Construction Workers Dig Up Mysterious $10M Gold Stash While Working on Sewer System
Police say the haul includes about 49 gold bars and thousands of coins, and investigators are tracing its origin and rightful owner.
- Construction workers in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, Belgium, unexpectedly uncovered a gold hoard estimated at about €9 million while digging trenches for a new sewer beneath a former brewery.
- The discovery included 49 gold bars, thousands of coins and gold nuggets, which had apparently been deliberately hidden inside a bricked-up cellar wall beneath the former brewery owner's villa.
- The workers immediately contacted authorities, and the treasure was inventoried and transferred to a secure government facility while prosecutors investigate its origins and determine who legally owns it.
- The stash may be connected to the former Van Assche brewing family, but no owner has been established, and Belgian law gives potential claimants five years to come forward before ownership issues can be resolved.
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On the territory of a former brewery in Belgium, workers accidentally dug up a hidden treasure.
$10 million in gold found buried under former brewery in Belgium
When the police chief learned what workers had found, sealed inside a small brick cellar as they drilled below a defunct brewery, he was sure someone had interrupted his Tuesday meeting with a prank. The post $10 million in gold found buried under former brewery in Belgium appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Brussels. The Belgian police asked treasure hunters to stay away from a construction site where workers this week found a cache of gold coins and bullion worth more than $10 million.
Builders Unearth €9 Million Gold Hoard Beneath Wall at Belgium Construction Site
Construction workers digging a sewer route in the Belgian town of Sint-Gillis-Waas have uncovered a gold hoard worth about €9 million ($10 million), including 49 gold bars, coins and other gold items hidden beneath a building wall, Belgian media reported. Belgian media reported on Friday and Saturday, August 15, 2026, that the discovery was made at a property that once belonged to a family who operated a brewery and is now owned by a charitable …
Will a student receive a reward for his treasure trove? An 18-year-old Belgian student stumbled upon an unusual find while digging a sewer line at a former brewery. At first, he thought he'd dug up ordinary one-euro coins, but among them was a gold bar, and more than one. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing The Guardian. At first, the student didn't think anything unusual about the find. He said he thought they were one-euro coins. "At firs…
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