Absolutely CRAZY, INSANE and Outright Mind Boggling Find Today

[ScubaDetector]

One of my neighbors died last week. He was a hoarder. He also had a lot of cash hidden in his house. Yesterday they were cleaning it out and throwing a lot of new things in a dumpster they rented and put in the driveway. I have been helping but only to toss what they threw outside in the dumpster. They told me I could have anything they tossed out I wanted. I saw some new things so I went dumpster diving with another neighbor this morning. They are only scrounging for cash and throwing out everything.

I opened one trash bag and found a plastic pouch with 6.00 in it. Then I spotted two 20.00 bills just lose in the bag. Got those. Also got a handful of change. Got a lot of unopened packs of playing cards and small paint brushes and a few other things. While picking through things I picked up a pillow case. It had something in it. I opened it up and saw a bunch of envelopes.

In looking in the envelopes I saw CASH. I took the whole thing home and we opened all the envelopes. The grand total is 9400.00. Yes 9 thousand 400 dollars. This money would have been long gone when the dumpster was picked up. This is crazy. There is so much money in that house it is unbelievable. He was robbed in 2015 and claimed he lost over 200 grand in cash.

Well my neighbor and I split the cash and got 4700.00 each. Better us than the landfill as far as I am concerned. I am still shocked.

 

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[against the wind]

Congrats on the windfall.
I guess your neighbor didn't trust banks.

 

[Argentium]

Wow ! Speechless !!!

 

[washingtonian]

Holy smokes, that is insane. They need to check what they're tossing a bit more closely. Congrats!

 

[digger460]

Congrats on the great find. Makes you wonder what's in the structure of the house. And you didn't even have to get wet.

 

[RVRoamer73]

That's some good luck for you...better you than the landfill. Congrats !!

 

[pepperj]

That's a serious find, congrats! Wonder how the family made out in the end if they found more that what was in the bag?

Only real cool thing that I found was in the binding of a book one time. An estate sale, I was the only one there and the woman said everything was for sale. I picked a cool looking book out and was flipping through the pages when two gold coins slipped out onto the floor and coffee table. After the shock wore off both of us we started looking through more books, the woman started to get gold fever/agitated and I could sense a end to the sale real quick. She finally said "All the books aren't for sale" That was a relief actually because I could really feel the tension in the air. After agreeing that was a great decision I carried on buying other stuff.

One has to wonder why things happen in life, folks squirrel away a small fortune while living a frugal lifestyle. Having had a mother that was a hoarder I wonder sometimes on arriving on the doorstep 36 hrs later after her passing and seeing drawers on the floor, contents rifled everywhere, if there wasn't a bit of $$$ stashed and the greedy ones got to it first. Many times she could have $3K just in the purse walking around shopping in town, just in case she ran across a deal.

 

[ScubaDetector]

That's a serious find, congrats! Wonder how the family made out in the end if they found more that what was in the bag?

Only real cool thing that I found was in the binding of a book one time. An estate sale, I was the only one there and the woman said everything was for sale. I picked a cool looking book out and was flipping through the pages when two gold coins slipped out onto the floor and coffee table. After the shock wore off both of us we started looking through more books, the woman started to get gold fever/agitated and I could sense a end to the sale real quick. She finally said "All the books aren't for sale" That was a relief actually because I could really feel the tension in the air. After agreeing that was a great decision I carried on buying other stuff.

One has to wonder why things happen in life, folks squirrel away a small fortune while living a frugal lifestyle. Having had a mother that was a hoarder I wonder sometimes on arriving on the doorstep 36 hrs later after her passing and seeing drawers on the floor, contents rifled everywhere, if there wasn't a bit of $$$ stashed and the greedy ones got to it first. Many times she could have $3K just in the purse walking around shopping in town, just in case she ran across a deal.

They have found a lot of cash. They refuse to say how much. I do know this. The grandson that inherited the home is 19. He just bought a 2011 Silverado for him. A 2010 Durango for his mother and was talking about giving 6 grand to his sister. We are guessing they have found over 100 grand but that is a guestamate.

 

[Blak bart]

Ha ha ha !! Sorry I get happy when people find cash. Great work. what a score, beats wiping grime off an old ring thats been underwater for 100 years.

 

[Mzjavert]

That is crazy insane. Enjoy your bounty.

 

[Jaysix]

Awesome score. When my great uncle passed away in 2006, my dad found 14 grand in envelopes stuffed in his pillowcase. Also found jars upon jars of silver coins. That was way before any of us knew anything about coins or silver for the matter. We ended up selling them for melt to a local coin shop for $850. I still kick myself in the butt thinking of what coins were sold and what they would be worth today.

 

[No gold in NY]

Congratulations on your big scoop. One could only imagine what could be inside the walls.

 

[scruggs]

As the old saying goes, “treasure is where you find it.” He found his.

 

[Goldiver]

Fantastic! I just can't fathom how they would miss a pillow case with that much cash in it. Oh well, they told you you could have whatever they threw away!

Steve

 

[Tommybuckets]

When my grandfather died his silver coins immediately went missing. I guess too many family members knew he had them and someone was greedy.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on your good fortune

 

[bill_wabo]

This family is in "throw it in the trash" mode. There must be tons of things, for them to go this way. Go back ASAP, some antique may end in the dumpster as well as they don't obviously know what they have. Congrats on the find and good luck if you go back

 

[Trezurehunter]

Wow Scuba. That will buy a few new detectors !

 

[ltd063]

I dream of finds like that. Good for you.

 

[highnam]

No pics? Congrats, that never happens