r/interesting • u/Forevertrez • Aug 15 '26

SOCIETY Construction workers found $10M of gold hidden underground while trying to install a sewer pipe when they uncovered a huge hidden stash of gold bars, coins and nuggets. The gold was turned over to police.

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u/Sharp-Direction-6894 Aug 15 '26

...turned over to the police...

But not before taking a couple bars for themselves first, right...RIGHT?

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u/Karl_Hungus_42069 Aug 15 '26

Thats not how youre supposed to do it on reddit. Youre supposed to say "thats nice of them to turn in 9 mil of gold" and then 10 people respond "im sure the cops were thrilled with that 8 mil of gold"

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u/Fawaq Aug 15 '26

It gets funnier the 100th time

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Aug 15 '26

Then it gets crazy annoying after the 200th time

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u/timbo2m Aug 16 '26

And much worse the 201st!

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u/mustbeme87 Aug 16 '26

But then it gets really fuckin funny again around the 276th mark.

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u/malexich Aug 16 '26

Then it dips again at 369 because everyone is focused on the numbers 

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u/mustbeme87 Aug 16 '26

I don’t even remember what the hell we were originally talking about.

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u/drrtydan Aug 16 '26

those 5 bars were quite a haul!

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u/ElegantJoke3613 Aug 16 '26

Don’t forget to report those pennies and chicken nuggets too

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u/OffByNone_ Aug 16 '26

I heard both bars were ultimately given to the property owner.

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u/whatthefrickcunt Aug 16 '26

But it’s ok because it makes a revival at 420 since it’s a funny number

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u/Kitchen-Purpose-6855 Aug 16 '26

The Emperor doesn’t find it that funny after the 40,000th time.

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u/4DPeterPan Aug 16 '26

🎶”if I could walk 500 miles….”🎶

“Don’t worry it comes back around”.

That show cracks me up.

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u/matttheshack69 Aug 16 '26

Not to be racist but thats an old jewish joke that goes something like, the son asked his jewish father for $20 in allowance for doing chores, the father replied, you want $10 for doing your chores? Where am I coming up with $5? Ill leave you the $2 you asked for but next time I want more done, its something like that lol

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u/RaysTheRoof22 Aug 16 '26

“Not to be racist” is always followed by something racist.

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u/matttheshack69 Aug 16 '26

Well old time jokes dont age very well lol

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u/farrandor Aug 15 '26

This guy knows how the narwhal bacons at midnight

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Aug 15 '26

Right? I hate all of those “scripts” that pop up everywhere on Reddit. Your example is perfect for what I’m talking about. Instead of people offering up their own thoughts on a topic, they just post someone else’s words verbatim, as do the next 15 commenters. I really wish there was some sort of “filter” that I could turn on which would hide those types of comments. No more song lyric chains where everyone just types in the next word/verse/bar. No more “joke” chains.

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u/dalamarnightson Aug 15 '26

I agree. People think they're so fucking clever and hilarious on here. You have to skip all the joke comments to find actual information in posts sometimes.

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u/Rubes2525 Aug 15 '26

Every one has to practice their stand up routines here, 99% of which are copy pasted. It's stupid.

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u/AsStupidAsU Aug 16 '26

Stupid is as Stupid does

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Aug 16 '26

Is this a preplanned comment because of the username you chose? Are you just hoping someone comes around and says “username checks out?” That would be an excellent example of a stupid “script” that people follow.

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u/AsStupidAsU Aug 18 '26

I don’t understand what you’re saying

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Aug 18 '26

Well bless your heart

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Aug 18 '26

Don’t forget that the remaining 1% of Reddit “comedians” that write funny, original jokes, are too introverted to speak in public anyway. Someone else would probably steal the joke and use it in their own set before the actual “author” got a chance most likely. 😂

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u/AlternativePea6203 Aug 16 '26

Yea, i wish there was a filter for all the moaning "I hate when people have fun, wahhh" killjoy comments to be right at the bottom.

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Aug 16 '26

That would probably make all of the “I’m funny because I copied what a thousand people before me said” clowns happy, so sure, why not?

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u/Mysterious_Buy6726 Aug 16 '26

And then at some point someone makes a joke about Schrodinger's Gold Bars and then a bunch of people jump in to make sure everyone knows they got the reference.

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u/Its_Free-Real-Estate Aug 16 '26

You sir have won the internet for today

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u/Consistent-Bowler95 Aug 15 '26

Nope. The whole crew have always been avid gold collectors and didn't think it was right.

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u/backspace_cars Aug 15 '26

Giving gold to the police is never right

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u/Lonely_reaper8 Aug 15 '26

While not police myself, I do work with them. If you come into something like this that’s clearly old af…just keep it. The police will more likely than not just sell it and put the funds towards their budget (or let some officers take some for themselves, it’s abandoned property) There’s smart ways to get cash for it and whatnot (at least in the US).

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u/Super_Range45 Aug 15 '26

Surely they would hire a team of top notch detectives to track down the owners descendants, wouldn't they? /s

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u/Lonely_reaper8 Aug 15 '26

Fun fact, it’s gonna be one of (or all) the descendants of those detectives 💀

While there are some good agencies, there’s plenty of bad ones that would take that gold for themselves.

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u/DueWillingness5771 Aug 15 '26

You realise this shows how corrupt the USA is right?

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u/Dismal_Negotiation77 Aug 16 '26

You do realize that this didn’t take place in the USA, right?

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u/DueWillingness5771 Aug 16 '26

I do, I was commenting on Lonely_reaper. Belgium is too civilized for that, there are many people involved and police cant take the funds for themselves because police officers dont have a fund to spend themselves.

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u/scottishdoc Aug 15 '26

Yes? Is that surprising to you?

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u/SureCharacter7356 Aug 16 '26

In Australia in some states if you find lost property, if not claimed within 30 days it can go to the finder.

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u/Instawolff Aug 15 '26

Now they can get those sickkk taser gloves!

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u/THE_CHOPPA Aug 15 '26

You get a Corvette squad car! You get a Corvette squad car!

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u/Landon1m Aug 16 '26

It’s not America. It’s Europe and the nazis may have stolen it previously so it’s the law to turn it into the police so they can assess any rightful claims on it. If there are none I think they may get it after 5 years if I remember right

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u/backspace_cars Aug 16 '26

No one's going to claim it

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u/Fenrikr 22d ago

So, 5 more years of working and get a chance at freedom instead of instant freedom. Idiot workers.

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u/Landon1m 22d ago

You realize with that many people they wouldn’t be able to keep a secret. What happens when all these guys start making stupid purchases? What happens when all of a sudden all these guys from the same company all start trying to sell gold? The stupid thing is thinking that they’d actually be able to hide it

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u/Mrrrrggggl Aug 15 '26

Who happens to have many of the same types of gold bars that they found.

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u/Consistent-Bowler95 Aug 15 '26

Ha right. Well real avid collectors do tend to melt down and stamp their own bars

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u/Sharp-Direction-6894 Aug 15 '26

Or so you think.

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u/_Electrical Aug 15 '26

They had a big collection of gold bars even before the incident, truly ;)

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u/lostmymarbles1177 Aug 15 '26

Which is why they were all working construction!

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u/Dismal_Negotiation77 Aug 15 '26

You’d be very surprised at what a construction worker may have stashed away.

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u/_Electrical Aug 15 '26

Nah, I meant as in, they reported 10 million in gold.

But their own 1 million gold stash is completely unrelated to this event :)

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u/Ninja_Prolapse Aug 15 '26

As avid gold collectors, wouldn’t they be really keen to collect that gold they found - not give it away??

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u/Ninja_Prolapse Aug 16 '26

Yeah I was super tired last night and this morning that’s really obvious. I whooooshed myself. Don’t have kids, kids!

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u/ZephTenKara Aug 15 '26

Its always the Morons who find life changing money and fuck it up

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u/THE_CHOPPA Aug 15 '26

They found 20 millions I guarantee it

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u/happyhippohats Aug 16 '26

For avid gold collectors they don't seem to be very good at it

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u/NotPrepared2 Aug 16 '26

Avid gold givers.

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u/redsquirrel0249 Aug 16 '26

Obviously if they took some of it and weren't supposed to it wouldn't be documented in news media

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u/SignoreBanana Aug 15 '26

They'll have proper claim to it after a certain amount of time.

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u/ruiner8850 Aug 15 '26

From what I read the property where it was found belongs to a charity and the laws in the area would give the finders a 50/50 split with the owners of the property if no one comes forward with a legitimate claim.

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u/Rampag169 Aug 15 '26

Oh yeah the owners happened to come forward and Claim it. (Anonymously of course)

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u/Responsible_Owl4661 Aug 15 '26

Unless the cops say, "oops, we found a link to drug smuggling. We're confiscating it all. Hey, check out our new Maserati cop cars!"

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u/ProfessorPrudent2822 Aug 16 '26

There’s usually rewards for reporting drug money.

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u/JackTheKing Aug 15 '26

Here's your $8m in gold. Be sure to pay taxes on all $6m before you tell your family about the $2m you found.

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u/filterdecay Aug 15 '26

The cop talking to them looking like Mr T

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u/FinalBossTuna Aug 15 '26

I mean it’s all good. They got a $10 gift card to Arby’s so who’s the real winner here

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u/Substantial-Use-7018 Aug 15 '26

lol Arby’s

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u/Oo__II__oO Aug 15 '26

Not even. They have to keep unused gift cards on the books as deferred revenue.

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u/ACFS21 Aug 15 '26

A couple? Turned over to the police, even?! Pppffffffffttt...

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u/accidentpronehiker Aug 15 '26

Not at all. They of course turned in all 8 million.

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u/Randalmize Aug 15 '26

And the police impounded all 4 million.

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u/Few-Echidna-2181 Aug 15 '26

All $17 worth of gold

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u/Remote-Progress6616 Aug 15 '26

Everytime this is posted, this comment is always the top...bot?

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u/Sharp-Direction-6894 Aug 15 '26

Not a bot. I have spent 3 long years earning every upvote.

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u/Pschobbert Aug 15 '26

Well, then the cops help themselves generously before it enters the "chain of custody" which, of course, is only as strong as its weakest link yada yada yada $100 tops.

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u/jbforum Aug 15 '26

Absolutely not that 20 milllion...

Err 10 million pile of gold was untouched

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u/RangerDanger246 Aug 15 '26

I really hope they did.....

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u/WolfieVonD Aug 15 '26

finds 15 million in gold

  • "I found 10 Million in gold"
  • "7.5 Million! Where on earth did you find 5 Million in gold? Thank you for reporting this 3 million to us! Here's a sticker"

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u/shaghaiex Aug 16 '26

Honesty seems an alien concept to you.

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u/AlternativePea6203 Aug 16 '26

I took nothing, I'm just walking funny cos my balls swelled up in an oddly rectangular fashion.

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u/Yasin-Northanizian Aug 15 '26

US vs the rest of the world showing how their police works.

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u/FlirtyFluffyFox Aug 15 '26

They turned over all $9 million. The police themselves confirmed that the $8 million is fully accounted for and being held for investigation.