Solid Gold
Sewers are a waste disposal system, but not all of the waste that goes down them is worthless. Workers at a treatment facility in Japan, for example, received 5 million yen in gold in 2009. While processing sludge, they discovered the precious metal. Due to a large number of precision equipment manufacturers in the area, they used metal. They found 1,890 grams of gold in a ton of garbage!
Solid Gold
Luxury Watches
In fact, the sewers hold more fortune than we realize. In 2012, Aaron Large, an English drain technician, discovered four luxury watches in the drains. They weren’t your average timepieces. A few days later, he discovered an 18-carat gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph worth £21,000, as well as another Rolex and two more valuable items. One of the watches was eventually traced to its rightful owner, but the other three were discovered to be fakes. Despite this, Aaron’s employer rewarded him for his efforts with a bonus.
Luxury Watches