Construction Workers Uncover $10 Million in Gold While Building Sewer Under Former Brewery

Image: Construction workers in Belgium this week uncovered $10.4 million in gold while building a new sewer below a former brewery, according to local police. (Lokale Politie Dendermonde/Facebook)

An 18-year-old worker said he initially mistook the gold pieces for ordinary coins before the team called police

 By Brie Stimson

Construction workers in Belgium this week uncovered $10.4 million in gold while building a new sewer below a former brewery, according to local police.

Police in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a Flemish community outside Brussels, said the workers contacted them immediately about the find, which officers cataloged, then placed in a “high-security federal government vault.”

An 18-year-old worker on the site named Kobe told VRT News he at first thought the gold pieces were 1 Euro coins.

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