Buried Treasure: How to Make the Most of Your Booty

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

If you found millions of dollars worth of buried treasure, what would you do next? Take it to the bank? Sell it on eBay? Call 60 Minutes? ELT unearths the tale of the largest buried treasure ever found in North America. Plus, practical tips for dealing with newfound millions, and a nationwide treasure hunt, ELT-style. Guest: David J. McCarthy, numismatist. Special thanks to listeners Kurt, Elizabeth, Travis, Vicki, Nikki, Kimberly, Robert, and Rachel for helping us with our treasure hunt. And thanks to listener David for the question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This flight to Europe wasn't paid for with 30,000 bonus points.
0:05.0	This flight to Europe was. Don't change where you go, just how you pay.
0:15.0	Get rewarded with Amex Gold.
0:19.0	New Card member offer.
0:21.0	Spend 3,000 pounds on your first three months and make one transaction in
0:23.2	month 15. Off Wrens 9 January 2024. Representative 88.8% APR variable. Terms apply, 18 plus subject to approval.
0:30.0	You've reached the Every Little Thing Helpline.
0:35.0	Please leave your message written on parchment paper in the bottom of an old trunk,
0:40.0	buried 36 paces north of Santa's oak tree.
0:43.2	Hi, this is David calling from California.
0:47.0	This is kind of a factual emergency.
0:49.2	What do I do with all my pennies?
0:51.6	In the past, I've like collected them all and then just buried
0:54.6	them in the ground and then that actually leads me to other questions I have about
0:58.4	buried treasure. So if I were to find treasure, would I have to pay taxes on it? How would I claim it?
1:10.0	If I brought it to the bank, you know, like what would happen?
1:13.0	They're going to make, where did you get this?
1:14.0	And I get the treasure.
1:15.0	This is all hypothetical, of course.
1:17.0	I have no said, found treasure.
1:19.0	Thanks. Of course, yeah. You came to us with a treasure trove of questions.
1:34.8	Let's start with your first one, what to do with your pennies? Did you bring them?
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