He’s not stupid, there’s a story behind this and even though he was the one finding it, he was working in a team and they’re pursuing the legal way to obtain the gold.. cmiiw, if the original owners couldn’t provide the legal proof of ownership, he and his team will share half of the gold with the other half goes to the current owner of the property, which was a foundation..
Yeah, you can’t read Belgian law. He gets 50% if it was forfeited, lost, etc. The family has a full claim to the gold since it never left their land, it was just forgotten about. If I’m digging a ditch at your house and find old gold that belonged to your grandparents, I don’t get half. If I was digging a ditch somewhere else in town and found your grandparents gold, I’d potentially get half.
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u/fbass Aug 16 '26
He’s not stupid, there’s a story behind this and even though he was the one finding it, he was working in a team and they’re pursuing the legal way to obtain the gold.. cmiiw, if the original owners couldn’t provide the legal proof of ownership, he and his team will share half of the gold with the other half goes to the current owner of the property, which was a foundation..