We’ve all dreamed of finding a lost treasure box when we were kids. As adults, finding a lost note is both a blessing and a curse, ‘cause you probably will have to lose something sometime soon to even out the karma, they say.
But this time we’re talking lost and found stuff, objects, and places with a much bigger “wowzer” factor. Imagine yourself coming across an alligator skull while hiking, or spotting a tiny perfect seashell in your salt. Some discoveries are cute and fun, while others are plain scary and mind-bending.
So fasten your seatbelts since we're off to a lost and found compilation from Bored Panda that will surely ignite your inner detective. More bizarre objects that have been lost, thrown away, washed ashore, or long forgotten in the woods can be found in our previous posts here, here, and here.
#1 An Old Jacket Hanging In The Woods With A Bird's Nest Built In The Pocket
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#2 Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy
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#3 We Went To The Beach To Find Shark Teeth, So When My Daughter Yelled "I Found Teeth!" This Was The Last Thing I Was Expecting
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#4 This Shell I Found In My Sea Salt
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#5 Alligator Gar Skull I Found While Hiking Today
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#6 I Went Diving With My Metal Detector In A Private Lake And Was Able To Return Multiple Valuables To Their Owners, Including A $5000 Wedding Ring That Was Lost For Almost 5 Years
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#7 Bought A House That Had A Hidden Room, I Found It When I Parked A Bus On It
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#8 Found An Old Beer Bottle In The Mountains With A Mini Eco System Inside
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#9 This Very Old Bottle Of Cocaine We Found In My Pharmacy
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#10 Just Found A Lug Nut In My Fruit Bar
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#11 Found A Random Painting In The Middle Of The Woods
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#12 I Found A Door, And Nothing Else, On An Abandoned Beach
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#13 My Mom Found A Baby Owl On The Porch Behind The Firewood
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#14 Found Photos Of My Grandmother's Cousin Hanging With His Buddy While Cleaning Out A Storage Locker
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#15 We Found A Safe Behind A Fake Electrical Socket In Our New House
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#16 This Incredible Carrot Hand Was Found While Digging Juice Carrots At Our Farm Today
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#17 I Run Down An Old Dirt Road. Trash Is Dumped There. One Day I Stopped And Found A Box Of Money. All The Envelopes Are From Different Countries All Over The World
Mostly date from the 1700s-1900s. The oldest is a coin from 1621. I’ve got some from countries that no longer exist. I’m still researching.
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#18 This Golf Ball Inside A Log I Found
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#19 Found And Returned A Wedding Ring, As Well As A Phone, With Over 5 Years Of Lost Memories Still On It, While Diving For Trash And Treasure In Rollin's Lake
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#20 Found This In Our Back Yard While Planting A Tree
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#21 I Found A Tiny House Inside Of A Tree Stump
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#22 35 Pounds Of Honey Found In My Cousin's Roof
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#23 I Found A Wall With A Bottle Build Into It Which Has A Small Note Inside
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#24 An Old 8-Ball Found Deep In A Forest
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#25 My Dad Found A Weather Balloon In His Field Today
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#26 Found A S-Agent 1960 Cap Gun While Digging A Hole For A Fence Post
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#27 I Found What Appears To Be A Glass Heart Digging In My Garden
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#28 Renovating A 100-Year-Old House, Found What Looks Like A Samurai Sword Under A Section Of The House That Had A Dirt Floor
The sheath is metal on the outside and wood inside. Still sharp and heavy
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#29 This Guy Found 73 Frisbees In A Pond While He Was Looking For His Own
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#30 Found A Moose Tooth In The Creek
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#31 This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakespeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War
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#32 Found This In The Crawl Space Above My Bedroom
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#33 Found A Key Inside My Wall
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#34 Found These 110 Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons
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#35 Found A 100-Year-Old Time Capsule In My Backyard
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#36 Friend Of Mine Just Moved Into A New House. Took Off All The Heating Vents To Paint Them, And This Was Behind One Of Them
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#37 Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods
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#38 Was Cutting Down A Tree At A Golf Course And Found A Golf Ball Wedged In It
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#39 We Discovered A Locked Safe In The Floor During Remodel Of Our Old Home
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#40 This Archaeological Wall Of Ingravings I Found While Hiking
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#41 I Broke A Yard Decoration That Had 2 Frogs And Found Inside 1 Pig Playing Guitar
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#42 This Purple Roly Poly I Found Today
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#43 Real Talk I Think I Just Found A Shell With An Ancient Language On It
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#44 I Found A Mussel With Natural Goggly Eyes
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#45 Found A Shower During The Demo To Put In A Shower
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#46 I Found This Bumpy Thick Pringle In The Can
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#47 I Found A Luger While Digging Out My Basement
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#48 This Pearl I Found In An Oyster I Was Eating
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#49 My Friend Just Found This Little Statue While Digging In His Own Garden
The archeologists from the museum told him that it is probably from a grave dating back to 3-4000 years ago.
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#50 A Rock I Found On The Beach Has A Tiny Starfish Fossil In It
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#51 I Found A Old Journal In The Woods Wrapped In Yarn With 3 Vials Of Blood In The Knot
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#52 I Opened A Decade Old Play-Doh Container To Find It Had Grown Crystals
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#53 Got Home From Vacation To Find A Yellow Pages Book At My Door Being Eaten My Snails
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#54 I'm A Woodturner & Found A Lovely Bowl In A Vintage Store, Made By The Guy Who Inspired Me As A Kid
On closer inspection I felt the bowl was very familiar, so I flipped through the very book that inspired me, 31 years ago, & there it was!
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#55 Found In The Pocket Of My Grandpa’s WW2 Bomber Jacket
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#56 I Found A Ping Pong Ball Under My Basement Sofa That Is Elevated By Spider Cobwebs
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#57 This Frog Statue I Found Tied Up On The Roof Of The House We Just Bought
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#58 My Wife Found This Tiny Skink In Our Garden, Some Much-Needed Brightness On A Grey, Smoky Day
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#59 Found A Europe Cassette Tape In The Desert
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#60 Remember To Sign Your Work. I Used To Really Like This Table I Rescued From A Dump Pile Two Years Ago. Just Found The Inscription. Now I Love This Table
It’s maker, T. R. Boone, was a janitor at the University of Nebraska in 1914. Thanks for the good work, Mr. Boone. You were an artist.
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#61 This Pink Grasshopper Found On Kelleys Island, Ohio
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#62 This 5-Inch Moth We Found In Our House Yard Today
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#63 Heart-Shaped Amethyst Geodes. Discovered Yesterday In Artigas, By The Mining Company Uruguay Minerals
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#64 So I Found A Loop Of Paper Attached To My Cat's Collar This Morning. I'll Be Sure To Send Another Note Back
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#65 Found Old Newspapers Used As Insulation In The Wall Of A 130-Year-Old House
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#66 I Found My Time Capsule From 7th Grade That Has An Ominous Warning If I Opened It Early
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#67 This 1932 Glass Clorox Bottle I Found In The Woods Behind My House With The Cork Still In It
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#68 Found A World War Bayonet Under The Asphalt While At Work On A Football (Soccer) Ground
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#69 Found These Green Army Men Doing Yoga At A Place We're Renting
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#70 Found My Great Grandpa’s WWII Air Force Goggles With WWII Dirt Still On Them
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#71 I Opened A Ventilation Cavity In A Wall And Found Old Love Letters Bound In String
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#72 Found This Note In My Hotel Bed Last Night... Ugh
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#73 This Radio I Found In My Attic Is Built To Resemble A Coca-Cola Vending Machine
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#74 Wife Found This At A Local Estate Sale; Suspect Emma Wasn't Happy
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#75 My Parents Found A Mummified Rat Under The Floor Of Their New House
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#76 A Mini-Pearl I Found In An Oyster I Was Eating
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#77 Elmo Toy That I Found While Hiking In Georgia
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#78 This Rock I Found At The Beach When I Was Seven Is Full Of Fossilized Shells
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#79 Aussie Mom Finds World's Second Most Poisonous Snake Hiding In Her Kid's Lunch Box
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#80 This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life
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#81 This Sprite Can I Found In The Ceiling Of An Old Mall
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#82 I Work For The Railway And Found This Gatorade Carton In Near Mint Condition In A Tunnel. Date On The Top Says June 16, 1988
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#83 This WWII Newspaper From 1945 Found In My Grandparent’s Attic
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#84 I Found These Crystals At The Bottom Of A Bottle Of Maple Syrup That Sat In The Back Of My Refrigerator For A Few Years
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#85 I Found A Mutated Daisy
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#86 This Perfectly Square Rock I Found At The Beach
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#87 Found This Old 7up Can Buried On My Property
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#88 Group Of Baby Easter Bunnies I Found While Walking My Dog On Easter Sunday (Can For Reference)
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#89 I Found An Old Clothes Hanger Between The Floor Boards Of My Attic. It's So Old The Company's Phone Number Is 4 Digits
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#90 Found Three 1969 Newspapers About The Moon Landing In An Old Chest In The Attic
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#91 Found My Wallet From 1985 In An Old Jacket. Snapshot Of A Teenage Boys Life In The 80s
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#92 This Mcdonald’s Cup Found In A Wall During A Kitchen Renovation
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#93 Found Two Bottles Of Guinness In The Attic. 1874 I Think
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#94 My 11-Years-Old Kid And Her Friend Found This Message In A Bottle Today, At Waneka Lake, Colorado. It Reads “Stay Alive By Jose Gonzalez”. It’s A Song
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#95 I Was Splitting Firewood And I Found This Bullet Lodged In One Of The Logs. Notice How There’s No Path Of Entry, So This Tree Was Shot Long Ago And It Healed Itself Around The Bullet
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#96 I Found This American Coin Far Away From Its Country, In A Quiet Field While Metal Detecting In Scotland
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#97 Found My First Ring And Pistol While Diving For Trash & Treasure Under A Bridge. Gun Was Turned Into Park Rangers
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#98 This Viking Sword Was Found At High Altitude In The Mountains Of Oppland County. It May Have Belonged To A Viking Who Lost His Way And Died Here 1100 Years Ago
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#99 I Was Going To Fix Some Leaks I Have On My Roof And Look What I Found. The House Was Built In 1941
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#100 Silver Cuff Links I Found Today While Pit Digging. 1700’s. Found In Virginia
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#101 Found A 255-Year-Old Document In The Wall Of A House I Am Renovating. Looks Like A Deed From 1765 For A House In Burlington, NJ
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#102 Finding A 65-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaurs Vertebrae Whilst Walking The Dogs. Buckinghamshire, UK
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#103 My Mom Found This Skull With A Chrysalis Inside The Eye Socket
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#104 Rarest Of All Lobster Types, Albino One. Odds To Catch Him Are 1 In 100 Million
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#105 I Found A Cicada With The McDonald’s Logo On It
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#106 I Found Adult Film On VHS, Copyright 1985, Hidden In Basement Rafters While Repairing Plumbing
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#107 Daughter Found The Largest Blackberry I’ve Ever Seen
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#108 My Roommate Found An Original Star Wars VHS Today At A Thrift Store
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#109 Found This Awesome Swedish Krona From 1667 In My Backyard
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#110 I Found A Lizard With 2 Tails In My Driveway This Morning
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#111 Today While Sorting Through My Grandma’s Attic, I Happened To Discover My Great-Great-Grandfather’s Italian Passport And A Ticket To America Exactly 100 Years Later
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#112 I Found A Book Called "The Ancient Thirst To Read". It's Actually A Flask
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#113 A Purple Grasshopper Found In My Garden
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#114 One Of My Students Found A Copy Of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer With Mark Twain’s Real Name On It
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#115 I Found A Single Piece Of Bicycle Shaped Pasta In My Penne
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#116 I Decided To Do A Little Exploring After Hurricane Dorian. This Is What I Found (Virginia)
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#117 This Polygon Heart Drawn On A Leaf I Found In My Campus
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#118 Found A Bible From 1882 Today While Cleaning Out A Storage Unit At Work
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#119 Vintage Board Games Found In An Attic Of A New House
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#120 I Found A Book That Is Over 200 Years Old
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#121 I Found A Pre Y2K Zippo While Magnet Fishing Today
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#122 Made Mussels Tonight, And When My Wife Bit Into One She Found A Tiny Pearl
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#123 Stone Tools Found Walking With My Dog Along Dried Up Riverbed
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#124 Found 83 Gold Coins At The Bottom Of A Coal Container After Renovating The House
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#125 My Sister Found The Fossil Of What We Assume Is A Dinosaur Out In The Middle Of The Gobi Desert
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#126 My Buddy Started Tearing Down His Unused Chimney Only To Find ~25 Generations Of Stacked Up Bird Nests
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#127 I Found A Set Of Circular Playing Cards
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#128 Found In The Basement Of Our New House
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#129 Found An Old Newspaper From When Kennedy Was Shot While Cleaning Out The Garage
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#130 While Renovating Our Studio We Found Old Walled-In Mailboxes
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#131 I Found A Medieval Medal (Estimated 1226 - 1350) While Gardening
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#132 Found This In My Backyard In Ankara/Turkey. It's Red Fox Agate
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#133 This Origami Grasshopper My Friend Found On A Tram In Japan
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#134 My Brother Found My Old Dollhouse TV Displaying The Twin Towers
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#135 I Ripped Up My Old Phone Case To Discover It’s Made Of A Macau Beer Mat
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#136 Whole Other World I Found In A Beer Bottle Laying In The Woods
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#137 This Old 7up Can I Found In The Attic Of My New House
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#138 I Recently Bought A Historical Home Built In 1780. The Other Day I Discovered A Trap Door In The Barn. I Found Some Newspapers From 1926, And A Few Other Things
I’m going to keep searching for things in my free time.
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#139 I Found A Twig I Stole From The White House 11 Years Ago As A Kid
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#140 This Abandoned Shoe I Found Deep In The Forest
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#141 Contractors Working In Our Basement Found A Package Of Letters Hidden In The Floorboards From In The 1920s
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#142 I Moved The Dryer In Our New House And Found $105 In The Vent
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#143 Dinosaur Bone Found In The Basement Of My Friend’s 15th Century House In North-Eastern France
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#144 Found An Old Prescription In My Family Home’s Bathroom Closet
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#145 Found This Old Packaging That Advertises Plastic As A New Idea
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#146 Found This While Taking A Walk
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#147 Chinese Opium Bottle Found Near Old Railroad
Found near Tombstone, Arizona. Could be from the days of the railroad construction.
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#148 Hummingbird Feather. I Had Never Found One Before, Thought It Was Neat
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#149 My Roommate Bought A Pair Of Pants At The Thrift Store And Found This In One Of The Pockets
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#150 I Found This Movie Prop $100 Bill On The Sidewalk Today
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#151 While Remodeling Our Bathroom, We Found A Hidden Message In A Bottle From 1975
Note says: "We bought this house from John (censored) in November, 1966. We redecorated the bathroom in June of 1975. The upstairs of the house, the sidewalk and the city sewer system were put in by us."
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#152 I Found This Carved Fox Inside A Tree Stump, In A Forest Close To My Home
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#153 This Leaf I Found
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#154 Was Doing Some Digging And Found An Old Nerf Dart Supporting Life
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#155 Today I Found A Bald Eagle’s Tail Feather And Primary Wing Feather (Didn’t Keep Them, It’s Illegal)
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#156 Found 4 Apple Watches, 4 Phones, & A Ton More While Diving For Trash & Treasure In The American River! 2 Watches Returned So Far
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#157 Found These Beautiful Colors Hiding Inside A Piece Of Wood
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#158 I Found A Live 50 Cal Cartridge On A Cape Cod Beach From When The Military Was Stationed There During The Cold War
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#159 I Find A Revolver While Digging In My Backyard
I live in Roeux, in France. A place with a lot of activity during WW. Its a webley MK5 short. Its seems to be a WWI revolver but used in WWII by resistants.
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#160 Beaver’s Chew Marks On A Tree That I Found
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#161 This White Fern I Found On My Hike Today
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#162 I Chopped Some Wood And Found A Bullet
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#163 Just Bought An Old House (1913) And Working On Putting In A Patio. Just About Done Digging And Found This Along With Some Scattered Bones
Local police notified and waiting to hear back if they’re human or animal.
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#164 There's An Old Dilapidated Barn On The Property. My Friend Found This In A Corner, Under Some Boards And Dust
The brother-in-law of a friend of mine is remodeling a house to sell. My husband and I went to look at it a few weeks back.
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#165 Nazi Plate That I Found Buried In My Great Grandmother’s Garden
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#166 While Showing My 3-Year-Old My Game Boy, I Discovered A Picture Of My Best Friend From 1999
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#167 Architect Friends Found This Beam In An Old House In Massachusetts, The Date Is The Battle Of Bunker Hill
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#168 Found A Time Capsule Tearing Down A Shed This Summer. Included A Note, A Penny From That Year, And Our State Stone
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