Every home has a few secrets. Most are boring, like the drawer full of Schrödinger's batteries or the mystery key that opens nothing. Then someone pulls up a floorboard or knocks through a wall, and the house reveals what it has been hiding since before they moved in.
People on the Things Found In Walls page shared the strangest things they found lurking in their own houses, and the answers range from time capsules to messages left by previous owners who clearly had a lot on their minds. Some are charming. Others will make you rethink that renovation. Whatever you do, don't open the attic after dark
#21 Today (9/26/26) My Wife Bought A Skirt From A Goodwill Here In Iowa. This Receipt Was In The Pocket...the Date On It Says 11/20/94!
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#22 Found Today While Doing Asbestos Abatement, Lodged In Insulation Behind The Drywall
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#23 I Found This On A Key Ring In The Glove Compartment Of The 1952 Windsor Deluxe Convertible I Just Acquired. It Says "Smart Key" On One Side And Nothing On The Back. Anybody Have Any Idea What It Might Be?
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#24 Found In A Wall, Looks Like They Were Used As Filler For An Old Hole Patch
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#25 When We Moved Into Our Home, We Learned That The Older Gentleman Who Lived Here Before Us Was (As Well As Being A Bit Of A Hoarder) A Worker For The Park Services
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#26 My House Was Built In 1842 And This Used To Be An Icehouse. The Front Face Of Some Bricks Came Off Recently And Inside Was This Horseshoe. The Only Banana I Have Is My Kid’s Giant Banana Squishy - Sorry
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#27 My House Was Built Around 1850, This Floor Was Put In By The 1880s. Found This Beside The Fireplace Under The Floor But I Don't Know What It Is. Glass, Hollow. Just Excited To Find Any Treasure
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#28 I Went Out Metal Detecting Last Night For A Couple Of Hours Before The Sunset, Low Humidity And A Cool Breeze Made For A Perfect Evening Here In South Central Minnesota
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#30 My Daughter Found This And Gave It To Me. Wondering If It May Possibly Have A Story? Found In Driveway Stones Most Likely From The Arkansas River
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#31 While Out Metal Detecting Here In South Central Minnesota At An Old Football Field I Found This Twenty Six Year Old Wedding Band Just Two Inches Under The Grass
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#32 My Partner Is Redoing The Window Frames In Our House And Found A Time Magazine From 1941 Tucked Inside The Wall As Insulation
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#33 I Inherited A Property And Found These Sheets Of Metal In An Old Garage Attic
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#34 Found Under A Deck We’re Demolishing. Hand In Photo For Size Reference
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#35 Believe It Or Not, I Found This Civil War-Era Minie Ball Bullet In My Garden While Planting Potatoes Last Week, Just On The Surface!
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#36 I Found This In The Attic At My Family's House In South Central France
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#37 My Sister Lives In Rosamond, California. They Were Chopping Down An Oleander Tree In Their Backyard, When They Found This Hanging On The Side Of Their Shed
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#38 Found This Ring In My Backyard Today Up Near Our Deck Where Our Dog Likes To Run Back And Forth
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#39 I Finally Opened Up A Wall In My 1910 House In Nova Scotia. Anyone Have Any Idea What This Is?
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#40 Not Found In A Wall But Unearthed! Heavy Rainfall Tends Reveal New Finds Every Now & Then At My House. This Land Has Been In My Family For Many Years
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