Published16. November 2024, 11:52
WienPlumber finds gold treasure worth 2.3 million euros
A plumber discovered a metal box full of gold coins during renovation work at a villa in Vienna. The value of the find is said to be 2.3 million euros.
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The box full of gold coins had been embedded in concrete in the floor of a villa.
Reader reporter heute.at
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A plumber in Vienna discovers a treasure of gold worth 2.3 million euros during renovation work.
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The treasure consists of 30 kilograms of gold coins that were hidden in a concrete box.
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According to the law, the finder is entitled to half of the value, the other half goes to the landowner.
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The find must be reported to the police as a chance archaeological find.
A Viennese homeowner has his property renovated. Construction workers noticed a strange rope on the ground. However, it was ignored for a long time.
Only when an installer visited the construction site did he try to pull the rope out of the ground. When he couldn’t do it, he grabbed a shovel and tried to dig it up. He came across a metal box that had previously been set in concrete.
30 kilograms of gold coins
When he was able to bring the treasure chest to the surface and forcefully opened it, he found coins made of pure gold inside. The find apparently weighs around 30 kilograms without the chest and is said to be worth around 2.3 million euros, writes Today.at.
«I have been on the construction site since I was 15 years old. Every now and then you find the occasional coin, but a discovery like this is incredible,” Armin, one of the construction workers who was on site during the discovery, told Today.at.
As the newspaper writes, the finder of the treasure would be legally entitled to half of the finder’s fee. The other half would therefore go to the landowner. As a chance archaeological find, the discovery must be reported to the police. What happens next is still unclear.
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