Everyone wants to find or accidentally stumble upon some treasure. Still, we only hear such things in stories or have seen in cartoons. However, for this American couple, finding riches no longer remained a far-fetched idea. This is how the couple found an unbelievable amount of money while out on a fishing trip.
As per the reports of The Guardian website, a couple from the US was on a routine fishing trip at a lake in New York. They were unsuccessful in catching a fish but ended up with something far better than they could have ever imagined. On May 31, the couple found a box filled with cash worth 100,000 dollars or Rs 83 lakh. The news is being reported from an of Queens in a water body of the Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The couple pulled out the money-filled box from this place.
According to more information, the couple James Kane and Barbie Agostini were on a trip of magnet fishing, a hobby they regularly indulged in, and stumbled upon the box. While fishing, they tossed a line attached to a strong magnet on their fishing equipment, which led them to the treasure. Reportedly, the money was in a damaged condition, it was estimated to be 100,000 dollars.
They talked to the media about the discovery and how they felt after such a discovery. Barbie said, “I couldn’t believe it.” While James exclaimed that they found “two stacks of freaking hundreds.”
After finding the money stash, Barbie and James went to the New York police to inform them of their discovery. What happened next was something straight out of a wild dream. The police let them keep the money since they could not identify the owner.
The Guardian reported that in their previous fishing trips, they had found several other things but no money. The couple revealed that they had found weapons like guns and World War II grenades, along with motorcycles, jewellery and foreign coins.
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