I have to head off to work.

Blueberry pancakes.

sendbillmoney: Magorn: labman: Seems like if he bought the building, he's the owner of the contents left abandoned at the building.

As anyone who has had to sit through a hellish 1L Property Law class can tell you, that would depend entirely on whether the property was "abandoned", or merely "mislaid" by it's proper owner. And then Britian adds additional wonky laws about treasure hordes being property of The Crown, but money found in burial mounds and the like being property of the finder with a "first right of refusal" buyout by the British museum or somesuch.

Treasure trove, not hordes? Asking, not being snooty.

Correct "trove" is the actual legal term of art. Apparently the rule works like this: If the treasure was buried with the intention of digging it back up again someday, then it's a trove and it presumptively belongs to the crown (justified as being for back taxes or, just because they arethe monarch and they make the bloody rules) if on the other hand you buried it with then intention it stay buried, then it's not a trove and belongs to owner of the land, or the finder, or split 50/50 between the two. However the British Museum basically gets to figure out what the fair market value of the treasure is and write you a check and take possession of the actual items if they so choose..

Bladel: FTA: Their owners could not be traced, so Bank of England officials used a drill to break open the boxes. They found jewelry, gold and even master tapes by British bands Joy Division and New Order.

Seems like the owners of the latter should be fairly easy to find.

Ian Curtis especially. He hasn't changed his address for years.

I certainly would contact the local authorities so the could haul it away.
If I were to keep it, I definitely pay the taxes on it.
I would try and locate the true owners and return the merchandise.

1) All of the above is true.
2) Some of the above is true.
3) None of the above is true.

Correct answer is: