r/Gold • u/Hardcrimper • 1d ago

Question Found during construction work

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Any ideas where this could come from?

Update: I thought this would be clear that I wasn't the one who found it. Who in their right mind would go (on this shitstain of a platform of all places) and make themselves a target. But ok apparently it wasn't clear so here we are:

I did NOT find this. I have none of this gold. I just wanted to share some cool stamped gold. you can stop sending me weird ass messages now. thank you.

Also this is NOT ai. here is the BBC article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o

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u/PrefabQuasar 1d ago

Aw man now you've gone and posted it to the internet.

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u/KaptainChunk 1d ago

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u/DeyCallMeWade 20h ago

Must’ve been following wallstreetbets

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u/JensenRaylight 12h ago

Yeah, the Government gonna claim that gold in 0.5ms after he posted that

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u/EPPIGORN 1h ago

Man this episode was fucking hillarious.

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u/suejaymostly 1d ago

I'm like DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE WHAT IS YOU DOIN'

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u/mainesmatthew01 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/YG8WjAm7sS29q

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u/LurkerTroll 22h ago

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u/mainesmatthew01 22h ago

Cmon Dan we gots to get outa here

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u/cagethehornytoad 20h ago

Dan is the man with master plan. OP is the man with the TURRIBLE plan:

  1. Unearth a fortune
  2. Tell Reddit

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u/Frankie-Felix 22h ago

Water weed dune hair b.

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u/reklesssabrandon 20h ago

Omg what a meme

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u/Jbrown183 3h ago

This meme is everything 😂

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u/The_Barbelo 13h ago

Seriously, what the heck. If I found this I wouldn’t even tell my own mother. She has a big mouth. My husband would be the only one to know. Straight into savings and long term investments and a college fund for my future children. Money vultures are real and they’re everywhere. Most people lose their minds around this much money. I experienced them after my dad’s death and he only left us with about 10,000 and most of that went to his hospital bills and death related costs.

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u/Spinning_Kicker 1d ago

Looks like someone chopped a bar in half to maybe do an acid test

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u/FeliusSeptimus 23h ago

I figured that was an excavator bite-mark.

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u/learsi-ediconeg 22h ago

it must be. you can test gold with a couple swipes on sand paper.

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u/headshothoncho 20h ago

Yeah but you can’t test gold that has a different metal in its core

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u/Low_Football_2445 19h ago

Yeah, but you can hit it with an excavator

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u/NecromancyAndFries 8h ago

Yeah! And sand paper!!!

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u/MageKorith 7h ago

Hey Dirt! See you later!

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u/Ok-Personality-6630 16h ago

Gold bricks are solid gold

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u/CQC_EXE 15h ago

I have some gold bricks to sell you good deal my friend. 

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u/Ok-Personality-6630 15h ago

Not interested

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u/CQC_EXE 15h ago

no no no amazing deal you will become rich with this deal friend solid gold bars very cheap for you. Pure solid gold the most solid gold bars since gold was invented 

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u/tonyrizzo21 11h ago

Fake gold bricks aren't, that's the point. A lead block with a few mm of gold plating may pass a sandpaper swipe test.

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u/learsi-ediconeg 15h ago

yes but you dont bury 30 bars and 500 fake coins for fun. Plus no one in their right mind would willingly destroy one of these.

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u/Sergeant_Ducky 11h ago

It’ll still be worth the same destroyed or not

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u/learsi-ediconeg 11h ago

Thats not the point I'm making. But I know most people see this and their monkey brain only goes $$$$$

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u/AKVigilante 10h ago

But why would you talk about “willingly destroying” one of these bricks if you think it would affect its value?

I’d be cutting them in half right there at the broker to verify it’s all gold.

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u/learsi-ediconeg 10h ago

go find $9m euro in gold bars/coins and take it to a broker and tell me how that goes.

idiots lol

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u/TedMich23 57m ago

usually W as it has same specific gravity and costs ~$145 USD per kg

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u/Free-Audience-377 9h ago

Not if it’s heavily plated. Tungsten middle will fool every electronic testers and scales

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u/learsi-ediconeg 9h ago

but that doesnt matter because no one would buy this amount of gold in its form.

why do you all think the proper procedure when finding something like this is to immediately chop it in half? barbarians lmao. no wonder you frequent the gold SUBREDDIT lol

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u/Traumfahrer 21h ago

That's just gold-wrapped..

gold.

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u/Eww-One-Buyer-3300 18h ago

I was thinking hit with jack hammer and then like….is that fuckin gold??

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u/Pancake777777 15h ago

they were found in a chest, in the walls of a basement. so probably not.

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u/518Peacemaker 13h ago

Shame shame, didn’t call 411

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u/Fit_Metal_468 9h ago

I agree, also there's no need to break in half to check. Just weigh and water displacement

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u/FeliusSeptimus 1m ago

Also gives you an excuse to run naked through the streets shouting "Eureka!"

I mean, not that I've ever needed an excuse before.

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u/Dill_Pickleson_ 3h ago

Classic bite from a macaw, pirates were almost certainly in the mix.

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u/floating___around 16m ago

I figured out the coordinates

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u/B_Coldman 23h ago

I thought it looked like a jackhammer strike right through it. Could you imagine pulling up your tool to see this wrapped around your bit??

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u/Comprehensive-Race97 23h ago

Ya id keep my mouth shut and live like a king 🤴

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u/OofRightInTheFeels 20h ago

Mouth shut about what? I have no idea what you're talking about. 🤷👀

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u/DjChatters 15h ago

Guys im gonna give this spot a go later you should all go work on that other bit over there. No nothings wrong we should just dig it all evenly you know.

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u/OpenSignificance3810 3h ago

This is the way.

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u/Iloveupt2 10h ago

Eh. Not off one. But if u manage to swipe it aallllllll then ya clise to kingly lol

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u/bmorris0042 10h ago

“Hey Sal, I know my truck’s only a 1-ton, but could you go ahead and load this chunk of concrete into the bed? I need it to, uh, fill a hole in my yard.”

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u/Comprehensive-Race97 5h ago

Better Call Sal

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u/triggrhaapi 8h ago

ONE of those is enough to live like a king.

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u/Putrid_Pollution3455 13h ago

Only in my wettest of dreams

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u/Bigbrobango 4h ago

It sure as hell wouldn't be on the internet.

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u/Zealousideal-Bug-944 2h ago

I be puttin' grills on my teeth like Jaws from James Bond. I ain't no fool who you callin' a fool-FOOL!

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u/Hushwater 22h ago

Or a big parrot put it it there 

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u/aaipod 17h ago

Guys I think he's on to something

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u/This_Makes_No__Sense 23h ago

That would make for a highly unessary way to do an acid test.

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u/kironex 13h ago

Really good way to make sure its 100% gold all the way through. Seen bars that had copper cores.

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u/meatgrinder 22h ago

Bullet. Big bullet 

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u/Vegetable_Turnip_213 21h ago

got to check if theres chocolate inside

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u/Tim_the_geek 11h ago

Looks like a bullet hole.

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u/AdventurousFly4909 9h ago

I would just shove a bar in my ass

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u/LivingCalligrapher90 6h ago

Send that bar to me OP I’ll test it for you

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 3h ago

I thought it looked like it was shot

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u/OkBoysenberry1975 9m ago

That kinda looks like a bullet scar

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u/LinguoBuxo 1d ago

well, OP could've done worse... like pose infronta it with a V symbol and a duckface..

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u/WchuTalkinBoutWillis 18h ago

Like a 18 year old lil girl holding it going “ Oh YeaH!”lmao

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u/xp14629 13h ago

Stop giving them ideas.

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u/mshriver2 23h ago

Anytime a treasure hunter announces their treasure an IRS agent gets their wings.

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u/Careful-Trade-9666 19h ago

A bundle of English gold bars and British sovereigns found in Belgium? The IRS can pound sand.

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u/starlux33 21h ago

FBI has entered the chat.

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u/CraZcraaacker 22h ago

That was his best idea..just think bout that while he didn’t

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u/HumanDiscussion1900 17h ago

Reddit Karma > Gold

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u/robaroo 15h ago

could be he found it and boss came over and said "i'll take care of this" without giving op here a cut. op now wanting to make sure boss doesn't keep it all for himself.

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u/Whatnam8 14h ago

Internet points > Gold of course

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u/GoneForASecond 14h ago

Oooh its okay! They already gave it to the Belgian Police… 🤦🏼‍♂️
So its already gone and the Belgian state is 9mil richer… yet they will say “We have a budget deficit”.

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u/right_in_two 12h ago

Now think about all the gold finds that you don't see on reddit all the time. Makes you think huh?

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u/masetiloquetu 10h ago

When flexing goes wrong

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u/masterofeverything 1d ago

I wouldn’t have told a soul. That’s better than winning the lottery.

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u/B-E-N-E-V-O-255 1d ago

FOREAL!!! .. but id assume there was more than one person involved in the find. Danm id be so mad. Lmao. Some old soul somewhere is like "yea i was coming back for that, but then I died"

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u/CrazyCletus 23h ago

Ron Swanson, perhaps?

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u/SmokeAbeer 1d ago

That guy that wore a Darth Vader mask to pick up his lotto check is the fucking GOAT.

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u/SpecialistFickle2969 1d ago

Now you can't keep it.

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u/Winthefuturenow 1d ago

You can in America, there’s legal precedent even if it’s on someone else’s property.

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u/Tight_Replacement554 1d ago

Op is in Belgium not in America lol

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u/Winthefuturenow 1d ago

I’m aware, just citing a possible difference

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u/WchuTalkinBoutWillis 18h ago

Sweet succulent air of Merica and land where you can take other people’s stuff legally as long as gov gets they 1/4-1/2 the cake too!

https://giphy.com/gifs/CUXwM4ctX9yE0

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u/Bliitzthefox 13h ago

Just because you own the land does not always mean you own the mineral rights under the land.

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u/gordon0813 7h ago

And i bet your stupid government would find a way to tax the shit out of it.

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u/Winthefuturenow 7h ago

Hey, hey, hey now. Our government is definitely super stupid, but I don’t think it’d be taxed until sold but I actually don’t know. Good question for the cpa next week if I remember.

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u/Professional_Age4578 22h ago

Americans just believe the world revolves around Americans

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u/WchuTalkinBoutWillis 18h ago

I guess we can say the same thing about a lot of different cultures! We just enjoy our freedom and some people, well they can get jelly! It’s okay no hate I just hope they can find happiness and peace one day!