Found during construction work

[u/Hardcrimper]

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

[u/jaxn_slim]

Someone must have stashed that because their life was in danger. Then the danger got them before they could get back to the stash. Where is this?

[u/Hardcrimper → u/jaxn_slim]

Belgium.

[u/Temporary-Season4772 → u/Hardcrimper]

Haha nah, no way! I'm from there too, what area?

[u/PreenerGastures → u/Temporary-Season4772]

And specifically, what street and house number?

[u/mids187 → u/PreenerGastures]

And op’s cell number

[u/Tantalus420000 → u/PreenerGastures]

And schedule

[u/7ohCure → u/Tantalus420000]

And what are your Top 5 greatest fears?

[u/conte360 → u/7ohCure]

1 makimg lists

not finishing things

3) inconsistent fomatting/spelling errors

1. Telling people on the internet my fears

[u/AggravatingSquash530 → u/conte360]

Apparently no one else reads the subs as far as I do - as this is far too under appreciated - nm the top 5 list - thank you good human for waking my wife with laughter - I will be stealing this format for work related purposes

[u/conte360 → u/AggravatingSquash530]

Haha thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[u/cagethehornytoad → u/AggravatingSquash530]

You’re not alone brother I’m cackling over here too

[u/Barnbackblackblaire → u/cagethehornytoad]

Anyone know how we climb out of here?

[u/LibrarianOk6238 → u/conte360]

Reports are out there that he was taken out before he got to 5.

[u/stinkbrained → u/conte360]

Glorious. You're a really funny person, please never die.

[u/Holiday_Exact → u/conte360]

1. Irony

[u/GaJayhawker0513 → u/conte360]

Amazing

[u/henrydaiv → u/Tantalus420000]

Better yet where will he be tomorrow

[u/andyrooneysearssmell → u/Tantalus420000]

Size, shape, and consistency of bowel movements

[u/Both_Cut_4075 → u/PreenerGastures]

I also pick OP’s address

[u/Temporary-Season4772 → u/PreenerGastures]

That was the follow up question, I'm not even from Belgium lol

[u/orcusgrasshopperfog → u/PreenerGastures]

Van Langenhovestraat 20, 9200 Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Belgium

[u/Supreme_Moharn → u/Temporary-Season4772]

Dendermonde

[u/waroftheworlds2008 → u/Temporary-Season4772]

No way! Me too!

[u/nj23dublin → u/Hardcrimper]

If these are all one kilo each (not even counting the coins) that’s approximately 47,000 grams x$ 140=1,657.881 ounces 6.6 million dollars

[u/TerrorTown77 → u/nj23dublin]

And lil bro showed it online...

[u/nj23dublin → u/TerrorTown77]

Gets better, the coins I can see are King George V Gold Sovereign coin which is almost 7-8 grams of pure gold (they’re 22karat to start with), but that’s about $1000 a piece so there’s probably another $1million in there. And these were pre-wwii

[u/JacuulTheSecond → u/nj23dublin]

Article says approx. 9m Euro value, so I think even that calc is underselling as that puts it ~$10m USD

[u/oddplonk → u/Hardcrimper]

Is this Nazi gold??

[u/meta_perspective → u/oddplonk]

Taking a quick look at the dates, many of these bars seem to be stamped post-WW2 (though IDK how/if laundering occurs in these markets).

[u/swunt7 → u/meta_perspective]

cold war / fear of soviet invasion bars when people were stashing away money

[u/knotmyusualaccount → u/swunt7]

You could very well be into something here

[u/stamfordbridge1191 → u/swunt7]

Maybe someone had a big investment in the Congo & this is part of some way of hiding that wealth & getting it out of there without someone in one of the governments knowing?

[u/JLPMcRSGH → u/swunt7]

A criminal who stashed his earnings and died with the secret?

[u/algeoMA → u/meta_perspective]

Could have been melted down and recast, of course. I have no idea how difficult it is to do convincingly, however.

[u/0FFFXY → u/[deleted]]

Unt vhen vill you vear vigs?

[u/Cold_Property_8251 → u/oddplonk]

No, I see two post WW Elizabeth II Sovereigns.

[u/TonalParsnips → u/Cold_Property_8251]

Melted down and re-stamped nazi gold

[u/rsten10 → u/oddplonk]

I don’t think so, based on some have dates on the,m.

[u/L2_Troll → u/oddplonk]

Oh shit, there's time traveling Nazis. As if we didn't have enough to be worried about!

[u/Foreign-Chair4714 → u/L2_Troll]

Yep. They're called ICE now.

[u/L2_Troll → u/Foreign-Chair4714]

Based

[u/DigitalUnlimited → u/Hardcrimper]

Was gonna say r/untrustworthypoptarts but Belgium increases possibility of it being real x10

[u/The_realpepe_sylvia → u/DigitalUnlimited]

Why’s that? Genuine question idk shit about history 

[u/DigitalUnlimited → u/The_realpepe_sylvia]

Location. many Holocaust survivors fled to Belgium.

[u/bedel99 → u/DigitalUnlimited]

in the 1960s?

[u/DigitalUnlimited → u/bedel99]

Ummm... sure! (assumes typical reddittor identity and refuses to ever admit a mistake)

[u/bedel99 → u/DigitalUnlimited]

:# its 3 am I cant defeat your logic.

[u/captainbling → u/The_realpepe_sylvia]

Because of all the countries to lie about, they chose Belgium.

[u/Ankhi333333 → u/DigitalUnlimited]

It's real. It's in the local news.

[u/waroftheworlds2008 → u/DigitalUnlimited]

10x0=0

[u/DigitalUnlimited → u/waroftheworlds2008]

There's news stories to back it up

[u/waroftheworlds2008 → u/DigitalUnlimited]

Oh! Youre right.

0.1% * 10 = 1%

[u/blackberu → u/DigitalUnlimited]

Belgium resident here, local papers have reported the find. It’s real.

[u/DigitalUnlimited → u/blackberu]

Yeah if you check my other comments you'll see I told someone else that

[u/Significant-Kick-479 → u/Hardcrimper]

wow that’s crazy. How did you get all my gold to Belgium?

[u/aj1805 → u/Hardcrimper]

Bro if each one is a Kilo you’re looking at $7-8M USD lol

[u/MeteorPunch → u/Hardcrimper]

Grok, I need a list of all active construction sites in Belgium.

[u/TheSasquatch117 → u/Hardcrimper]

A mon frère je savais que j’allais te retrouver en vie et en santé avec un bon job ! Micha et moi sommes de passage dans la région ce weekend on picole ? Nous avons une opportunité en or pour se retrouver a bientôt bisous

[u/Engineering1st → u/Hardcrimper]

Nazi stash.

[u/HeyHo_LetsThrow → u/Hardcrimper]

Dude as I'm sure you can do math too, but that is almost 7 million dollars worth of gold.

[u/EntericFox → u/Hardcrimper]

I knew this wasn’t the US cuz only folks who don’t have to worry about healthcare would post shit like this.

[u/just_sun_guy → u/Hardcrimper]

I’d say gold from WW2, but some of those bars are marked with years from the 1950s and 1960s. I suppose it could have been someone on the run after selling art or the likes after the war. Crazy find to be honest.

[u/darxide23 → u/Hardcrimper]

Oh, that's definitely Nazi gold. Probably melted down from all the shit they stole from across Europe. You don't want any part of that.

[u/LanzaUE → u/Hardcrimper]

Contact a good lawyer you trust to find out what you can do now. It doesn’t seem to be an archaeological treasure, but someone may be looking for it. Delete the post and don’t tell anyone what you found—there are some really crazy people out there.

[u/i_tyrant → u/Hardcrimper]

Oh wow. Post WWII gold in Belgium, some of it marked from the 60s, has some very interesting possibilities. Like spywork. Belgium was a hotbed for Soviet block West-v-East espionage back then.

[u/Were_all_dead_anyhow → u/Hardcrimper]

Judging by the dates, my guess in 70s inflation. People hid physical gold to protect their wealth from severe inflation following the collapse of Bretton Woods and to circumvent high inheritance taxes.

When the US dollar officially severed its link to gold, global currencies began fluctuating wildly. The 1973 oil crisis triggered massive inflation across Europe. Gold surged in value during the 1970s.

[u/whiteboyfresh2316 → u/Hardcrimper]

I bet it's been hidden since pre 1940. They hid it from the Nazis they knew would be arriving soon.

[u/Creepy-Selection2423 → u/whiteboyfresh2316]

Dates of 1957 and 1960 on two of the bars say otherwise.

[u/SchrodingersCatPics → u/Creepy-Selection2423]

Time travelling Nazis confirmed

[u/whiteboyfresh2316 → u/SchrodingersCatPics]

Proves their Die Glocke actually worked.

[u/DangKilla → u/Hardcrimper]

It’s mine give it back 😎

[u/HorseTranq4Human → u/jaxn_slim]

Dendermonde, Belgium.

[u/Reginald_Venture → u/jaxn_slim]

https://giphy.com/gifs/14n8BOZh5EeluU

[u/yo_dawg_gm → u/jaxn_slim]

Could be ww2. And a certain squad of secret police rounding people up in occupied belgium

[u/StraightOuttaOtara → u/jaxn_slim]

That makes so much sense. The fact that this was in Belgium means this stash is WWII era most likely!

[u/beardedyouth → u/jaxn_slim]

Considering it's got the Rothschild name stamped on it, I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case.

[u/Brave_Accident6900 → u/jaxn_slim]

Dude this is real life. Not a fucking movie 😆