How do you just lose a gold brick?
Babul and his apprentice, Dean Materi, were in the process of renovating a bathroom and had just ripped out the bathtub when they happened across it.
"Lo and behold, there was a gold bar sitting there," said Babul.
Neither of them initially recognized the one-kilogram, stamped brick of gold worth more than $50,000 for what it was, and the gold treasure nearly ended up in the dump, he said.
"Who stores gold bars underneath their tub, right? Kinda crazy."
It was an amazing find, but not one for him to keep.
As per company policy, though not without a small degree of hesitation, Babul returned the treasure to the owners of the house.
"My wife and I had a long chat about that. I said to my wife, 'I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's the right thing to do.'"
The owners, who had lost track of the brick's whereabouts, were understandably delighted, said Babul.
6 Oct ’15
A friend of my Dad's bought a locked tool box at a huge garage sale (family was selling everything and retiring to Florida). This was in 75, he paid $5 for the locked tool box and it was obvious there was something in it. He got home, cut the lock it was half full of real silver dollars and bundles of small bills. He took it back to the guy...who said he had forgotten all about it and gladly took it back...never offered the guy a 'reward' or returned the money for the tool box; but he did ask if he still had the lock...my Dads buddy was about doing the right thing and not looking for anything, but asking for the lock back...really!?!?
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