Interesting story, $50,000 in gold coins and the finder only gets $2700, that does not sound fair. I would think not to many people would even share the find with the authorities at the small percentage.
I don't think I would tell the authorities what I found if I found all of that gold. The $2700 only works out to be about a 5% cut...not exactly fair. No wonder Deep Digger Dan has never found any Nazi gold....or has he?