Every home has a few secrets. Most are boring, like the drawer full of Schrödinger's batteries or the mystery key that opens nothing. Then someone pulls up a floorboard or knocks through a wall, and the house reveals what it has been hiding since before they moved in.
People on the Things Found In Walls page shared the strangest things they found lurking in their own houses, and the answers range from time capsules to messages left by previous owners who clearly had a lot on their minds. Some are charming. Others will make you rethink that renovation. Whatever you do, don't open the attic after dark
#21 I Was Cleaning Out My Restroom And Found A Brown Paper Bag. I Decided To Check It And Found All Of These Old Roman Coins
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#22 My Partner Is Redoing The Window Frames In Our House And Found A Time Magazine From 1941 Tucked Inside The Wall As Insulation
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#23 I Found This In The Attic At My Family's House In South Central France
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#24 Not Found In A Wall But Unearthed! Heavy Rainfall Tends Reveal New Finds Every Now & Then At My House. This Land Has Been In My Family For Many Years
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#25 Found This In A Crate, At An Abandoned House. Probably Not Anything Special, But Does Have A 925 Stamp On The Back. Pretty Earring
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#26 I’m Remodeling My House, And In The Process Of Removing The Ancient Trim Look What I Found Stuck To The Back Of The Trim
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#27 Moved Into An Apartment Built In The 1800s A Month Ago. Found Some News Papers From The 70s In The Basement But Just Found These In The Cupboard The Owners Left For Us
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#28 Our First Good Find Was This Candle Holder, Dating To Sometime In The Late 1800s. The Building Was Electrified In 1898
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#29 My First Find! Hidden Behind A Floor Joist Between The Wall And Under The Floor Boards Of My 1800s Barn!
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#30 While Out Metal Detecting Here In South Central Minnesota At An Old Football Field I Found This Twenty Six Year Old Wedding Band Just Two Inches Under The Grass
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#31 Hi Friends — My 10 Year Old Found This Coin And Is Obsessed With Figuring Out What It Is. He’s Had Several Theories, But Can Anyone Help? Us Quarter For Reference!
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#32 Found This Ring In My Backyard Today Up Near Our Deck Where Our Dog Likes To Run Back And Forth
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#33 Well, Technically The Guys We Hired Did… But, While Demoing Our Master Bath, The Guys Came Across This And Saved It For Us
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#34 Found In A Wall, Looks Like They Were Used As Filler For An Old Hole Patch
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#35 Does Anyone Know What This Paper Is? I Refinish Furniture For A Living, And This Paper Was Stuck Under This Weird Cloth Lining Inside This Night Stand
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#36 Believe It Or Not, I Found This Civil War-Era Minie Ball Bullet In My Garden While Planting Potatoes Last Week, Just On The Surface!
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#37 I Finally Opened Up A Wall In My 1910 House In Nova Scotia. Anyone Have Any Idea What This Is?
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#38 Remodeling And Found This Behind The Bathroom Wall. Someone Finished A Whole Double Gulp Before They Put Up The Drywall. Circa 1991
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#40 I Found This On A Key Ring In The Glove Compartment Of The 1952 Windsor Deluxe Convertible I Just Acquired
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