35 amazing finds that people have shared online
Our world is huge, so it's not surprising that things in it are constantly disappearing somewhere. But do not be in a hurry to lose heart, because sooner or later they will still be found — just look at the Reddit community "How long have you been". Here, 30 thousand participants regularly share unexpected finds with each other: from ordinary old newspapers to 227-year-old pendants and even long-lost pets.
The woman took an elderly dog from the shelter and then recognized her as her puppy, which she lost as a child
A bottle washed ashore with a note: "Please don't open me. This is my ashes traveling. I started with Cumberland Island. If you see me on the shore, please take a picture, send it by email and throw me back into the water so I can travel a little more"
A woman lost her wedding ring in the garden and found it 13 years later on a carrot
"My wife's parents took off the carpet and found a giant Monopoly field"
"I found a silver medallion with the help of a metal detector, which turns 227 years old today"
The brothers returned to Chernobyl after 30 years and found their old toy car (1986-2016)
"I found in an old volume of Shakespeare a voting ticket from the time of the American Civil War, which was used as a bookmark"
"Due to the actions of the construction company, the water level dropped by three meters in the local reservoir, and a 600-year-old Buddha sculpture appeared in the light"
"Father finally found the lost Led Zeppelin concert tickets… Only he was 44 years late."
A 54 million-year-old lizard frozen in amber
"Found this in my bedroom ceiling"
"An unused chimney was demolished and 25 generations of bird nests located on top of each other were discovered"
"I found a 100-year-old time capsule in the yard of the house"
"One colleague hid his photos in secluded places before his dismissal. I found this one on the back of the watch. He quit two years ago."
"I took this "white" sofa for free many years ago, and yesterday I saw a hole in it when I was cleaning, and discovered that all this time this luxurious green fabric was hiding under the upholstery"
"Thanks to my mom, who carefully got me "weights" from the basement and even washed them so that I could study at home. It turned out that these were old Soviet-era hand grenades"
"We are doing repairs in the kitchen and removed the microwave from the wall. He didn't stop believing"
"Found 110(?)-summer crayons in the family secretary"
These medieval ruins were accidentally discovered under the school gym
"This is the announcement of MY birth, which was embroidered by my aunt when I was born. Mom gave a box of old children's things to a local thrift store, and it accidentally fell into this box. Somehow it got to the city a few hours away, where I live now. I was shocked when I found it; I just had to buy it back. $2 was more than worth it to preserve my legacy."
"I found a drawing of a robot in a 1918 chemistry textbook"
"My great-grandmother kept a newspaper with the news about the landing of America on the moon. We found her today"
"103 years ago someone lost a wallet"
This carpenter's pencil is the oldest pencil in the world. It was found on the roof of a 17th-century German house and is now in the private collection of Faber-Castell.
On this floorboard is written: "This house was built by Floyd Harshaw. If you don't like the way it's built, that's your problem. June 21, 1956"
"We were cleaning the house of our aunts who had just passed away, and we found this. The summons of my great-great-grandfather to the First World War"
"I found a coupon in my grandfather's things in McDonald's
"A newspaper from the Second World War about the surrender of Germany, found in the attic in the house of grandparents"
"The first launch in 17 years, all based on the technology of the 90s"
"I found two bottles of Guinness in the attic. It seems to be 1874"
"This flip-flop has been on display for 2 months and has shrunk"
A woman found a bottle with a 1926 message under the water
"I found this 1892 book in a hole in the wall of a rented apartment"
"I was digging in the attic and found a piece of soap from 1874"
"Repaired a flooded cottage and found a marriage certificate of 1895"