A selection of amazing and unexpected treasures that people accidentally found (10 photos)

I took an autumn jacket out of the closet, and there was one dollar in my pocket. lying around. Like a trifle, but nice. What happened to the heroes of this collection about the same. Only the situation needs to be multiplied many times, because they found a real treasure. And not in a secret cave on an uninhabited island and not in the ancient tomb of the kings of antiquity, but at home or next to it! Let's take a look at the finds of these lucky ones.

Secret safe





A 50-year-old Chinese woman bought an apartment in which the first I decided to do a general cleaning. When she removed the wallpaper, she found hidden safe in the wall, which contained jewelry and five deposit certificates. The total value of the found amounted to 400 thousand yuan. It turned out that the valuables belonged to an elderly woman who previously lived in the house. couple. They are looking for their relatives to pass on the inheritance.

Treasure of Poland



Walking the dog turned out to be a grand find. in clay pot discovered the largest treasure in the last 100 years in Poland (on 2023). A dog named Kaitus unearthed the medieval bracteates of the first half of the XIII century with various images on thin metal: griffins, mermaids and angels, as well as architectural structures.

Collection of gold coins



A couple from Northern California were just walking the dog on their plot and stumbled upon jars sticking out of the ground with a collection of gold coins valued at $25,000. The coins were minted in period from 1847 to 1894. Who was their owner is unknown. The couple donated most of the coins to numismatic firm Kagin's, Inc. (90%), the rest they spent on paying bills and charity.

Hidden from Prohibition



Mary Shainsey from Minneapolis just wanted to set up the system. air conditioning, but found a cache of liquor, which are over a hundred years old. Some bottles had a tax label on liquor, made a couple of years before the introduction of Prohibition. Such a drink now costs more than $1,000. Shainsey sent a large part of the bottles in the Historical Museum.

works of art



Andrey and Tamara Noskov bought an abandoned house in Detroit, in which discovered at least 40 engravings of the famous Eksimos artist Kenojuak Ashevak, whose works have been sold at auctions for more than 200 000 dollars. Andrei and Tamara believe that the previous owners are more likely to they had no idea what was in their garage, because the works of the artist were kept extremely carelessly.

Ancient burials



Nine ancient graves discovered in his backyard by a resident Beit Hanoun (Gaza Strip). First, one of them was washed away by a downpour, and then on Archaeologists came to help. They believe that the burial is already about 2000 years, since it is located on the territory that used to be part of Roman Empire.

Bugatti in the garage



In 2009, the Carr family was dismantling the property of a deceased relative. Dr. Harold Carr in Newcastle, England and found extremely a rare car that just gathered dust in the garage. It was a Bugatti Type 57S Atalante 1937 release, only 17 of these machines were produced copies, so it is of incredible value. He was sold in Paris for $4.4 million.

Legendary Treasure from the Civil War (USA)



The discovery was called the "Great Treasure of Kentucky", and found its usual man working in his cornfield. Over 800 gold coins date back to the period from 1840 to 1863, some of them specialists called very rare. Approximate estimate of the cost of historical finds reaches 1 million dollars, and these are not the final figures.

Viking treasure



In April 2023, Greta Margo Sørum started cleaning the house parents, including in the basement, and came across 32 iron ingots. Experts attribute the artifact to the Viking Age or the Early Middle Ages, suggesting that they could be used as money.

What are you hidingunder the mattress?



A family found an authentic painting in the mattress of their home in Toulouse. Judith and Holofernes by Caravaggio. She is the second version the painter, the authorship of which was confirmed by experts. It is assumed that an ancestor of an unnamed family, serving in Napoleon's army, brought this trophy home.