Back in the early 70's I thought I would become a funeral director, so I became an apprentice mortician. After working at it full time for a few months, I moved and found part time employment in a small town at a locally owned mortuary. The owner had bought it a couple of years before I went to work for him, and he told me a most interesting story. After the previous owner had died, the heirs had put the business up for sale and the new owner decided to update and remodel the building. When in the basement he was checking out the old coal fired furnace and found around the backside of the old burner, in a rather narrow and dim area, several large old coffee cans. When he pulled the lid off one he was surprised to find it full of gold teeth, gold partials and bridges. Several of the old cans were filled the same way, it appears the previous owner had been robbing the deceased of their dental gold. The new owner took the cans and had the gold melted down and then he sold the bars, netting enough to nearly pay back what he had paid for the business.
Some time back a person whom I had known casually for many years passed away. This individual was a good business person, tight as an over stretched rubber band, and appeared not to have believed in banks. Among many other items found in his home after he died was a large white plastic mayonnaise jar in his kitchen 'fridge that contained nearly $60K in Ben Franklins. It was almost thrown out by the folks cleaning up the place!
I'll have to remember this, And carry a Knife 
