8. A Chair Containing Diamonds
Where: Scotland
Year Found: Unknown;
Estimated Value: $6,485*
Who knew that a dusty chair might hold ancient, vintage diamonds? A couple in Scotland experienced a similar circumstance after good fortune smiled upon them. At an auction, Angela and Angus Milner-Brown paid just $6.50 (£5) for an apparently ordinary chair, and they assumed that was the end of it.
A Chair Filled With Diamonds ©IMG Stock Studio/Shutterstock
When they disassembled the chair to discard it, barely ten years or so later, they discovered antique diamond jewelry concealed therein that was valued at $6,485 (£5,000). The couple had no idea that they were essentially “sitting on a fortune”!
9. A Jewish treasure discovered in London that was hidden under the threat of a Nazi invasion
Location: London’s Hackney
Year Found: 2009
Estimated Value: $104,000*
Many have uncovered the horror and uncertainty of World War II, when the danger of Nazi invasion compelled thousands of Jews to bury their assets in covert locations. A comparable find occurred in London when a gullible person discovered a massive cache of US gold coins from the 19th century concealed from view.
Uncovered in London, a Jewish treasure hidden behind the threat of a Nazi invasion ªReeldealHD on Offset/Shutterstock
Experts concluded that a Jewish family had never been able to reclaim the coins they had stored just before WWII, out of fear of a German invasion of the UK. The long-lost treasure was eventually claimed by a family descendent.
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