What i found in my basement...

[EvilKing00]

Almost 6 years ago i bought my house. About a year later im in the unfinished basement gettin a few beers out of my beer/wine fridge with a few friends. We wound up chatting and drinking for about an hour. As we are talking one friend looks up into the partially open celing and says.." Hey i found a bunch of money" as he laughed. We all thought he was kidding, but he wasnt... 73 singles, lmao. It gets better keep reading.

We go back to drinking laughing about the singles and same guy says , "theres something else up here" he pulls out a 199? Playboy magazine, lol

Way funny as the old owners were an old couple.

But i sure wish i found t cards instead

Anyone else find anything good in a house they bought?

Heres a great story worth the read-> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-50-years.html

[irv]

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

Almost 6 years ago i bought my house. About a year later im in the unfinished basement gettin a few beers out of my beer/wine fridge with a few friends. We wound up chatting and drinking for about an hour. As we are talking one friend looks up into the partially open celing and says.." Hey i found a bunch of money" as he laughed. We all thought he was kidding, but he wasnt... 73 singles, lmao. It gets better keep reading.

We go back to drinking laughing about the singles and same guy says , "theres something else up here" he pulls out a 199? Playboy magazine, lol

Way funny as the old owners were an old couple.

But i sure wish i found t cards instead

Anyone else find anything good in a house they bought?

Heres a great story worth the read-> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-50-years.html

I remember this find years ago.

Do a "Cars in barns" search on Google and you will find a ton of great vids/info.
This one was incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luu0TWdFFnU

[philliesfan]

The only thing I found were a few Indian Head pennies. They were worn and common dates, but it was cool to find
Robert

[philliesfan]

Oh yeah.....back in the late 70's early 80's, my cousin found $7,000.00 in cash under the carpeting.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

Oh yeah.....back in the late 70's early 80's, my cousin found $7,000.00 in cash under the carpeting.

wow thats awesome

[LEHR]

After my great uncle passed away in 1987 my dad was tasked with handling his estate since his wife had long since passed and he never had children. While going through an old trunk my dad found around 8-9 1933/34 Goudey commons. All were in VG-VG/EX condition. Dad brought them home to me and I spent the next week with him going through my great uncles stuff looking for more cards, but never found anymore. I was 13 and these were the oldest cards I owned at the time.

[bbcard1]

Bought an office building. Found a fair amount of old Double Cola memorabilia, which was not unexpected as it was a former plant. Also found a large spool of copper at the peak of the metal spike which we sold for a few hundred dollars.

[brob28]

Not a find in my basement, but another example of "stuff" being out there that no one knows about. About 8 years ago I took a chance on a local estate sale that offered baseball cards without too much description other than being "old". What they had was complete 1961 Topps and Nu Scoop sets in generally Ex-Mt to Mint condition. I ended up winning the bids on about 50% of the '61 Topps cards. While I was paying, the auctioneer told me that the wife (husband deceased) never knew about them. They were found on a shelf behind other items in the garage, had been there for years based on the amount of dust on the boxes. What I sent for grading came back mostly 7's and 8's. You just never know what's out there.

[Republicaninmass]

old clean out found a 1978 Bump Wills

[Snapolit1]

Found a stack of Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers all torn off, neatly stacked, up high on top of a cabinet. Quaint. Harkens back to a simpler time.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

old clean out found a 1978 Bump Wills

That's quite a find since his rookie was 1979!

[conor912]

My brother in law was tearing out a wall in his Boston condo and found some old newspapers used as insulation. This was from one of them from 1922.

[Tcards-Please]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...kson+old+house

Pretty cool find by Kevin, that I was able to purchase at a cheap price.

r/
Frank

[Beatles Guy]

We gutted the kitchen of our turn of the century home and we found a Hohner harmonica, a handmade child's bow and arrow, a wall sconce, some player piano advertisements, several smooth river rocks, and a small wooden box. We also found a 1909 penny under the steps when we were repairing them.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

We gutted the kitchen of our turn of the century home and we found a Hohner harmonica, a handmade child's bow and arrow, a wall sconce, some player piano advertisements, several smooth river rocks, and a small wooden box. We also found a 1909 penny under the steps when we were repairing them.

I am not sure if you're aware that some 1909 pennies can be worth quite a bit of money. If it is a Lincoln cent with an S mint mark, bearing the initials V.D.B., it's a key date with a (relatively speaking) low mintage.

Any chance you can provide front/back images?

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I am not sure if you're aware that some 1909 pennies can be worth quite a bit of money. If it is a Lincoln cent with an S mint mark, bearing the initials V.D.B., it's a key date with a (relatively speaking) low mintage.

Any chance you can provide front/back images?

Well, here is the problem. My wife gave it to the contractor doing the work. Still a sore subject around here, especially since I dabble in coins.