5 Treasures Found Amid Trash

By Queuebot in Everything Else on Jan 28, 2010 at 11:57 am

People go to garage sales and estate sales all the time.  Some get really lucky.  Here’s a few stories of people who had something they thought was worthless but turned out to be worth millions of dollars.

A British farmer lost a hammer in one of his fields one day. Rather than going to spend a few bucks to just buy a new one, the man borrowed a metal detector and set out to find his hammer. Instead, he found something much more valuable. What he unearthed was a cache of Roman Empire era artifacts. To be exact, 15,000 coins of various metals, including gold, as well as jewelry and statues were all uncovered.

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  1. Fine Estate Sales
    Jan 28th, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    One thing that seems certain is that no matter how many times people read about these kinds of finds, many seem to forget their conclusions when they are faced with the task of getting rid of a household full of personal property…

    Thanks

    Martin

  2. ted
    Jan 28th, 2010 at 11:11 pm

    Sure, he lost his hammer.

  3. Geoduck
    Jan 29th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    A personal small-scale example: an acquaintance of mine bought a bobble-head figure at a yard sale for like a dollar, and I helped her sell it on eBay; we got $300 or $400 dollars for it..


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