The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel May 04, 2026 • 11:15

He Was Called In to Renovate a Basement. He Tugged a Rope in the Floor and Discovered $2.4 Million in Hidden Gold - The Daily Galaxy

By Arezki Amiri

A plumber pulled a rope from a basement floor and uncovered something cemented inside the walls of a pre-war villa that no one knew existed.

A plumber renovating the basement of a villa in Vienna’s Penzing district made one of the most striking accidental discoveries in recent Austrian memory: a rusted metal chest packed with approximatel… [+4583 chars]

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He Was Called In to Renovate a Basement. He Tugged a Rope in the Floor and Discovered $2.4 Million in Hidden Gold - The Daily Galaxy

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