Becoming instantly rich is what lottery is all about, with a little bit of consistency and a little bit of luck you are bound to hit the big prize one of these days – but what if we told you that some people literally stumble upon riches? Finding it hard to believe? In today’s feature of “the luckiest” we will reveal some of the luckiest treasure findings in history.
#7 Hammered Right Through.
In 1992, a farmer from Suffolk, England, lost a hammer in one of his fields, he therefore asked Eric Lawes to use his metal detector to search for it (He must have really loved that hammer). While looking for the lost tool, Lawes stumbled upon something else of interest — 14,191 silver coins, 565 gold coins, 24 bronze coins, plus stacks of hundreds of silver and gold spoons, statues and jewelry, all dating back to the Roman Empire. The treasure was sold to the national British museum at an estimated cool €2 Million which Lawes and the farmer happily split the take in half.
Sadly, there is no news on whether or not his beloved hammer was ever found.
#6 Diamonds Are Girl’s Best Friend – So Is Arkansas.
A man that only goes by the name of Basham found a giant of a gemstone in 1924 — a 40.23 carat diamond to be more specific. It might also surprise you to hear that he wasn’t digging in a diamond mine at the time, but was near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, at a site that is now considered as the Crater of Diamonds.
Mr. B’s big find, now better know as “The Uncle Sam Diamond” was the largest jewel ever discovered in North America. It was subsequently cut down to 12.42 carats and sold for €190,515 in 1971 (about €708,418 today)
#5 The United States Declaration Of Independence – Financial and Other.
Michael Sparks was visiting a thrift shop, where he bought a set of salt and pepper shakers, a candle-holder, and a browned out print of the Declaration of Independence. Michael figured the document was a worthless, modern replica, so he paid the price busting asking price
– $2.70 – and headed on home.
After pondering over the document for a few days, he wondered if in fact it might be a little older than he initially thought. So he hopped on the internet to do a little investigation work about his treasure finds – he soon discovered that he had purchased 1 of only 200 official copies of the Declaration of Independence commissioned by later president, John Quincy Adams in 1820., 35 had been found intact out of the official 200; he had number 36.
It took a year for Michael to have the document authenticated and preserved and then he put it up for auction, scooping up a final sale price of €425,366.
#4 Take A Bathroom Break.
Did you know that bathrooms can be pretty useful spots to hide your money? Contractor Bob Kitts found €160,000 hidden in a bathroom wall. Bob was tearing down the bathroom walls of an 83-year-old house in 2006 when two green metal lockboxes were unveiled from inside a wall.
Inside were stacks of white envelopes with the return address for “P. Dunne News Agency.”
Bob told the homeowner about the money; which caused arguments to break out quickly on how to repartition the treasure finds. This led to a long legal battle between the contractor and the homeowner, and then later between the found money’s family descendants who had been traced and found from the return address on the envelopes the money was found in.
You should have kept your mouth shut, Bob.
#3 Watch where you’re digging, man!
In 66’, at the height of the cold war (and hippies for that matter) Five stoned men were digging on a building site – accidentally unearthed the largest hoard of medieval coins ever found in Britain –Woah man.
This magnificent trove from the 15th century contained four pieces of jewelry, four rings, two lengths of gold chains and 1,237 gold coins.
It is theorized that the hoard was buried by nobility fleeing from one of the early battles of the War of the Roses. The jewelry is gold set with enamel and gold. These 15th century treasures are truly magnificent and was at the end purchased by the British Museum for around €380,585.
Not bad dudes.
#2 Always Bring Your Metal Detector with You
David Whelan and his son Andrew went on a day trip for some father-son bonding time when they spotted a field up in North Yorkshire and so the two decided to go metal detecting – you know, as you do.
After receiving a few strong signals, there, hidden amongst scraps of iron, they discovered one of the biggest treasure finds in history.
A finely engraved silver bowl cropped up and upon realising its value, a full on dig commenced which ultimately resulted in 617 silver coins and 65 other valuable luxury silver items.
Most of the items were made in Germany and France around 900 AD. They included ingots, ornaments and jewellery. The vessel in which the treasures were hidden in is lined with gold, crafted by the finest hands.
The Treasure finds were sold to the Yorkshire Museum, the landowners and the Whelans were left to split a cool €1,269,675. Good for them.
#1 Cheer Up, Friend.
In 1992, Teri Horton went to her local thrift shop to buy her depressed friend a gift to lighten up her mood. She found a large painting, 66″ x 47″ to be exact, that she thought was pretty funny because it was, she believed, so ugly. She paid $5 and left.
Her friend refused the painting, sighting that it was too ugly and had no space for it in her trailer, so Teri took it back home and tried to unload it in a garage sale. A local art teacher spotted the painting and suggested it could very well be a Jackson Pollock to which Teri infamously replied, “Who the f*** is Jackson Pollock?”
If authentic, the painting is said to be well worth over €88 Million – however due to its lack of verifiable history of ownership, Teri is still fighting an ongoing battle to prove that her painting is real. Good luck Teri.
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