What if it wasn’t physical gold at all, but rather, share certificates of a gold Exchange Traded Fund?
I’ve read over and over, right here on Free Republic, that gold is easier to hold that way. And presumably easier to tuck under your arm and run with, too. Even a whole book of ‘em wouldn’t weigh that much.
Besides, you could write the gibberish on the back of the ETF certs in ordinary pen-and-ink. No engraving necessary.
He would most likely have dropped them in a bog of some sort and they’d have dissolved ... then he’d have to come up with some other story like he found a metal scroll of some sort made out of gold ....
Hmmm, something to think about. And funny thing - Glenn Beck, a Mormon, is always pushing buying gold.