My great grandparents left a treasure map in their safe that led to a ton of

Sep 25, 2020
11:57:25am

Windward_Coug All-American

silver coins (before 1965 all coins were made of real silver, so a 1955 dime is actually worth $1.80 for example). So it's actually thousands of dollars worth of coins because of the silver content.

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Windward_Coug

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Author

Time

Largest amount of stashed and forgotten/lost cash that you later found or remained lost?

kccougar Truly Addicted User

9/25/20 11:20am

$20. I am my money's keeper.

Indy Coug

9/25/20 11:21am

I put my wife's wedding ring in my shorts pocket & put the shorts on a shelf

cougarmeister

9/25/20 11:24am

Another reason not to wear cargo shorts

dadofkhec

9/25/20 11:26am

They're the best dad attire available. They carry my wallet, phone, keys, pliers

TailgateU

9/26/20 11:55pm

Awesome! 😆. ... Did she buy the story?

Borg

9/25/20 4:34pm

In high school went to a camp

Bin01015

9/26/20 7:54am

I got a check for $1,200 for an account i forgot about once.

shimmy

9/25/20 11:28am

Not exactly on point, by my grandma hid $100 bills all over her house. In books,

Doogal McCougar

9/25/20 11:33am

Did you know you have a long-lost cousin?....me! 🙂

BleedCougarBlue2

9/25/20 11:45am

Do they know why she did it?

ColonelMustard

9/26/20 2:41pm

Can I count the bitcoin I mined in 2011?

jaromp

9/25/20 11:40am

600 of visa gift cards that had fees if unused. Were all worthless when found

TheismanHill1911

9/25/20 11:54am

About $1,400 my wife stuck somewhere 3 years earlier and promptly forgot about

game.blouses

9/25/20 11:56am

My great grandparents left a treasure map in their safe that led to a ton of

Windward_Coug

9/25/20 11:57am

That is awesome!!!!

South_A

9/25/20 12:03pm

How hard was it to follow the map?

ColonelMustard

9/26/20 2:44pm

RE: How hard was it to follow the map?

Windward_Coug

9/27/20 5:22am

So cool. Thanks for sharing

South_A

9/27/20 6:20am

Probably $20

Romex

9/25/20 4:11pm

Got home from my mission. Went skiing the next day and found $50 in my coat

crimedog

9/25/20 4:27pm

I found a 20 in some old snowboarding pants when my mom was asking if she could

ColonelMustard

9/26/20 2:46pm

Family member once lost $30,000 worth of gold Krugerrands. We're pretty sure some construction workers took it while

CougarTailDevourer

9/25/20 4:29pm

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joelvandyne

9/25/20 4:52pm

Found 200 tucked away in my wallet about a year later

gmoney7

9/26/20 10:03am

Smart though.

South_A

9/26/20 11:28am

That’s exactly what happened lol

gmoney7

9/26/20 11:52am

$40

BYU Grounds

9/26/20 8:56pm

My son had a date this summer s o he thoroughly

jxncoog

9/27/20 8:33am

Still holding hope we stumble across a Tiffany's ring I bought for my wife

South_A

9/27/20 8:44am

I’m missing my original wedding band, and I hope it turns up in the car someday.

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