Wednesday, June 1

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"