Wait, Before You Throw That Out - 6 Hidden Treasures Discovered in Trash
When it's time for spring cleaning, we may get overzealous and end up throwing away too much stuff - stuff that we may have thought was junk, but it turned out to be rare or collectible items worth many thousands or even millions of dollars.
Many people have found hidden treasures in the trash.
What could you find in yours? Do you have any valuable? These people did.
Read on to see why you should pay attention the next time you take out the trash.
Artifacts A professional mover from New York City once found artifacts from the Mayans - a group of people from 300 BC.
They were found in an old barrel that was being thrown away in the trash.
These pieces of history were worth $16,000.
Artwork There have been several reports of people finding valuable artwork in the trash.
One unique instance was when a New York woman found a painting by Rufino Tamayo, a Mexican artist.
The funny thing was that the painting was stolen more than 20 years ago.
The original owners paid $55,000 for the painting.
After it was returned to them, they auctioned it off for $1 million.
Baseball Cards Sure, there are plenty of baseball cards worth barely a nickel, but there are some that can be worth thousands of dollars.
A California woman who owns an antique shop nearly let an old baseball card go for only $10.
It was an antique baseball card from 1849 valued at $40,000.
Wedding Rings Rings often slip off or get misplaced.
Many times, they are quickly found, but sometimes, they end up in thegarbage bin in your yard.
One woman took off her 55-year-old wedding ring before doing chores and placed it in a paper cup.
Her husband mistook the cup for garbage and threw it out.
They were able to track down the garbage truck, but they still had 10 tons of trash to search through.
The husband and several garbage men looked for the ring and found it after 45 minutes of searching.
Money You would think that money would be the last thing that people would throw in the trash, but it's happened multiple times - but of course, not intentionally.
Many people store cash, checks and bonds in items and forget where they put them.
In one case, a woman accidentally threw some checks in the trash and ended up having to chase down the garbage truck after realizing they were missing.
The woman gathered several friends and they went through the garbage at the local dump.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the woman to find her checks - valued at $188,000.
Savings Bonds Savings bonds are commonly found in the trash, locked up in a chest or stuffed in a barrel.
There have been several occasions where garbage men have found bonds worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When it's time for spring cleaning, we may get overzealous and end up throwing away too much stuff - stuff that we may have thought was junk, but it turned out to be rare or collectible items worth many thousands or even millions of dollars.
Many people have found hidden treasures in the trash.
What could you find in yours? Do you have any valuable? These people did.
Read on to see why you should pay attention the next time you take out the trash.
Many people have found hidden treasures in the trash.
What could you find in yours? Do you have any valuable? These people did.
Read on to see why you should pay attention the next time you take out the trash.
Artifacts A professional mover from New York City once found artifacts from the Mayans - a group of people from 300 BC.
They were found in an old barrel that was being thrown away in the trash.
These pieces of history were worth $16,000.
Artwork There have been several reports of people finding valuable artwork in the trash.
One unique instance was when a New York woman found a painting by Rufino Tamayo, a Mexican artist.
The funny thing was that the painting was stolen more than 20 years ago.
The original owners paid $55,000 for the painting.
After it was returned to them, they auctioned it off for $1 million.
Baseball Cards Sure, there are plenty of baseball cards worth barely a nickel, but there are some that can be worth thousands of dollars.
A California woman who owns an antique shop nearly let an old baseball card go for only $10.
It was an antique baseball card from 1849 valued at $40,000.
Wedding Rings Rings often slip off or get misplaced.
Many times, they are quickly found, but sometimes, they end up in thegarbage bin in your yard.
One woman took off her 55-year-old wedding ring before doing chores and placed it in a paper cup.
Her husband mistook the cup for garbage and threw it out.
They were able to track down the garbage truck, but they still had 10 tons of trash to search through.
The husband and several garbage men looked for the ring and found it after 45 minutes of searching.
Money You would think that money would be the last thing that people would throw in the trash, but it's happened multiple times - but of course, not intentionally.
Many people store cash, checks and bonds in items and forget where they put them.
In one case, a woman accidentally threw some checks in the trash and ended up having to chase down the garbage truck after realizing they were missing.
The woman gathered several friends and they went through the garbage at the local dump.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the woman to find her checks - valued at $188,000.
Savings Bonds Savings bonds are commonly found in the trash, locked up in a chest or stuffed in a barrel.
There have been several occasions where garbage men have found bonds worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When it's time for spring cleaning, we may get overzealous and end up throwing away too much stuff - stuff that we may have thought was junk, but it turned out to be rare or collectible items worth many thousands or even millions of dollars.
Many people have found hidden treasures in the trash.
What could you find in yours? Do you have any valuable? These people did.
Read on to see why you should pay attention the next time you take out the trash.