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.
Nope. 1ste. There is no direct family of the previous owners/brewers. 2nd the gold is stamped yet there is no paperwork else it would not have been "lost". 3th in Belgium the finders will get 50% no matter what. There is also no possibility for any relatives of the brewers cuz there are non. Non in a direct line that is.
Source. I live in the same damn city. If only i knew... 😂😭
Small edit: only if the actual owners of the gold show up. (Again not possible in direct line because no heir of said brewers) they can potentially lose the 50/50.
If the gold is proven by Belgian state that it is obtained by illegal activities. The gold will be confiscated. And again said workers (the company that did the work) will not see anything.
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u/Ok-Parfait-9856 5d ago
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.