{"id":18255,"date":"2026-08-18T05:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18255"},"modified":"2026-08-18T05:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:53:21","slug":"belgian-construction-workers-strike-gold-at-work-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18255","title":{"rendered":"Belgian construction workers strike gold at work \u2013 literally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forget overtime – this construction crew hit the mother lode.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eight construction workers have uncovered gold coins and bars worth 9 million euros (NZ$17.6 million) in Belgium, while at work, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They made the golden discovery underneath a building they were renovating in the city of Dendermonde, about 30km northwest of Brussels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Apparently, during drilling operations, the drill bit got stuck, hitting a gold bar,” Dendermonde Police District chief Patrick Feys told Belgian broadcaster VTM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said, once the discovery was made, the workers contacted the property owner, who then called the police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Careful inventory work had been carried out under camera surveillance at the police station, before the gold was sealed to avoid future disputes, the police chief added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Images on the Dendermonde police’s Facebook page show a metal bucket filled with gold coins and a table covered with gold bars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A police investigation is underway to determine how the gold ended up there and who legally owns it, according to Associated Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I hope they can use it to fund a worthy cause, although that will be determined by further investigation and legal proceedings,” Feys told VTM.<\/p>\n

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Forget overtime – this construction crew hit the mother lode. Eight construction workers have uncovered gold coins and bars worth 9 million euros (NZ$17.6 million) in Belgium, while at work, according to authorities. They made the golden discovery underneath a building they were renovating in the city of Dendermonde, about 30km northwest of Brussels. “Apparently, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18257,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18255\/revisions\/18257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}