Found the sock full of money!!!!!!!!!!!!
McDesign
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It finally happened. All of us, you included, fantasize about finding the sack of money concealed in an old house.
This morning, I found it. In the attic. Behind a chimney. Little bit; untouched for decades. No shinola. Coins. Silver plate. A Civil War musket ball?
Yes, I told the client. Yes they were excited
Yes I took pictures – post ’em when I get the camera to the right computer tonight.
Forrest – still breathing fast
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Bet that was fun!! Congrats! Maybe a nice finders fee?
Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
you found my sock full of money?
in an old house?
right where i left it? in the attic? behind the chimney?
i thought i'd lost that forever . . . .
you can keep the musket ball <g>
Glad to help. Just tell me the dates on the buffalo nickles.
Forrest - lookin' up stuff on the web
19 and somethun and there were buffalos (buffaloo? buffali?) on themand they were roundand how do i know you're not just imagining the whole thing?
Here we are . . .
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Forrest
Edited 1/26/2007 5:52 pm by McDesign
Edited 1/26/2007 5:52 pm by McDesign
Whoops, sorry. Those aren't mine.Mine were gold. <g>checked them out on Wikipedia . . . if there's a mint 1937 3-legged buffalo in there, then it's worth $5000. cool discovery regardless :)
Yeah, you can bet I checked for overstrikes and oddities! For a brief moment, I thought the 1944 copper penny was one of the (12) 1943 copper cents (rest were steel). Last 1943 copper went for $112K
Forrest
Forrest
Some kid probably stashed the dough there and forgot all about it, went through the rest of his/her life mad as hell that s(he) missed the oportunity to buy that special toy they'd always wanted!
Doug
Did those nickels really turn brown, or were they more like this?
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Edited 1/26/2007 9:40 pm ET by BruceT999
Nah, those colors are pretty accurate - pic was in the sunlight. Lots of different metals together for a long time, maybe?
Forrest
my most interesting find was adding a laundry over a porch..
the porch was over the coal celler
and the coal celler had been converted into a store room
we needed to do some work in there for the laundry plumbing
the Owner ( in her late '70's ) and her sister were upstairs visiting
i found a full set of dentures on one of the shelves
took them upstairs and played show & tell.. the reaction was amazing.. they both loudly exclaimed.....
" Pa " !
seems he always complained about those dentures and would often take them out and leave them lying aroundMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
LOL! DW and I both laughed into our cuppacino foam.
"PA!"
<snicker>
Forrest
took them upstairs and played show & tell.. the reaction was amazing.. they both loudly exclaimed.....
" Pa " !
First thing I thought of when I read your post was the Baldwin sisters talking about their father and the "recipe" on the show "The Walton's", I loved that show.Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
I have already had my find but being in the business Im in , Im always looking and the treasure we got always has the wife looking .
We found a bag of old money. Silver dollars and half dollars . Some odd coins and as far as I could tell just money with older dates on it . All different kinds of dates.
Its pretty well changed our lives as far as what we are thinking when we enter a vaccant house . Weve tasted the blood .
I have mixed thoughts about you giving that bag up. It was their house and they are the legal owners of the bag but it wasnt their loss . You did the right thing. I sit with a coin collector every morning at the coffee shop. The condition of those coins renders them nearly worthless unless there is a date coveted in them thats collected and even then the condition of the coin will make it suffer.
His story;
He bought a wooden nail keg full of pennies that were all dark as they had sit under a carport for years. He paid a 100 dollars for it . He spread them out on his driveway and poured somthing on them and then rinsed them with a garden hose .
He sold three pennies for 700 a piece because of the dates. If those pennies would have been in cases [untouched] they would have brought big money was his words.
The banks here quit taking his pennies . That kinda told me mebbe he buys a lot of pennies but he says they wont take anyones loose pennies . I dont know.
Tim
Forrest...ever seen the movie "Amelie?" You might start hanging out with the travelocity gnome, and getting your pictures taken in those 4 shots for a buck photo booths<G> "But to be honest some folks here have been pushing the envelope quite a bit with their unnecessary use if swear words. They just put a character in to replace a letter. But everyone knows what they're saying." Sancho
Can't find "Amelie" on IMDB - spelled right?
Forrest
Well, I can't figure out how to get in the accent mark...it's furrin...nominated for 5 academy awards, and won the 2001 Best Foreign Language Film Award...Snort, spreader of other countries cultures<G> "But to be honest some folks here have been pushing the envelope quite a bit with their unnecessary use if swear words. They just put a character in to replace a letter. But everyone knows what they're saying." Sancho
link to 'Amelie', 'The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain', (French, with English subtitles):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
Hey Hannah, how's your sisters?<G> "But to be honest some folks here have been pushing the envelope quite a bit with their unnecessary use if swear words. They just put a character in to replace a letter. But everyone knows what they're saying." Sancho
The last I heard, they ran away to join the circus; but thanks for asking...
awww, not a Woody Allen fan? "But to be honest some folks here have been pushing the envelope quite a bit with their unnecessary use if swear words. They just put a character in to replace a letter. But everyone knows what they're saying." Sancho
Forrest,Great find. Maybe one of the kids will grow up to be a numismatist.Over 20 years ago we were stripping and refinishing all 43 of the Chestnut doors in a brick Victorian in Georgetown(DC) and the owner wanted to use the pocket doors that the previous owner had concealed with a 12" jamb. The doors were hung using a cantilever system that was really HD. A little 3-in1 then graphite got them working good as new. The rear edge a note in pencil that said. " Hung by Charlie S. 1881. On a piece of blocking in the wall was a 1881 penny. Rather than take it to the owner, we left it there and put a 1981 penny and a note on the door edge "reworked by Charlie S and brother John S. 1981"John and I thought about giving the penny to the owner, but decided to leave it there so maybe someone will find both pennies.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Here ya go:http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60022048&trkid=189530&strkid=682698929_0_0 "But to be honest some folks here have been pushing the envelope quite a bit with their unnecessary use if swear words. They just put a character in to replace a letter. But everyone knows what they're saying." Sancho
In my first house in Troy, NY (1800's Victorian near a park), the contractor who was looking at stuff for me popped the cap off the newl post (it was loose) and found the business card of the stair-maker with the date installed, from (if I remember) 1875ish, and had ads for some other craftsmen. We put it back after tightening.
Left that house a LOT better than I bought it (outside stairs, re-reconfigure to single-family, jacked up center where wooden posts were rotting, electric panel, gutters, major porch repairs, plumbing repairs, redid both bathrooms, etc, etc. Sunk $40-50+K over the years (at low rates to a good contractor) into a house I bought for $76K, and lived in for a year before moving for a job, then rented (mostly to friends at first) for 15 years. Sold it for $900 more than I paid for it, in 2002. On taxes, after selling it and accounting for depreciation, etc, etc - I lost $90 (so no capital gains tax, at least).
Learned a lot though.
I found two old stone blocks with Roman numerals from 1 to 10 and some faint wording on them didn't think much of them at the time so just used it as fill in the hole I was digging:)
Ha, really I found some old newspapers from early 1900's and six or so old cigarette signs ( metal) from the 30's . Oh and a mummified squirrel.
<Oh and a mummified squirrel>
Yeah, I got a squirrel mummy as a mascot in my shop - I'll get a pic.
Quiet; hardly eats at all.
Forrest
The original 10 commandments were in hebrew. You must have found a bootleg copy.
my Dad was a coin collector.
I still remember every time he bought a beer, he turned every coin of change over a couple times to study it before he touched that draft.One time he came up with a coin that was worth $86, and that was in the time of JFK. There were several other smaller rare finds. There are stacks of coins and mounted coins in the house down Florida that are probably worth quite a bit now.
They used to save silver certificates too! I don't know if those have any kind of value now or not. I don't think so.Condition is everything to valuation. I remember him explaining that the oil in your sking will start the corrosion on the surface of the coin...He really hated it when they started the copper sandwich coins we use now.
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They used to save silver certificates too! I don't know if those have any kind of value now or not. I don't think so.
That old gentleman said no if we are in fact talking about the same thing .
He said they put a shut off date on it and after that they are useless. I dunno.
Tim
That old gentleman said no if we are in fact talking about the same thing . He said they put a shut off date on it and after that they are useless. I dunno.
Eh...they can't be redeemed for silver these days (haven't been since the 60s, IIRC), but they can and occasionally are passed as currency. I've seen a couple floating about, but they're pretty dammed rare these days in circulation.
As collector's items...now that's a different story. Go do a search on the 'Bay for "silver certificate." I got 2000+ hits. : )
Jason
I guess the original point being is the goverment is done with them.
Tim
Amazing that nickles and dimes could turn brown like that!
Here's your pic back enhanced but with no color adjustments.
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I'm glad Mom showed me where she keeps her silver and stuff!
She ain't got no chimney though
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so that's why none of my socks match.
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Edited 1/26/2007 6:33 pm by maddog3
Way to go!..........Man I'm always looking for treasure.......but old shoes....bottles........old newspapers......etc. etc.....best I ever found was an old arrow head. That must have been a real rush.
Smell them little flowers...play marbles with the kiddies...listen to them birdies....and don't forget to laugh at the pomposity of yourself.
Also on this job, I found a 99 year-old pamphlet of some kind - gave to their 9-yr-old. Also a copper acid-etched bookend (hand-made, it seems) with rabbits and grass represented. I polished it up and presented it to 'em yesterday - they siad to find thge other one!
Forrest
You're an honerable man giving the booty up...........don't know what I'd do in your shoes.
Smell them little flowers...play marbles with the kiddies...listen to them birdies....and don't forget to laugh at the pomposity of yourself.
Thank you sir! I did tell them before I looked too closely - just in case there was the odd thousand dollar find!
Forrest
KUDOS on your honesty..
Maybe he's just showing us what he showed the owner. He might be naked on the bed throwing confederate money in the air right now.http://logancustomcopper.com
http://grantlogan.net/
It's like the whole world's walking pretty and you can't find no room to move. - the Boss
I married my cousin in Arkansas - I married two more when I got to Utah. - the Gourds
Good for you Forrest!!! There is integrity left in the world.
My only hobby is treasure hunting with a metal detector, so I can really appreciate a find like that.
BTW, did ya get any work done today?
Is this the first time you passed on booty?
My best find was a dildo and some porn in an attic during a remodel in a very, very wealthy person's home. Not much $ value (unless we'd played the blackmail card), but lots of giggle value.http://logancustomcopper.com
http://grantlogan.net/
It's like the whole world's walking pretty and you can't find no room to move. - the Boss
I married my cousin in Arkansas - I married two more when I got to Utah. - the Gourds
My best find was a dildo and some porn in an attic during a remodel in a very, very wealthy person's home<<<<<The house I had/did before this one while ripping off the roof ...well, while scooping out the blown in tween the rafters first I uncovered a shid load of really old Playboys that I sat and looked at for hours..pretty cool looking at those babes from back then that are probably shriveled up ol' grannies now....next to the mags were a box of the guys coin collection. Kennedy dollars and some other coins in plastic sleeves. Weird huh? The guy got off on looking at neked chicks and coins...hmmmm...sounds a lil' like Trump. I can think of worse things...like a thread of a 100 posts about weather or not the article about Obama was underhanded...geezzz...what some people get off on...LOL.
http://WWW.CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
<I can think of worse things...like a thread of a 100 posts about weather >
My evil plan is to displace poly-jive threads by sheer volume.
Forrest
"My evil plan is to displace poly-jive threads by sheer volume."You do that and I'll kiss your virtual ****;)
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"My evil plan is to displace poly-jive threads by sheer volume."
You do that and I'll kiss your virtual ****
I'll second what Piffin said, And he'll kiss your virtual **** twice!
Doug
Kiss my ezz! since you gonna be owing me one! LOL
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can we have Pif kiss it three times???Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I dont see why not, he'll be down there anyhow!
"he'll be down there"Let's not forget the pre-requisite for this bit of rewarding entertainment nowand how unlikely it is.I hope
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and how unlikely it is.
Probably happen right after we see pigs fly!
Doug
Don't you dare bring Stan Foster and his rotocyclops in on this! LOL
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we're sellin' tickets....
that's all there is to it...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Whatcha tryin to do? Get blisters on my lips?
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Found some further stuff in the vein of your find.
This stuff was carefully concealed, covered and accessable from the attic - in between the old ceiling and the dropped ceiling.
The clipping is 1975 wedding announcement of the girl that lived there when I was growing up. The deer tag is a 1968 of the guy she married; two of the books are church things from the church we went to, and the other book is self-explanatory! I think maybe this was hidden by the younger sister, who would have been about 15 then, to my 13.
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Edited 1/31/2007 6:49 pm by McDesign
Good on you. Several years ago, while surveying Johnson creek in an toney part of West Austin, we dug up a quart mason jar full of silver dollars at a back fence corner next to a an old Live Oak stump. The property owner was an elderly woman on a fixed income, and she was ecstatic about the find. Seems her father had buried the coins in '29 after the Depression, and she could never find'em. All were damn near UC condition as the top had not rusted completely off, and water had not gotten in. The find helped her keep her house unitl she passed. The whole time we were there, she would bring us a pitcher of iced tea, no matter how far we were from her house.
I went under a house to try and jack up the floor, I had to move boxes of stuff, The owners family were all military, There were boxes of old pistols, like colt dragoons and civil war guns, a dozen civil war swords,Generals uniforms, Krag? rifles persian rugs, I have never stole anything and i held the pistols and thought o my these must be worth a fortune, Then felt guilty even thinking those thoughts and told the man, he said you have not even seen half the stuff i have, He said he wanted to weld the swords together for a table, I said you better not do that, there were at least 20 old old pistols some were the flint kind, some little boot guns. funny i was dead broke and my wife could not get a job, I thought for a second this would solve everything if i was a thief, 2 weeks later my wife got a good job and i got more work, sometimes i wonder if im being tested
I don't know if testing or rewarding, or some would say karma, but the universe/providence/God is good to those who do right, IMO
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Fantastic Find!
All I have found so far is dead mice and an old bottle or two but with this inspiration I will keep looking.
WW
McDesign,,
I think that Buffalo only had three leg's !!!!!!! Just kidding. It's good to know there are people like you out there that do the right thing!
northeastvt
kudos on your honesty. I'm still looking for the big find. Found a old plastic G.I. Joe doll while working at my brother's house- Left it on the bench and the dog ate it. Oh well....We only find used straight blade razers behind medicine cabinets. Not very exciting untill you get cut.
We've been restoring an 1880's farm house, found drawings of Tee Pee's with smoke on the 1x8 lapboard interior walls under the old wall paper. Made sure to leave them intact under the new sheetrock. Also found a wall cavity full of rusted pieces of metal and small doll parts. Looks like a little brother would steal his sisters toys and combs etc... and would stick them through a knothole in the wall, presumably when she ticked him off.Ottcarpentry
When renovating an old farm house, my best find was the newpaper they used under the wood flooring. The first one I took up I looked at closely. Being a baseball fan I really like finding old box scores, so was disappointed to see that it was a January (or so) paper. Looking further the headline said "Yanks buy Ruth from Red Sox". I still haven't gotten it mounted or anything, but I should. As I kept going, there were some good ones, like Ruth and Cobb on the same page.
Get the old newspaper deacidified & mount it on acid free paper, otherwise it will crumble faster.My sister (this would be MWE#1) received a mounted print of Queen Victoria as a gift. For whatever reason, she opened it up and found pieces of old British newspaper used as backing. Old ads for corsets & stuff with pricing, oh & cartoons too. Very interesting stuff.And then one dayyyy the police came by..singing rikiti tikiti tin
When we remodeled our house in Seal Beach Ca. I bought some old stained glass windows from an antique store in Riverside that was going out of buisiness. One window was about 6ft by 5 ft and had 3 transom windows painted shut. I stripped multi layers of paint and caulking to get the windows to open again. In the cracks I found rolled up newspaper from 1904 England advertising jobs to boys 10 to 15 yrs old to work in coal mines! I don't know how old the windows are but someone painted them shut in 1904. They look real nice in our home.