So you won't believe it,.. I was walking my dog yesterday,. I came across another paper wallet! This time I took a photo after I pulled it from the seagrass. What are the chances? Have I come across some secret BTC honey hole? What if this one has more than 0.6BTC in it?
Again, I placed the wallet on my demister and carefully unfolded it when it was dry enough. Again, folded origami fashion and stapled, concealing one of the QR codes and a secret code. I couldn't believe my luck! Someone must surely be missing these wallets!?
Pulled 'Shantaram' off the shelf, flicked open to the last page,... the damn paper wallets are identical!! All numbers, QR codes,.. exactly the same! I have photo's of the two paper wallets and will try send them to someone on here as I can't seem to be able to attach the pics to this post.

Rewind about 2wks,.. I did some basic research on the .com site printed on the wallet and noticed it was only a new website and that it has been given a 99.6% chance of it being a phishing website and extremely unlikely to be authentic. But for the sake of a good story I didn't want to let on to you all after all the interest this find had generated. It was after discovering this that I decided to put the story to bed and retire the wallet to Shantaram.  I had, upon finding the first paper wallet, scanned the QR code to be guided to what looked like a completely genuine website, following the links to identify a balance of 0.61xxx? btc,.. which I misquoted here deliberately to maintain a modicum of secrecy. I can't actually even remember now the exact balance,.. but equated it using online btc calculators to be around USD$20k. Scanning the QR code now leads to a dead page.

I checked into this chat every now and then and upon the realisation that I had been duped, thought it best to put aside my embarrassment and provide a conclusion to you all. I apologise if you feel these last 10 pages of chat has been a waste. I don't think it has,.. it's been hugely educational for me, have really enjoyed the banter and even enjoyed the mushroom jokes. I was never going to cash in my find and buy a spores car (*that's the best shroom joke I have).. Even when I initially felt I had stumbled across a windfall, ..it was never my intent to take the btc. It crossed my mind,.. but it's just not something I'd feel comfortable doing. So where does that leave me? With a basic understanding of what a bitcoin wallet is, 2 x really cool bookmarks and a rather interesting tale. Cheers guys!