Years ago sold a Minelab 7000 metal detector to some over the border taconiggers for $10,000 for a friend. They paid in $20 bills. The money smelled strongly of mildew so had obviously been vacuum packed and stored in a damp place. Took an hour to get the bills separated to be able to count it out. Hard to say if they found buried cartel money or worked for them. They weren’t dressed like narcos and were none too bright. Who knows. They did however show pics on their phones of the gold they were getting down there. Holy shit, multi ounce nuggets and lots of them! There’s been a lot of gold being found down very quietly there in the last few years.
Yeah that wasn't suspicious money or anything.
Who cares, I guess. It spends.
It’s back in country so there is that. For what that’s worth. Not even a drop in the bucket.
Yeah, 10k is literally nothing - but the IRS would sure like to know.
I would have made them pay me in gold!
‘Cept’n he needed cash to pay them medical bills and livin’ expense's I guess. I know a guy that has found over a half million in nuggets over the last four years metal detecting down along the border.
Lol, I’ve been down there quite a few times and all I ever come up with is bullets and trash. The say’n goes, ten percent of the people find ninety percent of the gold. You can see which side of that say’n I’m on! I’ve been doing it for years and I can tell you it’s true, some guys are just lucky as shit consistently.
There’s a lot of ground to swing that 5”-17” coil over down there so bein’ out there consistently is key and a big part of it. Just as much so as knowing what to look for. I’ve done alright, but not near well enough to cover my expenses by any means. Nonetheless I’ve enjoyed the shit out of exploring the desert outback even when get’n skunked.
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