Kicker: Finding sunken treasure

NICK EICHER, HOST: Alright this one has all the hallmarks of a fish story … minus the bait, the hooks, the fish, and the boat.

Nope, this is about a heavy-duty magnet, a rope ,and a muddy stream. Magnet fishing!

CANE: Whoa, that’s definitely another safe. Oh I see a box. Oh, that’s money. No way. Yea! No way. Stacks of bills, dude! Hundreds! (gasps)

That’s the voice of James Cane and the dude is his girlfriend and fishing buddy Barbi Agostini. They pulled up a big rusty safe filled with sludge-covered Benjamins. 80-grand worth, if you can believe it!

MARY REICHARD, HOST: No wonder you called it a fish story.

EICHER: It’s real. And the police confirmed: finders, keepers — not catch-and-release. Next call: the Bureau of Engraving and Printing about the unusable but valuable bills…

CANE: And they won’t give you the new money. They’re actually just gonna cut you a treasury check, to, you know, direct deposit.

No cutting, no gutting, no scaling, just a prize catch with a lot of zeroes. It’s The World and Everything in It.

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