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QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« on: August 22, 2011, 05:46:47 PM »
Sunken Treasue sparks legal fight:

http://news.yahoo.com/sunken-treasure-sparks-legal-tussle-225751864.html


But from the article we get the Quote of the Day:
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If nothing else, the story is a cautionary one for potential investors. If you are ever tempted to invest in sunken treasure, says Robert Marx, a treasure salvor in Florida, there's just one thing to do.

"Take all your money you would invest, in banknotes, and go out on a boat with a bunch of naked chicks," Marx said. "Take a whole bunch of booze and have a party. And when the wind starts blowing get the money and throw it in the air and let it blow into the sea."
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Re: QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2011, 12:29:20 AM »
I was hoping the QOTD would be more like "Finders keepers, loosers weepers - nah nah."
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Re: QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 03:27:15 AM »
Quote from: sumpnz on August 23, 2011, 12:29:20 AM
I was hoping the QOTD would be more like "Finders keepers, loosers weepers - nah nah."

It is, if you keep your mouth shut.  Tell anybody about it and everybody will be piling on to claim a share of it - usually enough to add up to about 150% of the low-end estimated value.

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Re: QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2011, 09:06:49 AM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on August 23, 2011, 03:27:15 AM
It is, if you keep your mouth shut.
Always thought that was the #1 rule if you find anything of value, be it a sunken treasure ship or an unmarked paper bag full of money.

As for "investment opportunities" in sunken treasure . . . I'm reminded of the old Mel Brooks movie The Producers, in which a couple of guys devise a scam that involves selling 50% shares in a Broadway play to dozens of investors, figuring that if the play flops, they could just keep the investments and not have to pay any profits. So they deliberately tried to make a play - a musical, actually - that would fail. (Didn't work out quite the way they wanted . . .  ;)  ) 
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Re: QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2011, 10:22:01 AM »
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If nothing else, the story is a cautionary one for potential investors. If you are ever tempted to invest in sunken treasure, says Robert Marx, a treasure salvor in Florida, there's just one thing to do.

"Take all your money you would invest, in banknotes, and go out on a boat with a bunch of naked chicks," Marx said. "Take a whole bunch of booze and have a party. And when the wind starts blowing get the money and throw it in the air and let it blow into the sea."
 



Hell after getting the boat, naked chicks and booze I don't know that there would be any money left to blow into the sea.
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Re: QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2011, 06:30:54 PM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on August 23, 2011, 10:22:01 AM



Hell after getting the boat, naked chicks and booze I don't know that there would be any money left to blow into the sea.

I would have stopped at naked chicks and booze. 
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Re: QOTD- Sunken Treasure dispute resolved in Delaware
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2011, 08:51:04 PM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on August 23, 2011, 10:22:01 AM



Hell after getting the boat, naked chicks and booze I don't know that there would be any money left to blow into the sea.

Who cares?   =D
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