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There are the lucky ones, where luck falls unexpectedly. Among these was a resident of the UK Nick Mead, who randomly discovered in the fuel tank of the Soviet tank, which he bought for his collection on eBay, five gold bars. And the funny thing about this story is that the previous owner did not find them, even if engaged in the restoration of this rarity.
Just imagine, at a price of $ 37 thousand tanks, finding Nick was estimated at $ 2.5 million. Under assumptions of experts, the gold in such an unusual place could be because of the Iraqi soldiers who practiced looting in 1990, during the invasion of Kuwait. The T-54 was not the first purchase - the number of its collection of military equipment reaches approximately 150 units.
As mentioned earlier, the previous owner - Joe Hughes - restored the tank - he worked on the engine, switched tracks, but the hidden wealth and have not found. After working on the machine, he decided to sell the equipment at auction, where he bought a Nick, set in motion the money raised from the sale of trucks and self-propelled guns Abbot.
After securing to its collection a new technique, and his mechanic Nick Todd Chamberlain decided to explore every nook and cranny in order to remove all the bullets and ammunition that may be in it. While cleaning them were seized ammunition for machine guns and... 5 kg of gold, which they did not expect to find.
Picture T-72 tank on a road near Baghdad, was made in 2003, before the invasion of Kuwait. Most military equipment Saddam Hussein eventually remained in the range of Kuwait after the liberation of the city by US and British troops in 1991.
After the discovery of wealth, fortune pets to the police because We had no idea what to do with such a finding. As recognized by Nick himself in an interview, "You can not just go to the bank with 5 bars of gold and exchange them for money."
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Specialists could not determine the exact history of how the tank was born, however, a thorough research has shown that this is the original T-54, and its exact copy, assembled in China, which is marked "Type 69". It was built in the '80s and the total mileage of 2425 km. The first buyer of the T-54 was a self-taught mechanic, who practiced the restoration of military equipment for the restoration of his purchase, he spent some seven years. Now auctions, these tanks are in the region of £ 10,000 - 60,000.
As a result, all the gold bars found Nick were seized by the police, the man was given a receipt for their temporary confiscation. Now the authorities in Britain have been negotiating with Kuwait and find out, is not whether these ingots stolen 90th August.
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