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Discovered Treasure: Weird Ways People Have Found Fortune


From my cold, dead, and lucky hands

A retired man in Connecticut named Donald Peters (79) bought two lottery tickets at a 7-Eleven, just hours before dying of a heart attack


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2) Money down the crapper


In January of 2009, an Arizona plumber named Mike Roberts, found a 7-carat diamond, worth $70,000. It seems the ring had been flushed down the toilet at the “Black Bear Diner” in Phoenix.


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3) Contract killer


bathrooms can be pretty useful spots to hide your money

Kitts found $182,000 of Depression-era money hidden in a bathroom wall

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4) A Hole: Lotta Gold


Rare Collectibles owner, was helping a family clean out the house

he noticed a hole in an upstairs wall

gold coins worth about $200,000 was found.

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5) Old Money


Full-time plumber and part-time fossil hunter

discovered a nearly intact Mastodon tusk (

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6) Tired of poverty


state highway workers found $100,000 in an abandoned tire

Unfortunately, drug-sniffing dogs found the scent of drugs on the bills.

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