Man believes he found lost Nazi loot on Galveston beach

Christopher Davis has been combing the beaches of Galveston for years but nothing he's found compares to what he found washed up on Memorial Day weekend.
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  • @if6turnedouttobe9
    @if6turnedouttobe9 Жыл бұрын

    I've been looking for a hunk of stinky brown rubber my entire life...

  • @pickledrick4800

    @pickledrick4800

    Жыл бұрын

    Here I am

  • @if6turnedouttobe9

    @if6turnedouttobe9

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pickledrick4800: 😁😅

  • @justinberry3991

    @justinberry3991

    11 ай бұрын

    Those people down there man.... they're weird

  • @jakerazmataz852

    @jakerazmataz852

    11 ай бұрын

    And he wants to find more.😁

  • @T.J.Caldwell318
    @T.J.Caldwell318 Жыл бұрын

    If it was full of gold it definitely wouldn't be washing up on shore

  • @Look_What_I_Did

    @Look_What_I_Did

    Жыл бұрын

    Tejus... They don't send their best.

  • @lfw641
    @lfw641 Жыл бұрын

    I too have never found gold in trash. Slow news day.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 Жыл бұрын

    In 2000, I found a gold wedding band buried in my backyard, I was digging up the soil to create a garden and it was down in the soil by about 14 inches. I sold it at a gold exchange store. Then in 2003, I found a soggy gross wallet, buried under old, wet rotting leaves, near my garage off our public alley. I had to let it dry for a day two, in the sun. Once it was dry I was able to peel away the layers, that were stuck together. There was no ID or credit cards,....no name on anything. Right before I was about to throw it away, I noticed a tiny, hidden flap, inside one of the sleeves were one would place a house key or a coin,....I pulled out a folded piece of paper the size of a postage stamp. There was a hand written poem on the paper, and a folded up, two dollar bill ($2.00). For the win!

  • @ericthiel4053

    @ericthiel4053

    11 ай бұрын

    I was in the military and stationed in Germany for 6 years. I had to live in the barracks and during the winter it snowed pretty regularly leaving very thick snow banks to either side of the cement courtyard in front of the main door to our building. Many, many guys would get drunk and call for cabs on that cement pad, little did they notice, they would drop change and euro bills into the snow and due to drunkenness, not notice they dropped it. It was my job once a week to salt the ice and snow to clean the walk way and cement pad, and if I was lucky enough to do so on Saturday morning, I would usually find anywhere from 30 to 50 euros buried in the snow, much like your 2 dollar bill in the leaves. I found quite a bit of cash during my time there. It's the small treasures in life!!!

  • @Davett53

    @Davett53

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ericthiel4053 I live in a college town, have been here for more than 30 years, I live in the area where the students rent. There is a busy street a block away lined with bars, and the kids often park on my street. They regularly drop coins and bills, as they stumble back to their cars . When times were better,. in the 1980s to the early 2000's.,...money dropped, wasn't worth looking for. So every Sunday, I'd go out, mostly looking to pick up the trash they left behind. Clean up the front of my yard, at the side walk and curb. I almost could depend on finding some paper money, and (US) quarters.

  • @BeeFunKnee

    @BeeFunKnee

    Ай бұрын

    I'm guessing that the gold wedding band you discovered got in that back yard when a wife grew so angry with her husband because he said he didn't like the dinner she just cooked for him that she ripped it right off her finger and threw it from their back door right into the back yard where it landed in the grass and soon buried itself... waiting for the day you came along.

  • @Davett53

    @Davett53

    Ай бұрын

    @@BeeFunKnee That is exactly how I pictured it happening.

  • @rickg.5171
    @rickg.5171 Жыл бұрын

    Great idea, make sandals that come with a terrible odor.

  • @chinatownboy7482
    @chinatownboy7482 Жыл бұрын

    My German Shepherd also leaves dark brown piles which stink.

  • @BigElCat
    @BigElCat Жыл бұрын

    When you adjust for inflation, that bundle is worth $2.93 now days.

  • @user-tw1gq5jf6l
    @user-tw1gq5jf6l Жыл бұрын

    bundles of rubber are not that uncommon, probably fell off a boat or barge or raft and had been drifting for months to reach Texas from South America

  • @whathappened2230
    @whathappened223011 ай бұрын

    No more beer for that dude... I think he's had enough.

  • @TOMVUTHEPIMP
    @TOMVUTHEPIMP Жыл бұрын

    In 1992 I was in high school and my friends and I were shark fishing on West Beach. I accidentally locked my keys in the truck. This was pre cell phone so we had to walk down the beach to a store on the road to use a pay phone. On the walk down the beach we found three bales of weed of about 10 pounds each. We tossed them in the dunes and came back for them the next weekend. They were gone. Someone else found them I guess. LOL Bummer.

  • @billythatkidd6926

    @billythatkidd6926

    Жыл бұрын

    1 of your friends went back the next day and grabbed those bundles 😏😂😂

  • @user-bb9vo9pp2k

    @user-bb9vo9pp2k

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@billythatkidd6926😂😂😂😂

  • @ABC-48483

    @ABC-48483

    Жыл бұрын

    One of ur buddies took it hHaha

  • @Thefishingplumber

    @Thefishingplumber

    Жыл бұрын

    One of your friends got it and probably sold u some

  • @tanthony298

    @tanthony298

    Жыл бұрын

    Why wouldn't you just take it right there??

  • @mikeellis7286
    @mikeellis7286 Жыл бұрын

    Passing out rubbers in Texas is a good thing.

  • @CEOkiller

    @CEOkiller

    Жыл бұрын

    Wrap that rascal!

  • @Chuck-mm2yp

    @Chuck-mm2yp

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't use rubber. I'm careful

  • @mikeellis7286

    @mikeellis7286

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Chuck-mm2yp there's always that first time.

  • @Look_What_I_Did

    @Look_What_I_Did

    Жыл бұрын

    Building a border is the ultimate rubber.

  • @mikeellis7286

    @mikeellis7286

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Look_What_I_Did they didn't worry about a rubber the first time screwing folks. Donald or Steve. We'll get Mexico to pay for it.

  • @redlobster4841
    @redlobster4841 Жыл бұрын

    LOL this is actually on the news

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes because it’s a historical artifact from WW2. Multiple stories since 2020 have appeared on Brazilian news and Florida news and further south on other Texas cities news sites. We cut this bundle in half, it most likely weighed at a minimum of 300 pounds. It’s a crazy off find/story but in person it’s pretty fascinating.

  • @JohnnytNatural
    @JohnnytNatural Жыл бұрын

    He should put that on CL and see if anyone would take the bait

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Trust me it too heavy and it’s pure latex rubber that’s 80 years old. Nobody would want this stuff, it had lots of barnacles and other sea debris on it and it stink horribly until we washed it off the best we could. My best description of the current smell would be to go buy a box or bag of rubber bands and leave them in the hot sunlight for a few days and smell it.

  • @stovepipe1015

    @stovepipe1015

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SLP-SandAngel It's still a pretty cool find though, it also gives you inspiration to continue Beach Combing, and you can't put a price on inspiration and a bunch of smiles.

  • @user-mi5nj8gj5p
    @user-mi5nj8gj5p3 ай бұрын

    The Nazi already sent gold to South America six submarines docked in Brazil and Argentina each carrying 20 tonnes of gold . A large loot from the concentration camps totalled 104 tonnes also went missing. Towards the end of 1945 and after 600 tonnes of gold was used to prop up South American economy and in return 900 tonnes of gold returns to Germany in 1965 for the reconstruction of Germany. It's a true story.

  • @tomsherwood4650
    @tomsherwood4650 Жыл бұрын

    Wave a metal detector over your bail of rubber and you will find out if metal is hid inside.

  • @brianstevens3858
    @brianstevens3858 Жыл бұрын

    More than likely an old Jetty fender. lol

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope it’s an actual large bundle of thin rubber sheets all stacked together with another rubber wrap surrounding the interior stuff.

  • @brianstevens3858

    @brianstevens3858

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SLP-SandAngel Ah so more likely "Thai unsmoked rubber sheet bale [baht] " then.

  • @Look_What_I_Did

    @Look_What_I_Did

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SLP-SandAngel Liar... He is cutting them.

  • @Rocknranchman
    @Rocknranchman Жыл бұрын

    We who hunt Galveston with metal detectors find all kinds of stuff lost by the public! Gold being very heavy most likely would not float! Happy hunting! 🌴

  • @Rizky06
    @Rizky0611 ай бұрын

    Giving away used stinky rubbers 🤔

  • @kellypbr7742
    @kellypbr7742 Жыл бұрын

    Rubber was valuable during the war, maybe it's just rubber for the German war effort.

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes rubber was an extremely scarce and very vital commodity during that time. This loot which is estimated in thousands of tons was taken from Brazil during early 1944 when our military took out the German ship cutting off supplies to further Hitlers war efforts.

  • @chrisbailey9377
    @chrisbailey9377 Жыл бұрын

    NIEN! NIEN! NIEN!

  • @DanniDuck

    @DanniDuck

    Жыл бұрын

    nein*

  • @chrisbailey9377

    @chrisbailey9377

    Жыл бұрын

    Da@$ .....nice catch.

  • @Outrunninaround.
    @Outrunninaround.11 ай бұрын

    I hope he found gold and didn’t tell..

  • @paulsz6194
    @paulsz619411 ай бұрын

    Galveston, oh Galveston !

  • @grumpyg9350
    @grumpyg9350 Жыл бұрын

    I took the transmission out of a Kawasaki today.

  • @mikester6192
    @mikester619211 ай бұрын

    Some people even found bundles of Cocaine on the beach

  • @AhJodie
    @AhJodie Жыл бұрын

    What a bummer 😢

  • @Panzerelch
    @Panzerelch Жыл бұрын

    wait! hold up! why would rubber float if it had gold inside?

  • @BigTrees4ever

    @BigTrees4ever

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s a matter of buoyancy and density, the amount of gold that could actually be hidden in a rubber bale like that, simply isn’t enough to increase the density of the package enough that it’s buoyancy goes down causing it to sink. Think about it, the rubber already floats, and if the gold was being smuggled in rubber, the rubber would still float since it would still be more rubber than gold. I would suppose that it took until the hull of the ship rusted enough for a hole appeared large enough for the rubber bales to pop out. And it’s also possible that these weren’t even from a Nazi ship but a Japanese ship that was sunk nearby the Nazi one, which would mean no gold.

  • @dennisplante737
    @dennisplante737 Жыл бұрын

    The rubber blocks likely came of a Japanese submarine (I believe I 52), which was sunk in the South Atlantic Ocean in late 1944, after transferring cargo onboard from Nazi Germany. One of the cargo items was bulk blocks of rubber, just like this.

  • @Look_What_I_Did

    @Look_What_I_Did

    Жыл бұрын

    Liar.

  • @William1987GTA1

    @William1987GTA1

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Look_What_I_DidYou're such a douche bag. 😂

  • @smedleyfarnsworth263

    @smedleyfarnsworth263

    11 ай бұрын

    That block was found near Galveston, a long way from the South Atlantic.

  • @Look_What_I_Did

    @Look_What_I_Did

    10 ай бұрын

    @@smedleyfarnsworth263 Just call it for what it is. A lie.

  • @smedleyfarnsworth263

    @smedleyfarnsworth263

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Look_What_I_Did We don't know that, it may just be an error. Or there could be strong currents.

  • @justinberry3991
    @justinberry399111 ай бұрын

    Reminds me of Joe Dirt's space rock

  • @Mikey-fh6xn
    @Mikey-fh6xn Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone remember that 2001 film, Joe Dirty?

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol…

  • @snakewerks
    @snakewerks11 ай бұрын

    Rocking the Anarchy sun glasses, brotha

  • @tonythetiger5545
    @tonythetiger5545 Жыл бұрын

    And this makes the news. I guess all the robbers in Houston slept in last night.

  • @MoneyVisionsTV

    @MoneyVisionsTV

    8 күн бұрын

    Can’t find everyone 😂 you don’t know where he live

  • @Chuck-mm2yp
    @Chuck-mm2yp Жыл бұрын

    It's a Nazi rubber ducky that got lost

  • @thinkagain3443
    @thinkagain344311 ай бұрын

    And so he cut it up and gave the smelly little bits of rubber to his friends, our question is how many friends has he got left?

  • @Bnguyen276
    @Bnguyen276 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder what that big block of rubber is used for.

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Multiple world armies needed rubber for tons of military equipment and boots and rafts and other various supplies. Japan, England, America and many others, it’s truly fascinating when you start researching the war efforts during that time period. The rubber is incredible in its current form and is extremely pliable and way more durable than todays stuff.

  • @stovepipe1015

    @stovepipe1015

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SLP-SandAngel You're right, just last week, on an antique car I own, the original tires finally dry rotted to the point of not holding air any longer..the old mechanic at the shop said "Those tires are from back when they made them out of real rubber".

  • @Cmon-Man
    @Cmon-Man11 ай бұрын

    I had a girlfriend that made my rubber stinky😅

  • @willgeo2215
    @willgeo221511 ай бұрын

    The rubber was heading back to Germany to make tires for aircraft and other war vehicles.

  • @johndoe-zz1nr
    @johndoe-zz1nr16 күн бұрын

    Bet that rubber is what they use on side of the ships to create cushions

  • @Paulftate
    @Paulftate11 ай бұрын

    cutting it into pieces and giving it to your friends 😂

  • @sharonnicholson3393
    @sharonnicholson3393 Жыл бұрын

    He needs to get ahold of Kanye West expensive pair of Naziyeezy's out of that😂😂😂

  • @theonlybuzz1969
    @theonlybuzz196911 ай бұрын

    Could call them “Hitlers fit Flopped”

  • @jib2355
    @jib2355 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a stretch 🛞

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol, honestly this stuff is truly stretchy and extremely bouncy. I’ve never seen rubber in this form and it’s just quirky but cool stuff.

  • @bdbhtx6327
    @bdbhtx632710 ай бұрын

    Ol scuba diving team came up

  • @Drew-bc7zj
    @Drew-bc7zj Жыл бұрын

    He found Hitler's used rubber? 😀😆😅😂🤣

  • @GeorgiaRidgerunner

    @GeorgiaRidgerunner

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep and it's still got stanky nazi stinch on it

  • @FentanylFloyd
    @FentanylFloyd16 күн бұрын

    Must not be sht to do in Galveston

  • @cbfe6017
    @cbfe6017 Жыл бұрын

    It's a space peanut !!!!!!!!

  • @antichrist_revealed
    @antichrist_revealed11 ай бұрын

    I find rubber from old tire treads laying on the road sides now and then. Never thought to gather them up and take them apart to look for hidden treasures. I suppose there could be a Nazi one or two in the bunch. Maybe I can make shoes out them. I doubt anyone's ever thought of that before . . . . .

  • @BeeFunKnee
    @BeeFunKneeАй бұрын

    I had to laugh after watching this. Treasure? Nazi gold? HA! I once worked at a Galveston warehouse in the 1970's that imported raw rubber that looked just like that bale the guy found on the beach. It was layered the exact same way and my job was to delayer it so it was easier to handle. So my guess is that the small bale he found probably fell off a ship when they were unloading the rubber bales was all. Then the currents took it to the other side of the island.

  • @airtioteclint
    @airtioteclint Жыл бұрын

    Why did this even make the news?

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    Because it’s historical artifact from WW2. Odd I know and understand but it’s actually to see and touch in person knowing the back story of its significance to the war efforts during 1941-1945.

  • @stovepipe1015

    @stovepipe1015

    Жыл бұрын

    During the War, rubber was one of the most rationed things, you couldn't even purchase a new set of tires, you'd get retreads put on your existing tires, when you absolutely had to. They also had Rationing Stamps for Rubber back then.

  • @benbaggen2375
    @benbaggen2375 Жыл бұрын

    Jc, must be a slow day😂

  • @commanderfootball
    @commanderfootball11 ай бұрын

    It fell off recycling ship

  • @phillipnickerson
    @phillipnickerson Жыл бұрын

    Hard up for money maybe?

  • @writerconsidered
    @writerconsidered Жыл бұрын

    So nothing.

  • @NoName-dn8nv
    @NoName-dn8nv9 ай бұрын

    Its like joe dirt with the poop

  • @jackgant7983
    @jackgant7983 Жыл бұрын

    Stinky Loot? 😀

  • @martingonzales8825
    @martingonzales88252 ай бұрын

    Fred hassof Fred hass toyota has nazi memorabilia in his game room hats daggers badges

  • @southernbreeze3278
    @southernbreeze327811 ай бұрын

    most disappointing "nazi loot" I've ever seen

  • @Somewhat_Damaged
    @Somewhat_Damaged Жыл бұрын

    How is this going to wash on shore after decades 3 miles down. Dude what hidden message are y’all trying to send to people because this story doesn’t make sense. How about y’all talk about all these kids being smuggled around here.

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    It washed up here from the northeast coast of Brazil.

  • @foreverendeavors6210
    @foreverendeavors6210 Жыл бұрын

    I'll pass

  • @TobyStahler-yp9ll
    @TobyStahler-yp9ll11 ай бұрын

    😂 slow news day.

  • @Laurensius23807
    @Laurensius23807 Жыл бұрын

    🙋‍♂️

  • @mikeyd946
    @mikeyd946 Жыл бұрын

    LoL 😂

  • @islandwanderer1173
    @islandwanderer117311 ай бұрын

    He thought he found a square grouper...

  • @christianpervert525
    @christianpervert525 Жыл бұрын

    Its a Ukrainian boot.

  • @privatedeletebuttongooglei5221
    @privatedeletebuttongooglei5221 Жыл бұрын

    Boring

  • @garyv2196
    @garyv2196 Жыл бұрын

    Who's the news person with the weak voice?

  • @Look_What_I_Did

    @Look_What_I_Did

    Жыл бұрын

    Your dad.

  • @Survivalguy
    @Survivalguy Жыл бұрын

    I found a cival war belt buckle in Fredericksburg VA when I was a boy. I got ripped off. it was worth thousans and I only got 300.00

  • @mikejunior2404
    @mikejunior2404 Жыл бұрын

    Why would there be gold inside rubber ? Sounds dumb

  • @SLP-SandAngel

    @SLP-SandAngel

    Жыл бұрын

    There were rumors of old stories that denoted that hitler hid gold in rubber bales that he was having transported to Argentina for himself monetarily. None of the twenty plus bales found so far between Brazilian authorities or authorities in Florida have seen any signs of anything being hidden in these bundles.

  • @treborretsnom6186

    @treborretsnom6186

    Жыл бұрын

    Think it out, take your time

  • @stovepipe1015

    @stovepipe1015

    Жыл бұрын

    @@treborretsnom6186 😁good one!

  • @GeorgiaRidgerunner

    @GeorgiaRidgerunner

    Жыл бұрын

    To keep it hidden ?