A friend found this in his garden

[Curious1]

Can anyone tell me more about the stamp/origin? 

 

[Peacemaker]

your friend has just found £15k in there garden? wow

[Curious1]

I know it’s hard to believe but yes. We are not experts and not even sure if it’s real or not. That’s why I’m here 😄

[Peacemaker]

Just now, Curious1 said:

I know it’s hard to believe but yes. We are not experts and not even sure if it’s real or not. That’s why I’m here 😄

take it to your local pawn shop or jewellers, they will confirm

[CosmikDebris]

Looks like a four leaf clover with a building, perhaps a refinery with a smoking chimney? Can't find a reference to it, damn good find though!!!

[Bullionaire]

26 minutes ago, Curious1 said:

A friend found this in his garden

 

Now I ain't saying he a gold digger, but...

[h103efa]

7 minutes ago, Bullionaire said:

 

Now I ain't saying he a gold digger, but...

If it is real, those golddiggas will be vulturing! 

[Curious1]

6 minutes ago, DaveWheat89 said:

take it to your local pawn shop or jewellers, they will confirm

He's a bit paranoid about taking it anywhere 😛

5 minutes ago, CosmikDebris said:

Looks like a four leaf clover with a building, perhaps a refinery with a smoking chimney? Can't find a reference to it, damn good find though!!!

He's seeing a chimney too, I see a 'C' & a 'B', not sure about the first character though. 

4 minutes ago, Bullionaire said:

 

Now I ain't saying he a gold digger, but...

I lol'd way too hard at this 😂 He has a metal detector but that thing goes nuts in all of his garden because there's a lot of buried junk. One spot was special though, grass or weeds were not growing so he decided to investigate. He found some rocks and debris and the gold bar was in there. He's been digging all day after that, you should see the 'garden' 😂

[StackSellRepeat]

Initially I thought it’s French, but the clover adds a little mystery. Can we ask where your from ? That would make it easier to identify the maker.

[HighlandTiger]

what country are you in, it might narrow down the search for the maker

 

[barney]

the hallmark is real P.C. Boschmans

[Peacemaker]

3 minutes ago, Curious1 said:

He's a bit paranoid about taking it anywhere 😛

it was found in his garden so it is his gold, there are a number of test to do yourself, it is pretty small, if it weighs 500g then its a good sign, specific gravity test should confirm also, gold is one of the, if not the highest density material

[Curious1]

It was found on the Belgian/Netherlands border 

[StackSellRepeat]

1 minute ago, barney said:

the hallmark is real P.C. Boschmans

So my sniffer was on the right path thinking it was French, With Belgium still having a strong French presence   

[CosmikDebris]

3 minutes ago, barney said:

the hallmark is real P.C. Boschmans

[Peacemaker]

3 minutes ago, barney said:

the hallmark is real P.C. Boschmans

they use different hallmarks?

 

[AuricGoldfinger]

😮😮😮😮 why do things like this never happen to me! Great find!!!

[Peacemaker]

looks like it could hold a nice premium too

[StackSellRepeat]

5 minutes ago, Curious1 said:

It was found on the Belgian/Netherlands border 

Bud If you do take this to a local dealer try avoid drilling etc... Take it to a dealer who uses an XRF Analyser to test, Which is not a destructive way of testing as these are vintage & collectable I’m sure you’ll get more than spot even though it would be categorised as a bullion investment grade bar or a lot of folk will say      

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8 minutes ago, barney said:

the hallmark is real P.C. Boschmans

Well done chap for finding the maker, not even a thankyou 😔

[Curious1]

BIG thank you for @barney 😘 I was a bit overwhelmed replying to previous reactions and relaying everything to my friend. My apologies Sir!

[matrawr]

Are you kidding me?! I never have this kind of luck 😛

Seriously though well done on the find 👍

As @StackSellRepeat said try to get it looked at by a dealer or pawn shop that uses an XRF reader....but they will offer to buy it from you for roughly spot! Because if genuine that bar would sell for quite a nice price....I can only imagine

[Curious1]

16 minutes ago, matrawr said:

Are you kidding me?! I never have this kind of luck 😛

Yeah, I'm pretty jealous myself 😄They do indeed sell for a nice premium online! Hours ago he was still considering chopping it up because in Belgium you can't buy/sell gold over €3000 without doing some kind of registration 😅

[StackSellRepeat]

3 minutes ago, Curious1 said:

Yeah, I'm pretty jealous myself 😄They do indeed sell for a nice premium online! Hours ago he was still considering chopping it up because in Belgium you can't buy/sell gold over €3000 without doing some kind of registration 😅

Didn’t you say you where from Belgium/Netherlands border 😉

[Curious1]

I see. The Netherlands don't have that 'problem'. Thanks for the tip Sir 🙂

[matrawr]

1 minute ago, Curious1 said:

Yeah, I'm pretty jealous myself 😄They do indeed sell for a nice premium online! Hours ago he was still considering chopping it up because in Belgium you can't buy/sell gold over €3000 without doing some kind of registration 😅

Well you never know given the information you're relaying to your friend if genuine.....you get a cut 😛