Giant house filled with tons of cash and antiques!!!

My girlfriend?s great grandmother passed away a couple months ago (surely for the better as well, she was quite ill.)

She lived alone in a VERY large house, and never threw anything away? ever. The house is so packed that it is hard to describe. Like, she boxed things up and put them in a room back in the 40?s, then worked her way out of the room over the years, into the hallway, down the stairs? etc. It is PACKED!

So far we have found several thousands of dollars, and we have only been in her bedroom! No where else! Seems like in every garment in her closet there were bills. Boxes and canisters of coins are everywhere (approx 20lbs of wheaties and lots of silver already!). Unopened toys from the 60?s and 70?s (dolls, Disney stuff, etc)

I have dreamed of something like this since I was little, and now I have a part in it!

Some of the neatest things so far are:

Sears .22 bolt action rifle
VERY sharp sword with sheath
Tons of wheaties
Lots of silver
Lots of 1930-1950?s foreign coins
Unopend toys (Dawn dolls, Disney yo-yos, space things)

I also found an empty box for one of those wall safes that looks like an outlet, so now I have to check every outlet for things!!

She stashed money everywhere, and she was very wealthy (large inheritances, played in stocks). In fact, her safety deposit box alone yielded bonds for my girlfriend?s dad ($1000 bonds dated from his birth in the 50?s!) and almost $40,000 in cash!

So, I?ll keep everyone posted, I?ll take pictures, and I also would like some advice on where to look (aside from the obvious) for hiding places! This is a very old house (1800?s) and also has a garage (packed to the hilt!)

EBay!

(...unless you want me to set up an auction site here at TreasureNet! ;)  I might be willing to do that - since it sounds like you would have a lot of stuff to help kick start it! )

Sounds like fun!

(sorry to hear about your girlfriend's great grandmother though )

haha yes, ebay will probably be the way!

Don't forget to metal detect every inch of her property!

Wish I could, but I have no detector! If this were my money, I would easily be able to buy one, but it is my g/f's familys $$!

Whatever you do , dont throw anything out. There are collectors for everything! Go through absolutely everything ,including the canned goods in the cupboards,laundry detergent bottles everything. People hide money everywhere,including the freezer,shoes buckets etc. My grandma taped bills to the back of pictures and stored coins in paint cans????If she had one safety deposit box,then she probally had another. Older people wont keep everything in one place, including banks. Make detailed lists of what you have...then you could let several top antique dealers/book and gun dealers know ?and let them duke it out over the prices, if you dont go to ebay.....Good Luck

Many older homes had hidden passages that were boarded up...pantries under stairwells or a servants stairway,cupolas.A stair tread that lifts or false ceiling in closet(usually lifts up) . I have seen backs of closets where there is a panel and actually extends four to five feet further back. I lived in a home where there was a hidden panel three foot tall (it slid sideways) in the dining room ,that just went into a tiny room behind fireplace....

Wow! All sorts of things to think about! I've found GLASS Windex bottles! 1950's tissues! About 20 unused tubes of toothpaste, expiring from the 80s till still good! She not only kept everything, but seemed like she was stocking up for the end of the World!

Even metal cap Pepsi bottles!

What city is this home located in? Would love to see the pics. Also remember to look in the furniture, false drawers, knobs that screw off the bed frames,etc. Look inside sewing machines,pianos,etc. Women tend to think a little different when hiding things. They wont hide money in something they think a man would rob,....like a tool box for example. 

1st thing to do is MARRY THE GIRLFRIEND! Then...

I've been involved in clearing away the stuff from total pack-rats before. Things that you wouldn't suspect are hoarded like it was more valued than gold.

Places; Floor vents,between walls, inside radios, inside piano, inside books and magazines. Things that got painted over to look as if it hadn't been messed with. One old guy had a slot hole in a wall in the bedroom that he'd stick his coins and bills in. Loose floor boards,wall boards, Hidden dead spaces inside,around stairs,doorways. Does it have a basement? Check with detector and dont get a cheap one!Dont have 1? Wish I was in your area!

 Around fireplace, check for loose bricks/stones. I've pulled a tabacco tin out from a wall outlet that was hook'd to a long wire that had $1500, so yes Its the Thrill of the Hunt! Check those cans!Lots of things can be made with fake bottoms. Tape or glued back together items, things that will come apart. Inside dolls,toys. If their sealed in the package they're worthy of a dealer in these types of toys looking at them.
Some people would buy jewelry to keep instead of cash. Check it with a Jeweler.

One place was a 4 bedroom house that was little paths from front door to kitchen to bedroom to bath, everything else was stacked floor to ceiling with everything. Some of it boxed but mostly just trash. Get a roll-off dumpster, but not everything should go in it. Lots of little bits that are worth big $'s used to be worth only a boxtop! Some of this will get the yardsale, which is THE worst way to dispose of anything. Only sell here what didn't sell on Ebay.

Keep a log of what and where you find something, places that were used, get used again.

Aufinder01
Type at me for advise,or for other places if these work.

Here's some ideas of hiding places (pasted from another site):

1. Bulk dry goods such as jars of rice and flour can hide small valuables and be kept out of the way on the back shelf.
2. Condiment containers, such as mustard and mayonnaise jars in your refrigerator, can also hold small items.
3. Aspirin or brown pill bottles inside the medicine cabinet can be a good bet.
4. Packages of frozen vegetables can be thawed, and refrozen with items inside them.
5. Tennis balls with a small slit in them will return to their original shape. Squeeze the ball to open and stuff, then scatter it among others at the back of a closet.
6. Vacuum cleaner bags can hide baggies with valuables inside them.
7. Stuffed animals can be cut open (gently, and not around young children) and used as unlikely containers. Cut along a seam, stuff and re-sew Teddy before returning him to his friends.
8. Ceiling light fixtures can be unscrewed, and small valuables may be placed within the electrical box underneath.
9. Composite "rocks" that have latchable, enclosed spaces within are available through mail-order catalogs. They can be placed outside in the garden.
10. Book safe: glue most of the pages of an old, uninteresting hardcover book together. Use a coping saw to cut a hollow area out of the middle. Drill starter holes for the saw. Then glue the box made with the pages to the back cover and let dry thoroughly. Stash on your bookshelf among other books.
11. Steps and flooring have natural hollow spaces underneath. Carpentry skills are required to effectively create a seamless surface that escapes detection
12. Hollow core doors can have sections cut out of the hinge edge to give access to the space within the door. Use the cutout piece as a plug
13. The tops of poster beds unscrew. Hollow spaces can be drilled out in the posts themselves.
14. Coffee cans/jars buried in the yard/garden.

For some pictures of common item safes (outlet safe etc.): http://www.info-anyone.com/Diversion%20Safes.htm

Here are some pictures!! I will post some of these things in the "what is it" category too.

Picture 1: Some of the wheaties (all non-wheaties have been pulled out)
Picture 2: Lots of Mercury dimes and silver Roosevelt dimes
Picture 3: Silver quarters, nickels, a much damaged Peace dollar, and Eisenhower dollar, steel pennies, etc
Picture 4: Can you say silver certificates? All of these bills are 1957 and OLDER
Picture 5: Minty silver certificate
Picture 6: 1928 $2 bill
Picture 7: Sears .22 rifle
Picture 8: Seemingly a Japanese WWII sword, definately used
Picture 9: A WWII Japanese parade sword
Picture 10: Close up of sword in Pic 8
Picture 11: Old Band-Aid boxes

Remember not to touch the surfaces of coins.

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that samurai sword is the real deal,!thats stingray skin under the leather wrapping,also the royal kersanthimun* seal(?)..wow i dream of a house like this!!!

READ THE BEEKROCK THREAD!?

Did I do something wrong?

that samurai sword is the real deal,!thats stingray skin under the leather wrapping,also the royal kersanthimun* seal(?)..wow i dream of a house like this!!!

Please tell me more!

Hope no one doubts the poster here. This is an interesting story, thanks for posting it.

That's why I posted pictures! My girlfriend's dad said he just found some pistols and lots of fur coats... I'll get pictures soon as I can!

Also, I looked up that first sword... it is indeed a WWII Japanese sword, and they sure are going for a bunch on ebay!! The other sword is for parades in Japan, but is also WWII vintage.

Aaron,

The reference to the "Beekrock" story is a long posting about a fellow who inherited a house full of trash and mysteries.  He was somewhat mysterious about the things he supposedly "found" and then one day he just stopped posting.  Many readers felt like they were lead along and then duped.  Your story has no relativity to that story though.  I (and we) appreciate your posts and can't wait to see more pictures.  Quite unusual to say the least.  Hopefully you'll be able to use someone's detector to hunt walls, fireplace (if one) and the yards.

Keep us posted and good luck!

David

the beakrock story has alot of good advice for where to look in old houses. I would recomend the read for the educational aspect of where to look in the house.

Don't post anything about where the house is, not even the state. Nobody needs to know.

Ok, I won't!?

READ THE BEEKROCK THREAD!?

Did I do something wrong?

I saw that you posted in that thread, so I guess that you did see it.
You could write a book about searching houses.  You could call it...
AARON'S EXPRESS.
 

WoW!!!!!! Don't forget the obvious places, in sofa and chairs under the cusions, also under all drawers as people use to tape paper money and coins there. Keep us posted and happy hunting.......

Wow, Aaron. Great adventure...with pics to boot! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. We're excited for you and extremely envious for ourselves  ;)

A cousins wife just died. he came from Columbus Ohio to visit me last month. Said he's moved out of his big old house built in 1891 and has put it up for sale. Even though it's more than 800 miles from me I asked if I could metal detect around the house.
He said that a neighbor had already done that.
he said this guy turned his detector on and walked slowly up the stairs. Getting a good signal under a wooden step he convinced my cousin to take up the board. The signal persisted. After cutting a large hole in the stair case he "discovered" a ceilng light to the room below.

When you laugh hard it hurts

Wow Arron...what  treasure hunt you could be in for. Don't let any of the other realitives just start throwing stuff away. I have seen that happen. Some people that aren't into "old" stuff think you should just get rid of all the junk.

If and when you do start selling on eBay,make sure you give us your username.Maybe post it in the eBay treasures section on this forum.I know i'll be looking and bidding when you do.Truly an unbelievable find of a house.

Updates!!!

Here are some of the newest finds! I feel like a pirate!! Haha


First item is a VERY small pistol, about 4? long! It says ?North American Arms? on it. Any idea of the age? Also, I KNOW it is loaded, but I do not know how do unload it. I will bring it to a gun shop.



Second is a Smith & Wesson ?32? ?CTGE?. No other details on that one!




Next up is a good one. This has Japanese writing on the butt, but I cannot decipher it.




Here is a HORRIBLE idea! It?s a PEZ dispenser? and the candy comes from the barrel! Let?s just put guns in our mouths! Haha



There are LOTS of furs; I?ll just post a few:





And this old sewing machine, like new with all the accessories! Dated 1952.





I?ll keep everyone posted!

Here are some toys:

Pic one is of some cars.



The clear one is a Schuco 1005. It is the rarest color and min perfect (NOTHING wrong) shape. It is a wind up car.

The red car is also in perfect shape, but is missing the pole you would push in the back to make it shoot across the floor!

See the little red buggy? That is a pristine (no wear anywhere) 1967 Hot Wheels Hot Heap. Even the bottom looks new! Fresh from the package? 40 years ago!

The  3 blue and one green are unknown Tootsietoys, all the same.

The white truck thing and the red truck thing are Matchbox. White is No.61, red is No.35

Pic two is of some plush? well, technically I guess, but they sure aren?t soft! I know nothing about these except what you see.

Hi,
The North American, you unscrew the knurled screw under the barrel, and take out the cylinder to remove the bullets. They made these in the late '70- early '80's.

Aufinder01

PEZ GUN
You can also find (rarely!) dispensers in gun form, handy for dental suicide. Pez Candy has been making dispensers since the '40s. They only made 3 different dispenser-guns between the '50s and '80s.

http://www.pezlist.com/faq.html

WOW! That PEZ gun is rare!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Collectible-80s...ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

5 days left, and look at that price!

Has your girlfriend's family seen this thread?

No... and we hope it stays thatway!

WOW! That PEZ gun is rare!!

I don't know if it's true; but I've heard that eBay actually started as a Pez trading site.
Good luck at this house; sounds like it will keep you busy for quite some time ;)

Hey, Aaron...I collect old cookie jars.  Find any?

Bobinsd

Darren says: Wow, Aaron. Great adventure...with pics to boot! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. We're excited for you and extremely envious for ourselves 

And I'll 100% agree on that, Wow, wow, wee, NICE, some people have all the luck        

Hey, Aaron...I collect old cookie jars.? Find any?

Bobinsd

Hey , Good question!? I collect books ( history,altas's and geography) and pottery. Are you going to give us a list? so we can bid first!!!! ;)

No books or cookie jars that I know of yet... but there HAS to be some!

Anythingspecific?

Pottery interested in

Bennington Rockingham  Yellowware 
Redwing
Rookwood

I once sold a Singer 222K sewing machine on Ebay for about $860 for someone; Singer 221Ks are worth a few hundred (not as rare as the 222K). What is the model in your photo?
-John

No... and we hope it stays thatway!

We who?

We meaning me and my girlfriend's immediate family. The other people in her family (aunts and such) just want to trash it all so they can sell the house and divy up the $$!

We meaning me and my girlfriend's immediate family. The other people in her family (aunts and such) just want to trash it all so they can sell the house and divy up the $$!

Silly people.

aaron7, if the Aunt and uncles are thinking of money, then just be sure your girlfriend and her parents tell them, 'slowly', cuz there is alot of money inside, or in the walls So, just hold them there pigs off

Like Big ticket says, theres ALOT of Silly people running around

Keep us posted, and have fun

A green sitting frog with a floppy hat will get about $1000+.

A green sitting frog with a floppy hat will get about $1000+.

 

i' possibly interested in the toys and crocks of any kind. keep us postedif you get ready to sell anything thank you


                                   Marty

Found a large COFFEE can fuill of silver!!! I'll get pix asap. Liberty halves, washington quarters, buffalo nickles, tons of mercury dimes!!!

Also a weird rubber car from Irwin... it's very strange!

Check all those dimes for the valuable 1916D 

It's been just about two weeks since you first made this post.I realize that there is a lot of "stuff" to go through.You do have some interesting items there, and i'm sure there are many we haven't seen yet.Is any of this "stuff" gonna be yours(girlfriends) legally?Are you planning on auctioning any of it off on eBay? I think you might have mentioned it,no?Maybe that was a responder to this thread. At any rate,you would be surprised what you could make off of some of that "stuff".People sometimes pay ridiculous prices for things you would never think are worth a dime.Or maybe you couldput together in a "lot" some things in the classified section on this forum to trade for a nice detector to search the grounds of this house.Did she have a garden in years past?

Legally? well, I guess that?s a grey area. Right now no one is appointed the executor of the estate. My girlfriend?s uncles are total sleazes (I?d use worse language, but this is a family forum >:|) and are pillaging all her assets. One uncle had power of attorney when she was alive, and emptied her safety deposit boxes for himself. How do we know? He is dirt poor and a week later he is driving a BRAND new SUV that he paid cash for, and is putting a big addition on his home. The other uncle took her (g grandmother?s) 1982 Cadillac with ~30,000 miles on it and sold it (he found the title), and we just learned last night that the 32 Ford that was fully restored in the garage is gone. I?m sure my girlfriend?s family will never see that car or the money it sold for again.

So, is it legal? Probably not. But if we stand back and do nothing, the house will be emptied (as in, all trash) and sold so they can divvy up the money that much quicker.

I hear you and I know exactly what you mean.When my great grandad(born 1893) died years ago ,I remember everyone in the family fighting over who gets what.I was just a kid so I didn't have a say in anything.He lived with us my whole life until a month before he passed.We moved across the river out of state so he moved in with a great uncle of ours.Needless to say they took everything.A living will is a must nowadays, if you want your property to go to the right people.I just wish I had some small momento of his, to remind me of him and the times we shared together.He was the one who got me interested in coins and antiques and such.Now all I have are faded memories.......

I hear you and I know exactly what you mean.When my great grandad(born 1893) died years ago ,I remember everyone in the family fighting over who gets what.I was just a kid so I didn't have a say in anything.He lived with us my whole life until a month before he passed.We moved across the river out of state so he moved in with a great uncle of ours.Needless to say they took everything.A living will is a must nowadays, if you want your property to go to the right people.I just wish I had some small momento of his, to remind me of him and the times we shared together.He was the one who got me interested in coins and antiques and such.Now all I have are faded memories.......

That is really too bad what happened to you, but if you just want a memento, maybe you can still get one somehow.
Also, you mean a regular will.  A living will is about what you want to happen to you when you are still living (medical care, etc.).

Also a weird rubber car from Irwin... it's very strange!

Who is Irwin?
 
By the way, I am sure that everyone else who reads this thread will agree that it is great that you post all of those pictures.

The proper way to unload that stainless steel 22 derringer is to push the button on the end of the shaft that the cylinder revolves onand pull the shaft out ,that will allow the cylinder to fall out . Then take the shaft and push the bullets out from the front of the cylinder . When loading it leave 1 bullet out that rest under the hammer,so if the gun drops and lands on the hammer it won't discharge. There is a safety on the hammer to prevent that from happening,it is the first click as if you were cocking the gun, not all of the way back,that would be full cock and ready to shoot. Good Luck and be carefull!    Bob

if the aunts/uncles are so quick to want to trash everything i would by all means immediatly contact a dumpster company to deliver a 40 yard dumpster to a spot right outside the front door, have the aunts/uncles come over and help you throw all that garbage out, and without further question have the dumpster company deliver the dumpster to a spot beside your garage, cover it with plywood and a tarp, and take your sweet time sorting through all that trash........not to talk bad about anyones family but some people are so greedy for the money they fail to see anything else, as happened when my grandmother died....they trashed everything but the money,coin collection,stamps,etc...which they divided amongst themselves to never be seen again unless you go to the local antique/pawn shop.......but, being the trashman, i have many things that to me have a value so high no one could purchase, like her doughbowl, rolling pin made by my gfather, the knife she always used while cooking, and many other treasures.....................gldhntr

I agree...get the dumpster....There are so many people out there that will step over a dollar to pick up a penny....

The proper term is container...
Anyway, there have been a lot of comments about how the relatives want to get rid of all of the "treasure" and sell the house.  The "VERY large" house must be worth a ton of money, and is therefore worth a lot more to the relatives than all of the little things worth $100 or $200 apiece, which would take a long time to go through and sell, and which would bring less altogether than the house.  The relatives might be greedy, but they know that the real money is in the house and the vehicles.  The smaller things are neat, but how can anyone critcize the relatives on any grounds except greed?

Depends on where the house is located, whether its going to be worth "a ton of money". Alot of  larger  homes located in downtown older neighborhoods are in the decline as far as property values. If the relatives want to sell it fine, rent a storage unit  and move everything into it to be gone through at your gf's families leisure. I dont understand why that its been about four months since she passed away and no one has been appointed executor of the estate yet . Where is the will and who was her attorney. Probally the same one that her husband when living had....Get the relatives together, make a plan of action and take it. Clean up the house,search it thoroughly  and sell. Anything that was taken or sold after the grandma died will have to be deducted from the amount each sibling receives. The bank has records of what transactions went on with the uncle who was suppose to be power of attorney, and you can go to jail for misusing that power. He has to provide reciepts, records of what was disposed of and why.

have you thought about taking out a loan and buying the whole place ffrom them? lock stock and barrell

I hear you and I know exactly what you mean.When my great grandad(born 1893) died years ago ,I remember everyone in the family fighting over who gets what.I was just a kid so I didn't have a say in anything.He lived with us my whole life until a month before he passed.We moved across the river out of state so he moved in with a great uncle of ours.Needless to say they took everything.A living will is a must nowadays, if you want your property to go to the right people.I just wish I had some small momento of his, to remind me of him and the times we shared together.He was the one who got me interested in coins and antiques and such.Now all I have are faded memories.......

That is really too bad what happened to you, but if you just want a memento, maybe you can still get one somehow.
Also, you mean a regular will.  A living will is about what you want to happen to you when you are still living (medical care, etc.).

      Duh,yeah your right.Obviously,I haven't done either myself.As for a momento,I doubt it.My family stretches all over the U.S. and many are very estranged .I have aunts, uncles ,cousins,nieces and nephews  i've never even met before.Not to mention a granfather in Tennessee somewhere.I'm talking full blooded not step or half or anything.Imagine that!

the proper term might be container but here in the real world it is still a dumpster....go to any construction site in the South and ask any worker you see where the container is.....you will be laughed all the way back to your little red bug..........g

WTG!!!!
I love these post and I hope you find more

-GC

I hear you and I know exactly what you mean.When my great grandad(born 1893) died years ago ,I remember everyone in the family fighting over who gets what.I was just a kid so I didn't have a say in anything.He lived with us my whole life until a month before he passed.We moved across the river out of state so he moved in with a great uncle of ours.Needless to say they took everything.A living will is a must nowadays, if you want your property to go to the right people.I just wish I had some small momento of his, to remind me of him and the times we shared together.He was the one who got me interested in coins and antiques and such.Now all I have are faded memories.......

That is really too bad what happened to you, but if you just want a memento, maybe you can still get one somehow.
Also, you mean a regular will.  A living will is about what you want to happen to you when you are still living (medical care, etc.).

      Duh,yeah your right.Obviously,I haven't done either myself.As for a momento,I doubt it.My family stretches all over the U.S. and many are very estranged .I have aunts, uncles ,cousins,nieces and nephews  i've never even met before.Not to mention a granfather in Tennessee somewhere.I'm talking full blooded not step or half or anything.Imagine that!

Either?  I only suggested one thing.  And you should not whine about not having a memento if you are going to give up.  Surely you can get ONE.

the proper term might be container but here in the real world it is still a dumpster....go to any construction site in the South and ask any worker you see where the container is.....you will be laughed all the way back to your little red bug..........g

It was a JOKE, junior.

Rarely do I delve into the foray of terminology, but in the case of "dumpster" versus "container" I couldn't help it.

Doing a quick dictionary.com search, yielded the following definitions of each term:

Con?tain?er
1.   A receptacle, such as a carton, can, or jar, in which material is held or carried.
2.   A large reusable receptacle that can accommodate smaller cartons or cases in a single shipment, designed for efficient handling of cargo.

Dump?ster   
A trademark used for containers designed for receiving, transporting, and dumping waste materials. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase: ? [The street is] lined with low-cost apartment buildings and strewn with blue dumpsters? (Chicago Tribune).

Apparently, no arguing that each item is a space of which other items are stored within.

keyword seems to be "waste". Dumpster is assumed to contain waste, while a container contains material but careful not to use the word "waste". Can't see why a dumpster could not have non-waste material while a container could have crap in it.  By the same token, the old cliche of "trash is another's treasure" could be used.

Now I remember why I rarely delve into these sort of things.  Who cares what it's called?  There is no "proper" term, I don't care what is argued to the contrary. 

BTW, aaron7 when are we going to see the coffee can full of silver!

HH!

-Hunter

Ho, man, I wish.  Dumpster-brand trash bins are top-of-the-line.
         This is just a Trash-Co waste disposal unit.

Otto  (the bus driver on The Simpsons)

http://www.break.com/index/bodyslamtrash.html
(proving the point)

just joking myself there bigticket,,,,oh and its not junior,,,,,,no joke......

Sorry guys! I haven't gotten an email saying there were replies! I will get a pic of the silver to post! The reason no one is assigned the executor is because all of the relatives are greedy and refuse to appoint one person! Also, there was no will. The house is in a very nice area and worth approx $600,000 , which is the rason they want to toss everything!!

The funny thing is, in some places a $600,000 house is not even that nice.
You cannot complain about the stuff, though.  There would really be a problem if the relatives wanted to keep all of that, so your girlfriend's family is much better off when it comes to that stuff.
As for the vehicles and the house, hopefully the judge will be honest.

Here are some pix of the silver!!

I just wish I had some small momento of his, to remind me of him and the times we shared together.He was the one who got me interested in coins and antiques and such.Now all I have are faded memories.......

Sounds to me like he left you a pretty good memento. Every time you practice your hobby, every time you get enjoyment out of what you do, that's his gift to you.

Great story!!! The suspense is killing me... I can't wait for the next installment and pictures!! Amazing finds!!!
Thanks for sharing aaron7. In addition to the things you have already posted, what other treasures have you run into?
Happy hunting (a phrase especially appropriate in THIS circumstance!!)
Bob

zoinx,, my blood is pumpin now ........  oh to be in that yard...

Wow... thats it.. just Wow!
Bu

Whoa, hey, I don't think anyone meant it as seriously as you thought!

As for an update, I have found a couple unopened model kits (a Dodge Dart from 1975, and a plane). I also got that gun indentified. The small one with the octagon barrel is a 1890's American Bull Dog, and the writing on the butt was translated on another forum for me:

The characters are (top to bottom, right to left):

mei ji ni hachi nen ichi sna ichi gou
dai (couldn't find) (can't make out)

This was using Kodansha's Compact Knaji Guide and Kodansha's Furigana Dictionary

The closest I am able to get is that the first two characters are indeed Meiji, the period of that emperor was from 1868 to 1912. ni hachi nen is lit: 2 8 year, probably an abbreviated 28th year, which would put the year at 1896.

ichi san ichi gou is most likely "131st edition" (also an abbreviated form), the last character on that column is a counting character, and translates to "edition" kind of a quantifier.

The first character in the second column translates to "big" and I couldn't make out the last two characters all that well. From what they look like, though, they are not "general use" characters in modern Japanese, may be archaic, or may be parts of a name or maybe a place like a shop.

The parts of the last character that I can make out are related to a lid and covering or shelter.

Wow that is a lot of neat stuff and wow a lot of coins it is a collectors dream come true.  I am envious of you but also I understand you have went through a lot of stuff to get to that neat stuff.  I hope it all works out for the best and good luck dealing with the #$^% in the family.  It is an unfortunate situation and maybe is why the owner was the way she was. 

Went to the house again today and snapped a TON of pictures. Wish there was a way for me to share them all, but there are 68 of them!

We found another sword today, very long with lots of gold and an ivory handle!

Also Dolls, comics from the 50's, etc

A very good haul!!

I've included some pix to show you I'm not kidding about the way this house is packed!

Wow.....unbelievable!! I've read the whole post and I'm in shock.....Too bad about the family greed thing. Wish you and the girlfriend could make out better. God, just the found cash alone! Everyone dreams of your opportunity. Look forward to more posts!

HH,
Moon

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You are in for a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!Enjoy it!!!!!!!!Aguila

Wow! SUPER finds!!!! The sewing machine of German manufacture.

Hi aaron7

If you find a "G.I. Joe" of 60's or 70's,....Please let me know,.......

Sam

mezzany04@hotmail.com

I usually never check this part of the forum. WOW!! Good stuff. Keep up the pics.

Awesome thread Aaron!

i would be interested in reading the beekrock thread. I tried a search to no avail. Could someone post a link or give me directions please?

How about furniture appraisals Aaron? Any of those yet? I hope to see you on the Antiques road show pretty soon! ;)

I deal in antiques for a living.... and here is what I suggest you do.... As soon as you find out who has actual ownership of property offer them a lump sum for the contents of the house, maybe $5,000?? $10,000 or so and have a storage unit ready to put it all in. Get it ALL out of the house as quickly as possible before anyone can remove anything else!


Also... was that a picture of the house?? If so, where is that a $600,000 property? Is it prime real estate land in beverly hills or something? Around here that is a $30,000 farm house.... but who knows... maybe I'm just missing something here...

just a guess  FEILD the combined property(land)and the house that was a shot of the garage im stating the obvious..

The house is in the center of a city, and zoned as residential OR business... that's why it's worth so much!

No new updates yet... just been selling stuff on ebay. Next to go up are wooden pull toys!

The house is in the center of a city, and zoned as residential OR business... that's why it's worth so much!

No new updates yet... just been selling stuff on ebay. Next to go up are wooden pull toys!

So what is your seller name?

Ebay ID is fishercat7. Check out what I have sold to see some of the treasures!

Really Nice

My kid's are going to have a ball.....I hid things good.

wow that is amazing, i almost never read this section of the forum but man am i ever glad that i did today. keep the pics coming, please!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!.......have fun!!!!!!!!!

Wow is all i can say!
Great finds.... especially the mercs. they are my fav.

Keep us posted and have plenty of pics to show us

M

and now whoo hoo  i am a jr member!!!!!

You might want to block out that license plate on the pic of the rocking chair... its easy to recognize the state its in

M

Wow! I can't wait to see what you post next!

Posted some wooden toys on ebay along with some comic books!

Wow! People stashed stuff everywhere!

Far as we've found, money was hidden... but not like that. In drawers and such, but we haven't found any secrets in the house itself!