If you found a bag of money in the woods...

[chinwag.choker]

Let's say you were walking along a hiking trail with your dog and he runs off-track down a small dirt path that is really no more than beaten-down grass and you chase after him and find him digging at a plastic bag half exposed from our heavy downpours recently. Say, you pulled the bag out and inside was a clear plastic film containing hundreds of thousands of dollars of the old paper money which you count later, mainly in fifty dollar notes. Some of those big yellow notes are stained or ripped but most are in ok condition.

No 1, would you turn it in?

and

No 2, if you kept it, what on earth to do with it? Do banks still exchange old paper notes? Even if you only changed a few at a time and used different banks and branches, isn't there some kind of national register and wouldn't there be an alert at a sudden influx of old paper money?

What would you do?

[catsnknots]

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@chinwag.choker wrote: 

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If it was proceeds of crime, such as a bank hold-up, couldn't the serial numbers be traced to the event? I doubt very much the police would let me keep it although the bank might give me a reward.

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If it was a bank hold up then the money should be returned...

I am a big believer in stuff holding negavie energy... 

But if it was a bank hold up stash then they would not have the serial numbers.. they don't copy the serial numbers of every note that goes through the bank... 

[joz*garage]

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@chinwag.choker wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@chinwag.choker wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

Joz, are you saying you would keep it if it was a bag of new money?

sure would

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What would you do with it? I mean, say there's $224,000 in fifty dollar notes, would you set up five different bank accounts and once a week make a deposit of $1-2,000 so that in a few years the money could be used legitimately? Or would you just waste the money on electrical goods, bottles of wine, meals and overnight stays at luxury hotels etc...

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nah i wouldnt waste it thats for sure, i would spend it on stuff thats unaccountable, ciggies, petrol, home and car improvements/maintenance, stuff that i need, you know.. clothes etc, upgrades on some luxeries items ... toys

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That's wasting it, joz.

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depends on how you look at it

i mean handing it in hoping its not claimed, is there any guarantees of recieving newer notes back yourself? nope

so i could easily filter it into my life and enjoy the money instead of trying to invest it, or make out theyre legit funds

[azureline**]

I can't imagine I would get any pleasure from something like that if I didn't hand it in. I once found a lady's handbag with bank books, cards, etc and a large amout of cash. She had placed it on her car boot. As she drove off, it fell onto the road.

I phoned her husband whose number was in the bag and he collected it. She mailed me a $20 reward and a thank you note!

Still makes me chuckle...... I donated the $20 to charity but I kept the card.

[joz*garage]

youre so precious

[twinkles**stars]

The ring was found on Toorak Rd in Toorak. No we were not tempted to keep it, in fact we thought it was costume jewelry. We took $3000 for it.

[*ibis]

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@joz*garage wrote:

youre so precious

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i wanted to sya those exact words tostr inger clair the other day

[catsnknots]

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@joz*garage wrote:

youre so precious   honest

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There ya go... fixed up your little typo... 

[joz*garage]

lol and youre so gullible

[freddie*rooster]

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@joz*garage wrote:

youre so precious

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Joz, Az is a very kind, generous and sincere lady.

[azureline**]

Thank you cat and Freddie.♥

Sorry Joz, that you see honesty as precious. I didn't malign you when you said what you would do.

The woods...... is that the same woods that she ele's mother frequents?