Treasure Hunters Find Huge Safe Filled With Stolen Coins While Magnet Fishing

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Aself-proclaimed treasure hunter struck gold when he found a submerged safe filled with stolen coins. Leigh Webber, who goes by Bondi Treasure Hunter online, shared a video to TikTok recounting a memorable find in an Amsterdam canal.

Leigh, originally from Australia, was magnet fishing when he and some friends came across a stretch of water with more than 46 safes buried in the riverbed.

The viral video, which has been watched more than seven million times, explains: "We went magnet fishing and found a giant safe in the river. The safe was so big we had to hire a crane to pull it out. Because this safe was so big, we thought it might have something inside it. So we decided to break it open.

"Eventually after a lot of effort we got inside and to our surprise it was filled with coins. As you can see from the protective cases these are valuable collector's coins so we reported the treasure to the police. It turns out it was stolen over 20 years ago."

https://www.newsweek.com/treasure-hunters-huge-safe-stolen-coins-magnet-fishing-1582837

[soothsayer]

1. 46 safes? My goodness

[Beastly Boy]

5. Don't tell me: they were filming a Loony Toons episode where Road Runner dropped a safe

on Wile E Coyote's head and they needed 46 takes to get it just right...

[dclarston13]

6. good one!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I'm trying to imagine the mindset that steals safes

and then dumps them in a river.

I have far too sheltered a life.

[Wicked Blue]

3. Well, they couldn't find a

safe house

[MineralMan]

7. :drums:

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. LOL!

[tenderfoot]

4. I feel the same way about art thieves

Steal value art then hide it!

[Vinca]

8. It must be exciting finding stuff like that. When we bought a house built in the late 1700's I

purchased a metal detector and searched the property high and low thinking surely, after more than 200 years, I would find something interesting. Basically, I found what I think might be chunks of buried old farm equipment - too rusted out to be of any interest - and a button. A lousy button. Not even a military button or identifiable button. Just a crummy button.

[Demovictory9]

9. youtube, river scuba guys finds all kinds of stuff

[Vinca]

10. Rub it in, my friend, rub it in. LOL.