Surely anyone dreams of finding a hidden treasure. Imagine you are walking in the woods and stumble into a chest of money. Or find an antique painting behind a wall in a store. They are hidden all around us, and all we have to do is hunt for treasure. From dusting paintings in the attic to coin vases discovered in the garden. The following incredible treasures have been rediscovered under the most astonishing circumstances.
Have you ever thought that you could literally be sitting on a treasure trove? A couple from Scotland did just that. Angela Milner-Brown and husband Angus discovered $6,485 diamond jewelry hidden inside a dusty old chair they bought for just $6.50 (£5) in an auction 10 years ago.
In May 2013, builder David Gonzalez bought a dilapidated piece of real estate for just $10,100 in Elbow Lake, Minnesota for a profit. Gonzalez paid off soon after. While knocking down a wall, he discovered a rare edition of Action Comics Issue 1 worth $175,000 (£135k).
A 110-year-old piano is hidden for a hoard of more than 900 ancient gold coins. The largest amount ever in the UK. The piano was donated to Bishop’s Castle School in Shropshire in 2016. School piano technician Martin Backhouse found the coins in a white velvet bag underneath the piano keys. The treasure was valued at $648,500 (£500k).
A Frenchman who inherited a fortune in Normandy from a deceased relative discovered a huge collection of thousands of coins and gold bars weighing over 220lb in 2016. “It all started when he found the western iron box (with gold inside), ”According to the local newspaper La Dépêche. He then continued his search and found inside a “whiskey bottle case with several carefully hidden pieces of gold.” The discovery gradually grew and since then he has collected and sold it all for $4 million.
When Dr Harold Carr died in 2009, he left his niece and nephew his dusty garage in Newcastle, England. When they opened it, they discovered their eccentric uncle had stored a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S there. This car was once owned by the British aristocracy. It raised $4.2 million (£3.2 million) in auction.
A couple from Northern California found the treasure while they were using a gold detector in their backyard. They discovered a pot of rare gold coins. The vase, which had been hidden during the Gold Rush since the 19th century, contains 1,427 minted gold coins with an estimated value of $10 million.
A painting by artist Norman Rockwell was discovered behind a false wall owned by the late artist Don Trachte Jr when his sons were renovating their father’s property. The painting sold at auction for $15.4 million (£11.9 million).
A treasure trove of 60 rusted vintage cars was discovered on a farm in France in 2014, worth more than US$25 million (£19.3 million). The cars were collected by businessman Roger Ballion from the 1950s to the 1970s, but his car remained in the corrugated iron roofs of the ranch after he ran into financial difficulties. A Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder formerly owned by French movie star Alain Delon and sold for 16.2 million euros ($18.5 million / £14.3 million).
When Thomas Schultz and Lawrence Joseph bought a house on Long Island, New York, they discovered a large volume of paintings in the attic. The collection, drawn by Arthur Pinajian, is now valued at up to US$30 million.
During the construction of the Oscar de la Renta Paris fashion store in Paris. Builders get more than they expected. Behind one wall, they discovered a 10×20 foot 17th-century painting by a Flemish painter named Arnould de Vuez. Why is it there? It is suspected that it was hidden to stop Nazi bandits during the Second World War.
