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200 tonnes of silver found in shipwreck
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15061868
Unconfirmed reports on Sky news suggest that the story on the BBC is bogus and that this shipwreck was actually created by JP Morgan in a creative way to hide sliver and thus suppress the price. A source who only identified himself as Asheron said:A shipwreck containing 200 tonnes of silver worth about £150m has been found in the Atlantic - the largest haul of precious metal ever discovered at sea.
The SS Gairsoppa, a UK cargo ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1941, was found by US exploration firm Odyssey Marine.
The firm will retain 80% of the cargo's value under the terms of a contract with the Department for Transport.
Only one person from the 85-strong crew survived the torpedo attack as the ageing steamer tried to reach Ireland.
The vessel was on its way back to Britain from India when it ran low on fuel in stormy weather, and tried to divert to Galway harbour, but it was spotted and sunk by the German submarine.
Most people are lizards. I know this to be true because I read it on a website. I love silver me.
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It's probably just paper silver.0
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Great buying opportunity. :beer:
Time to spend a little of my slush fund.
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200 tonnes of silver worth about £150m
And it fell to £120m by the time the later papers were printed.
May not even be worth recovering by the end of the month.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »And it fell to £120m by the time the later papers were printed.
May not even be worth recovering by the end of the month.
£120 Million salvager's
£30 Million British government
£150 million total
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »And it fell to £120m by the time the later papers were printed.
May not even be worth recovering by the end of the month.
:rotfl::rotfl:Dont wait for your boat to come in 'Swim out and meet the bloody thing'0 -
So will the next headline be:
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