Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Look What I Found

1. "Nebraska woman finds $3,000 in chair bought at garage sale"
   <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/05/31/1065078-ap.html>
"Stafford has found more than $3,000 in bills dating from 1928 to 1953 in
 the bottom of a high-backed chair she bought at a garage sale - for $2"

2. "Beggar found 400 pieces of jewellery in rubbish bin"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_790082.html>
"Assia Mladenova was looking for iron and cardboard objects to sell to
 recyclers when she came upon the treasure trove, worth about £4,400"

3. "Orem Man Finds $10K in New House"
   <http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=198393>
"When he and a friend pulled the cover off of an air vent during the
 installation, he found a metal box. As he opened it up, he saw something
 was wrapped up in aluminum foil. When he unwrapped the foil, he saw cash"

4. "£5 jacket had £600 in pocket"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1161188.html>
"A Chicago woman bought a jacket from a charity shop for £5 - and found
 £600 in the pocket"

5. "Woman finds expensive art in cheap wallpaper"
   <http://www.boston.com/news/daily/21/odds_art.htm>
"In late June, Corinne Turner walked into a Utah discount store and spent
 99 cents on canvas wallpaper. She opened her purchase to find -- surprise!
 -- five pieces of art worth $6,000"

6. "Precious cello saved from CD cabinet fate"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1111127.htm>
"A Los Angeles nurse has found a stolen Stradivarius cello worth $5 million
 next to a rubbish bin and planned to turn it into a CD cabinet until she
 discovered it was the instrument the whole town was searching for"

7. "Woman finds rare car buried in garden"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1096461.html>
"A woman has found a 60-year-old car buried in her garden... The car turned
 out to be a rare Ford V8 Pilot"

8. "Man finds tank in garden"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1321523.html>
"A New Zealand man who hit a metal object while digging the garden was
 shocked to find it was a four tonne tank"