15 Fortunes And Treasures Found In Abandoned Places

Many lucky people have stumbled upon priceless items, some worth millions of dollars. This textile would be worth 350 thousand dollars on a good day. It's about half a million dollars. My God, something like this can be

found

in the least expected

places

. Articles like this are generally searched for. tirelessly for money, including archaeologists and explorers. As a child you dream that you know you find buried treasure and it happened to be amazing. Join us as we take a look at 15 Fortunes and Treasures Found in Abandoned Places Number 15. A Robe of Treasure. A California man named Lauren Kritzer discovered a family heirloom that was worth much more than he ever imagined.

Lauren had been involved in a car accident in 2007 and unfortunately she lost a leg and had been living off disability checks that only paid her two hundred dollars, but lucky her. He would smile when he saw a blanket on an Antiques Roadshow, that blanket would be valued at half a million dollars and it was at that moment that it occurred to him that he had a similar blanket in his closet, the blanket belonged to his grandmother and it was a Navajo blanket from the 19th century that had been used to catch newborn kittens at birth, so he took the blanket out of the closet and informed his mother about his plan to make some quick money.

Who would have thought that a seemingly worthless blanket? could achieve such a fortune, no one would pay even ten dollars for that blanket that his mother had thought of, but to everyone's surprise he got a whopping one and a half million dollars after selling it in California six months later and one million five hundred thousand congratulations sir. According to him, that auction had given him a new lease on life. Now you have invested some of the general money, stocks and bonds, plus you have bought a car in two houses and of course the money should cover you for quite some time, number 14.

The owner of an antique store in Canada named Alex Archbold bought the contents of a house and was shocked to discover that there were hordes of

treasures

inside. Alex had paid only ten thousand dollars for the contents of a house that. It belonged to a deceased piano teacher, and Alex had initially been invited to come and take a look at the static 1964 Cadillac sitting in his garage. Usually you would expect Alex to inspect the house before paying, but he never did, so he had no idea. What awaited him on the property, he thought the house would be a fun adventure for his YouTube channel, but when he saw the inside of the house he was surprised to discover that it was filled with many

treasures

that ended up being far beyond his reach. .

His imagination would soon discover that there were some antique gold and diamond rings, designer clothing from Chanel Burberry and more silver dollars and money from the 1920s and a 100 ounce silver bar in the house. He documented the treasures in the house and estimated that they were worth around four hundred thousand dollars and would later admit that it was the best investment of his life. He regularly purchases content on older homes in order to share discoveries on YouTube before purchasing this particular home. He was told that the piano teacher had a modest income. so he didn't expect much and in fact he was fascinated by the grand piano that was inside the house.

Little did he know that she was actually a millionaire who had only dressed modestly. Number 13. Ancient Mayan Artifacts New York trash removal specialist Nick Demola never knew that the old trash barrel he had

found

while cleaning out an apartment and studio in Soho would become his company Treasure Trove Ridgewood, where Mola works , was hired to clean out an apartment in New York that had belonged to a deceased abstract artist. named Clinton Hill Hill had left his possessions in the hands of his longtime partner, but unfortunately that partner died just a few months later, so the couple's friends decided to form a non-profit foundation to acquire the valuables. within the Studio Hills property.

He paid Demola about forty five hundred dollars to clean the house and while cleaning that apartment they discovered an old barrel that had almost been thrown away however Demola had the barrel placed in his truck and then took it to his warehouse where it sat for about five years not knowing that Barrel had some ancient clay statues and artifacts that were believed to be almost 2000 years old and then one day he decided to do some research on the contents of that barrel and found some pieces. to take them to an antique art appraiser and dealer who authenticated the pieces, which he would later realize were worth thousands of dollars;

In fact, some of them dated back to their Mayan origins in Mexico; The items were worth approximately sixteen thousand five hundred dollars in total. Including a thousand dollar stone ax believed to have been used as a sacrifice to demolish pottery, it is nothing that catches his attention; In fact, his initial intention was to return the pieces to the barrel, but on second thought, he had planned to sell them or keep them in a museum where people could appreciate them number 12. A 1956 Ford Thunderbird, classic or antique cars can be expensive, which makes them rare to get. An unknown family in Michigan lifted the lid on a secret collection of cars that had been untouched for approximately 30 years.

That family would be surprised to discover a fleet of 28 Thunderbirds, one of which had been valued at more than twenty-seven thousand dollars, the Cars would be auctioned for three hundred thousand dollars in 2016 by auctioneers those auctioneers met with. After visiting the family at an off-site restaurant, the family escorted the auctioneers to the property where the vehicles were kept and which featured a large number of vintage cars including a rare 1932 Ford Model B and a 1987 Chevy Silverado pickup truck. which together would sell for more than $37,000 now, according to Scott Medima, CEO of repocast.com, the car site was like a scene from one of those reality TV shows like American Pickers or hoarders because many of the Cars were very rare, he would later transport each one. of those cars to his showroom in Wayland, where they were then auctioned to the public.

The 1956 Ford Thunderbird in the collection that would be brought to the yard after an accident had sold for more than five thousand dollars, perhaps it had been owned by a Hollywood celebrity. but nevertheless the car is now back in shape and on the road again. Are you a fan of vintage cars? What is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below. Number 11 works of art worth millions of dollars when Connecticut-based abstract expressionist artist Francis Hines. He died in 2016, leaving behind a huge collection of artwork in a barn that used to serve as his studio. A year later, a Connecticut mechanic named Jared Whipple would discover the collection of artwork and then take it all home in hopes of using it.

Like the Halloween decorations, since he had considered the works of art to be nothing more than trash, he did not know that those works of art constituted the life work of Francis Hines and were worth millions of dollars. While going through the collection, Whipple discovered a 1961 canvas with Francis' full name on it. Matson Hines then did extensive research into the artist's life, after which he contacted the deceased artist's family, who had given him permission to preserve the work. The collection had been wrapped in 8,000 yards of synthetic fabric. Heinz's former art dealer, Moldoon. Elgar, a retired art dealer in San Francisco, would later introduce Whipple to other artists, including art historian Peter Hastings Falk.

The wrappers used by Heinz were reported to be a classic item popularized by Christo and Jean-Claude, although no one knows how many works of art Whipple saved him, he claims that he would keep some of them according to artnet. Each of those paintings would be offered for between twelve thousand and twenty thousand dollars, while the drawings could sell for forty five hundred dollars each in total, the entire collection. was worth millions of dollars. Whipple had intended to include Heinz in the history books. Comics number 10 in the basement. Roar was cleaning out his late great-aunt's house in Virginia when she came across a collection of 345 comic books in the basement. from her late uncle Billy and she never mentioned that she had that collection before he died in 1994 at the age of 66.

That collection was neatly stacked in the basement closet, including rare comics and other books, such as 44 issues of the Overstreet comic book Price. Guides list of the top 100 issues of the Golden Age of Comics from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, others were Detective Comics #27 and Captain America #2, among others. After doing some research into the value of the collection, he would soon realize that his great uncle had managed to purchase an astonishing array of what turned out to be some of the most valuable comics ever published. The collection of rights dates from 1938 to 1941 and it is incredible to discover that Wright had a discerning eye even when he was a child.

Although not, the rare magazines were auctioned for a whopping three and a half million dollars in New York in 2012. For example, Detective Comics number 27, which features the debut of Batman, sold for $523 thousand with a buyer's premium Action Comics number one in 1938. The issue featuring Superman's first appearance sold for 299,000, while Batman number one from 1940 sold for 275,000. These were really cool finds, all kept in a closet in the basement number nine, Schroda's treasure in 1988, a construction worker in Poland. In the town of Schroda Schlaska tripped over something metal during a renovation project at an

abandoned

telephone exchange. At first he thought he had knocked off some milk bottle caps and had no idea that what he was about to unearth would be a millennium of wealth.

He turned the metal material over. With his shovel he discovered a treasure full of gold coins, silver and precious jewels. The 14th century treasure was worth approximately $6.9 million and consisted of more than 4,000 gold coins minted in Prague and elsewhere, as well as a gold crown. The public rushed to collect the scattered coins and each of them tried to take as much as he could; However, the police would spring into action to protect the find, a move that would lead to the discovery of dozens of coins during a house-to-house search. Initially, the government had taken steps to purchase the treasure from the people who owned it before the search and in fact they had sent an archaeologist to search for the source of the coins and more pieces were also excavated from the basement in addition to the coins. of gold that was there.

There were other distinctive items, such as brooches and pendants, the Golden Crown was the highlight of the discovery, although it helped historians pinpoint the origin of the Treasure until the 1340s. The treasure actually belonged to Emperor Charles IV of the House. of Luxembourg, who had pawned several items. a Jewish banker in Schroda unfortunately a plague struck and then the banker disappeared since then there has been no one to recover the treasure that has been hidden for hundreds of years before being discovered again and although it may be an exaggerated and seemingly implausible story, in actually happened number eight, a sword aged in bronze.

Can you see this rusty sword? Many people would probably consider it worthless just by looking at it, however, it actually dates back to between 600 and 800 BC. C. and would be discovered by a farmer in 1965 on the banks of a river in Northern Ireland while he was fishing, at first glance, the man could not find any meaning in the sword, so he threw it in his toolbox in an old shed on his farm, where it would remain for more than 50 years. Later, in 2017, as he and his brother Maurice became more involved in the Battle Bricks and Bridges project, they began researching the disputed location of the Battle of Ford. of the Biscuits on the River Arnie in 1594 and pondered the whereabouts of Then they remembered the old, rusty sword they had once found, recovered the artifact from the shed and had it evaluated by experts.

It was at that moment that they realized that this sword was a priceless 2,600-year-old artifact, according to a For archaeologists, such an object from the Bronze Age normally appears every 25 years. The farmer who is very interested in local history considered the discovery of great interest to the people of Arnie, apart from the fact that it would be difficult to manufacture objects that survived the centuries to make the find a significant treasure. The rare sword was said to belong to a warrior and was deliberately broken before being thrown into the river. It was then taken to a local museum so everyone could enjoy it.

Number seven, rare cent from the 1930s, for a woman. A cleaning company discovered a rare 1930s Australian coin under a rug in a house he had been cleaning. She and herteam were trying to give the hoarders' house a fresh look when they discovered the rusty old Penny along with some newspapers. whose pages were from the 1930s, in a video he posted on Tick Tock he claimed to have researched information about the coin and discovered that it could have been worth about forty thousand dollars, according to a Yahoo news article, a similar penny was once sold at auction for over fifty-nine thousand dollars in 2022 and in 2019, another exceptionally rare 1930s Penny would sell for $1.15 million.

Charlotte's clip would generate many comments from viewers, although many of them had accused her of keeping the coin, she assured them that she had returned it to the owner and said that this was not a case of Finders Keepers because it was her property and at home it was said that the coin was rare in Australia, as only about 1,500 units were put into circulation in 1930 in At the beginning of the Great Depression, the head of King George V and the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II appears. The ABC would report that all the pre-decimal Australian coins in existence, the copper pennies had the lowest mintage and were not intended to be in circulation, in fact fifteen hundred units released were to bolster the 1931 supply.

The coins were phased out in the 1960s and it would be at this time that collectors realized that the 1930 Penny was missing safe number six. Matthew and Maria Kalana Emmanuel of Staten Island would unearth a measuring box of fairy treasures in their backyard. The couple revealed that they were planting some trees when they discovered a rusty and rotting box. Surely they thought it was an electrical box but they made a mistake when they opened that box, then they discovered something quite shocking. The box contained goods worth 52 thousand dollars which included wads of bills worth 100 jewels, diamonds, gold and Jade.

The discovery is that of Buried The Treasure. and how the box was discovered is remarkable. The trees in the couple's garden had been damaged by wildlife and a deer ate the foliage, giving them a better view of the box. Then they decided to dig it up and, luckily for the owner, an address in Brooklyn. was written on a note inside the safe, the couple then traced the address to one of their neighbors and realized it must have been them, so they walked to his house, knocked on his door and asked if he ever saw them. They had stolen much to their dismay.

Neighbors claimed they had been robbed several years earlier and it was confirmed that the safe was stolen during a burglary at the neighbor's house in 2011. Instead of keeping the treasure, the couple simply returned it to the owner in connection with the Thief who had committed the crime The owners of the safe claimed that he was Robert Costazo, also known as the Ninja Thief, who had been in jail for committing around 160 robberies, however, the police were unable to confirm that he was actually the culprit since the stolen goods were not found or captured with era thief number five a copy of a classic video game sometimes you need to clean out your attic it can really be worth the stress it's the same thing Scott Amos from California did who carried In an incredible discovery that changed Scott's life, he found an unopened copy of Kid Icarus, a classic 1987 video game, while cleaning out the attic of his childhood home in 2019.

His mother had asked him to pick up some boxes that were full. of items from his childhood for about 15 years before. He finally answered the call and discovered that the Nintendo game was still in the JCPenney shopping bag three decades earlier. The date on the receipt was December 8, 1988, suggesting it could have been a Christmas gift that was never delivered to the entire family. The members came up with a different hypothesis: his mother thought he put it there and didn't take it out again, so it ended up in the attic in 1987. The game sold for $38, which is about eighty dollars. in today's money after discovering The Game Scott left it on his kitchen counter in hopes of contacting experts to decide its fate.

What he thought wouldn't sell for more than a couple hundred dollars ultimately sold for nine thousand dollars during a Heritage Auctions online comics and comics auction. art according to Heritage no more than 10 known sealed copies of Kid Icarus existed. Scott's find is one that stands out, in fact, it is his most profitable sale after a collection of Star Wars action figures that he sold on eBay for around two hundred dollars. four sports cards It's now a common sight to see

abandoned

buildings in Detroit, but what a team of urban explorers venturing into forgotten man-made structures would discover in an abandoned warehouse in 2015 turned into rather unusual, dust-covered boxes containing millions of vintage cards from the 1980s and 90s, as well as thousands of cards scattered throughout the floor, the cards depicting baseball, hockey and other United States sports.

Some of those cards were worth up to one hundred thousand dollars and all of the cards were said to have a combined value of one million dollars, one could only assume that the sports cards belong to the owners of the building or perhaps another company that had paid for the cards to be stored there under contract, but there's one more shocking thing about this factory treasure trove. It had no doors or windows, indicating that no one had been on the premises for decades. Much to the explorers' surprise, a man named Slanks claimed that he regularly visited the factory to collect cards to sell an act that had been his main source of income.

Among those cards were complete kits of all major league baseball teams of the era, as well as hockey cards from the NHL, Ontario Hockey League, and NASCAR. One of the box sets discovered featured a complete 1990 Detroit Tigers team that the boxes were made of. in Taiwan and packaged in the US Prince, indicating that the factory may have previously been a packaging facility where packed boxes awaited additional shipment number three the bust of Sir John Gordon by Ed May Bouchardon the marble bust 18th century painting of a Highland Laird and MP Sir John Gordon was discovered in 1998.

The artwork was created in 1728 by French artist Edme bar Chardon before being rediscovered by councilor Maxine Smith. The 300-year-old statue had been used as a doorstop on an industrial estate in Scotland, Mrs Smith said she would ask. The council on the location of the former provost's robes and chains and was given the key to a shed while she found the robes, she also noticed the bust and then returned to inform the council about the possibility that the treasure was worth a lot. money, she would suggest they remove it before it was stolen, the insurance team came in and found that the bust was worth around $1.9 million at the time it was discovered in 2016.

At this value, the bust was taking the place of Pride. along with other renowned works of art including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Whistler's mother, Ms Smith thought the bus must have arrived at the shed in the late 1980s or early 1990s, during a reorganization of the council, he would eventually be glad that the bust in fact, the sculpture of the bust will raise the profile of the Highlands and Inverness Museum and Art Gallery number two Giovanni baldini Marth Day Portrait of Floren for more than 70 years the Marth de Floran's apartment was left collecting dust after she left her Parisian home for the south of France in an attempt to escape a Nazi raid;

She had continued to pay rent until her death in 2010. A team of experts was sent to investigate the Parisian apartment and were shocked to discover the stunning 1898 portrait of Martha. of Floren in a pink muslin evening dress amidst the luxurious furniture that the Italian artist Giovanni Baldini had painted the portrait that the painter and the muse were identified from a stack of ribbon-bound love letters that the artist had written to the lady and found in the apartment, it became clear that the French actress and socialite was Baldini's lover. The artwork was initially valued at over four hundred thousand dollars, but it greatly exceeded that valuation and would sell for a whopping $2.9 million in 2014.

With such a value, the painting is considered one of the discoveries of Fine Arts of the century since then, the Florian estate continues to house the building, including the mysteries of Madame de Floren behind ornate closed doors, number one, a great New York art trash Elizabeth Gibson, who knew very little about modern art. Discovered in the trash an abstract masterpiece by a Mexican artist Raffino Tamayo's painting would be discovered in 2003 among some bags of trash waiting to be picked up while Gibson was taking a morning walk on Manhattan's Upper West Side despite her admission that Not without understanding it, I was well aware that brightly colored abstract work had a certain power.

She had spent four years trying to understand the painting and its value. I would later discover through the Antiques Roadshow website that the artwork had actually appeared in the popular exhibition and was declared missing in 1989, the artwork whose name translates as three people was painted in 1970 and later purchased by a Houston collector for fifty-five thousand dollars as a gift for his then-wife at auction in 1977. Just 10 years later, the artwork had been stolen from The Collector's storage unit upon its discovery, it was purchased for little more million dollars by an unnamed American private collector at Sotheby's Latin American Art sale, while Gibson received fifteen thousand dollars as a reward for handing over the artwork.

You were also billed that you would receive a certain percentage of the sale price of the artwork, if not for your discovery of the artwork, this priceless painting could very well have gone into the trash and been lost forever, would you? Which of these discovered treasures surprised you the most? Have you ever found a priceless treasure? Know all about it in the comments below and I'll see you next time.