Watch Live: Second House Hearing on IRS Scandal

Check Out Today’s Hot Posts on TheBlaze Blog!

US

Nevada Man Dies With $200 in Bank… And $7 Million in Hidden Gold

Sep. 18, 2012 6:58am

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Carson City, Nev., recluse whose body was found in his home at least a month after he died left only $200 in his bank account.

But as Walter Samaszko Jr.’s house was being cleared for sale, officials made a surprise discovery: gold bars and coins valued at $7 million.

“Nobody had any clue he was hoarding the gold,” Carson City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover told the Las Vegas Sun, adding it was found stored in boxes in the house and garage.

The 69-year-old Samaszko was found dead in his home in late June after neighbors called authorities. He had been dead of heart problems for at least a month, according to the coroner.

He had lived in the house since the 1960s, and his mother lived with him until her death in 1992.

He left no will and had no apparent close relatives. But using a list of those who attended the mother’s funeral, Glover’s office tracked down Arlene Magdanz, a first cousin in San Rafael, Calif., the Sun reported.

A recording said her phone number had been disconnected.

Nevada Man Walter Samaszko Dies With $7 Million Worth of Hidden Gold Coins

Walter Samaszko (Handout via Daily Mail)

“Our goal is to get the most money for the heir,” Glover said.

The gold coins had been minted as early as the 1840s in such countries as Mexico, England, Austria and South Africa, he said.

Based on just the weight of the gold alone, Glover estimates their worth at $7 million. Because some of the coins appear to be collector’s items, the value could go much higher, he said.

Neighbors told authorities they knew little about Samaszko other than he was quiet and not a problem.

Samaszko was “anti-government,” Carson City’s Nevada Appeal reported, and a few conspiracy theory books were found in the home along with several guns.

“He never went to a doctor,” Glover told the newspaper. “He was obsessed with getting diseases from shots.”

Samaszko also had stock accounts of more than $165,000 and another $12,000 in cash at the house.

Glover said he wants to start selling off the gold as soon as possible. The IRS wants a share of the total, he said, and the case is relatively simple other than the agency’s involvement.

“At least you don’t have 12 relatives fighting,” Glover told the Appeal.

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

Comments (45)

1 2
  • rsanchez1
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:44pm

    That may be their goal to get as much of the gold as possible to next of kin, but I bet the government is salivating at the chance to confiscate all that gold, FDR-style.

    Report this comment

    rsanchez1  
  • IntegrityFirst
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:17pm

    Seriously @willingtoupe, you are simply a racist. Your comment is racist. It works both ways. Stop playing the race card at every turn. It makes you look stupid.

    Report this comment

    IntegrityFirst  
  • Mahtoska
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:51pm

    Who needs 12 relatives..Uncle Sam is the only relative any of us will ever need (smirk)…..

    Report this comment

    Mahtoska  
  • THe_Chemist
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:04pm

    Hey WILLINGTOUPE, ever hear of the ant and the grasshopper? Funny how that fable doesn’t relate to race… All you liberals are the same. LAZY.. and racist as well. It must be the color of his skin… that was?.. the roots of his investment and cautious mentality? Is that why he is a “rich old white hoarder”? Because he planned ahead for a rainy day; maybe it never happened, but he did the rest of society a favor as to not be a burden and take some personal responsibility. You should try it sometime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper

    Report this comment

    THe_Chemist  
  • Spotlight44
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 11:12am

    No Fool like an old fool

    Report this comment

    Spotlight44  
  • pap pap
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:55am

    Heh He’s my long lost uncle.

    Report this comment

    pap pap  
  • listeninginVT
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:26am

    I’m surprised the Gov’t isn’t taking all of the gold, like in other cases.
    And the bit about he must be a crazy because he is afraid of diseases by shots. that’s called informed.
    Do you realize kids are getting 36-38 vaccines now? and that Pharm. Co. have settled to the tune of 3 Billion $ for mob tactics, lying, falsifying ‘results’ of how effective their vaccines are? and that vaccinated kids get sicker to the tune of 200%+ than unvaccinated kids??? and are more likely in the 500% to have a chronic illness as an adult than unvaccinated people…. like I said, the man sounded informed.

    Report this comment

    listeninginVT  
    • right-wing-waco
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 11:51am

      listeninginVT,
      So you would get rid of all the vaccines? You would bring back polio, diphtheria, and many other diseases that are all but GONE today. Just for your enlightenment, some of these diseases are coming back due to those that immigrate illegally and bring the diseases with them.

      Report this comment

      right-wing-waco  
  • therogermon
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:21am

    just another man who dosen’t trust banks

    Report this comment

    therogermon  
  • cessna152
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:14am

    So if you save money and food for a “rainy day” that makes you a “white racist”? Really? Wow, I guess you have no savings, no back up plan and nothing at all in reserve. Which makes you an amoeba..stealing from everyone else that takes their time to prepare. How we got to this point where hard work, saving and preparing makes you a racist is beyond me and quite STUPID in my opinion.
    By the way, since you’re obviously a progressive, do you buy one cigarette at a time or do you buy a few packs? Do you buy one napkin at a time or a pack of napkins? How about toilet paper… do you buy one square at a time when needed or do you have a few rolls around the house? Light bulbs? Do you have enough gas in your car to get to work only and home then put in $3.12 everyday to get you to work and back? I seriously doubt this is how you get through life… so, welcome to the work of preparedness and speculation you hypocrite!

    Report this comment

    cessna152  
  • 000degrees
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:25am

    Books and guns????? How horrible……

    Report this comment

    000degrees  
  • megamind
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:23am

    Hey “WILLINGTOUPE” really is that the best you can do? For all you know he could have been an ignorant Obama supporter………progessivism=fascism

    Report this comment

    megamind  
  • Maxim Crux
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:42am

    Hording, is that what Soros is doing? He must be a conspiracy theorist

    Report this comment

    Maxim Crux  
  • SingerGuy
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:14am

    Why do they feel they have to sell the gold and give the cash to the relatives? It is physical property. Give the physical property to the relatives, the same way you would a collection of books or any other portable assets. Oh, and I agree with the comment about hoarding. He was prudent and was saving. How is it hoarding to keep your OWN assets? So what if he converted his money to gold. Some people buy expensive paintings with their money. Do we say they are hoarding art?

    Report this comment

    SingerGuy  
    • turkey13
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:33am

      When Obama went into office Gold was $1100.00 an ounce and platinum was $1600.00 an ounce. Now gold is $1770.00 and platinum is $1665.00 an ounce. The government is hoping that dumping $ 7 million will lower gold. Obama doesn’t want to appear to make the rich richer. They are wrong though – when George Sorus bought $ 1 billion last year it barely made a ripple. I also agree that it should go in a bank vault and let the heir decide what to do with it. If they listened to uncle at his mothers funeral in 1992 they may be rich also, Back then I think gold was about $300.00 an ounce.

      Report this comment

      turkey13  
    • deeberj
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:49am

      Our gov’t does not want people to have gold. Period. They want us to have paper money so they can manipulate us easier. They should sell only enough gold to pay the taxes and give the woman the rest of the gold.

      Report this comment

      deeberj  
    • lordjosh
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:28am

      Gold is real. Doller bills are debt owed by the treasury to the IMF. It’s called stealing and it’s what the corporate government does best.

      Report this comment

      lordjosh  
  • SingerGuy
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:11am

    Uncle Walter died???

    Report this comment

    SingerGuy  
  • cloudsofwar
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:02am

    i would have thought Obama and his goons would have the gold by now. oh wait they didn’t know about it but they do now. so to become obamabucks.

    Report this comment

    cloudsofwar  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:10am

      Yeah, I was sort of scratching my head as I read deeper into the story. It would seem to me that without a will the IRS will step in and seize the majority if not all of the gold bars, and the state will take the foreign minted coins. The fairy tale here is their claim to find ‘heirs’ other than the government.

      Report this comment

      RJJinGadsden  
    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:32am

      Gold is considered a commodity so it is taxed at 28%.

      Report this comment

      PIGSWILLNEVERFLY  
  • LLPH1776WP1789
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:00am

    Funny now a days saving is referred to as “hoarding”, it’s today’s mentality that has done this. See Walter should have been sharing his gold not “HOARDING IT”.

    Report this comment

    LLPH1776WP1789  
  • pirate052
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:55am

    As usual the GOV want its fair share.

    Report this comment

    pirate052  
  • BryanB
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:45am

    Why even bother traking down relatives, when the Governments going to take every Penny ?

    Unless their a Millionaire or Billionaire, then the Government will give them double the money, plus a Bail-Out, maybe even a loan for a Green Company to Bankrupt………..

    Report this comment

    BryanB  
  • Mil-Dot
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:41am

    And let me guess, hmmm, the goon govt is entitled to all of it right?

    Report this comment

    Mil-Dot  
  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:32am

    Glad Im not related someone will end up owing the Government money on this one.
    They have the slobbering fits this time.

    Report this comment

    Mr.Fitnah  
  • biohazard23
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:26am

    And the IRS is singing “oh happy day!”…..

    Report this comment

     
  • NealPatrick
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:23am

    Walter! My long lost brother! Finally I find out where you have been…….so sad……..say, by chance does anyone know the name of the legal firm handling my dear, dear brother’s estate?

    Report this comment

    NealPatrick  
  • right-wing-waco
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:21am

    What a shame that most of it will go to the government. He most likely paid his share of taxes on the money as he earned it and the same for the money he bought the gold with. Now they get even more of it. Also, what is with the story above using the word “hording” to describe his assets? “Hording” is a word that makes people think you are keeping something from others for a questionable reason. (Actual definition may vary.)

    Report this comment

    right-wing-waco  
  • PorkPIG
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:17am

    But wait ? I thought gold wasn’t money ? Only federal reserve space currency is money , the acording to government .

    Report this comment

    PorkPIG  
  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:05am

    Watch for the Fed’s to step in and seize most of it anyhow as they have done in a recent court case.

    Report this comment

    Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:43am

      Brother Snow,
      I do believe the case you speak of were rare gold coins that were stolen from the US mint decades ago. In that case, I regrettably agree that they do belong to the rightful owners, which is the govt. Man I feel sick having to agree with them. I could be wrong. Carry on.

      Report this comment

      Mil-Dot  
    • blanco5
      Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:02am

      Mildot–If thieves steal from thieves, is it still a crime?

      Report this comment

      blanco5  
1 2

Sign In To Post Comments! Sign In

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

Glenn Beck Radio

Listen to Glenn Beck 24/7 Listen Now
Restoring Love