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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
.....But if they only get to keep a 10% finder's fee, I'd have just kept quiet about it...
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It might be their best bet.
Either they have eyeballed the treasure or not.
If they have then they may have determined the enormity of the recovery was beyond their means. Then they need to start involving others and the story is out. They may have considered they would end up putting time and money into it only to spend years in court with the government fighting to keep a slice.
If they have not seen it in person and the effort to do so is again a time and money suck on the risk that it's another Capone's vault they would be better off taking 10% and letting someone else foot the bill and risk coming up empty handed.
Net net, either way, 10% of a treasure that large is certainly motivation to take the easy / risk free path.