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
#41 Purchased An Old Vintage Frame And This Beautiful Photo Was Inside
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#42 Found This In A Crate, At An Abandoned House. Probably Not Anything Special, But Does Have A 925 Stamp On The Back. Pretty Earring
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#43 We Bought Our House In October And Have Been Avoiding The Terrifying Under-Deck Abyss Ever Since
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#44 Found This Metal Thing Sticking Out Of The Ground Of Our Property. It Goes Straight Down Seemingly No End And Will Not Pull Out
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#45 Found This Taped To The Underside Of An Old Home During A Remodel For The New Owners. I’ll Keep Y’all Posted. Has A Done Even Try Sort Of Vibe To Though
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#46 We Recently Renovated Our Bathroom In Our 1918 Home. During The Demo Of The Old Shower/Tub Combo, We Found A Little Door That Leads To The Closet Behind The Bathroom
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#47 Found In Our Yard By Metal Detecting Hobbyists. Anyone Know What It Is? Edit: Here Are Some More Pictures & A Banana To Scale LOL Found In Ohio USA My Home Was Built In 1853
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#48 Well, Technically The Guys We Hired Did… But, While Demoing Our Master Bath, The Guys Came Across This And Saved It For Us
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#50 I’m Remodeling My House, And In The Process Of Removing The Ancient Trim Look What I Found Stuck To The Back Of The Trim
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#51 Found This Old Photo In My Moms Attic, I’m Pretty Sure It’s A Picture Of A Movie Star Or Someone Of That Nature But Not Sure Who, It Was In A Beautiful Blue Glass Frame That Unfortunately Broke
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#52 I Was Cleaning Out My Restroom And Found A Brown Paper Bag That I Assumed Was Broken Glass And I Was Just About To Throw It Out When I Decided To Checked It And Found All Of These Old Roman Coins
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#53 Our First Good Find Was This Candle Holder, Dating To Sometime In The Late 1800s. The Building Was Electrified In 1898
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#54 Patient Of Mine Brought In This Vertebral Body (Spine Segment) For Show And Tell:). Found In FL Digging (Not Really Near To Water)
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#55 My Uncle And His Partner Have Started Renovations On A House They Bought. Yesterday They Uncovered These Beauties Behind A Wall
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#56 I Was Ripping Out An Old Bathroom And Found Thisnin The Wall, Can Anyone Give Me Any Insight To What It Might Be? It Is About 3 Inches Long
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#57 Found This Cool Brick In One Of The Rivers By Our House. Thought It Was Kinda Cool
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#58 Remodeling And Found This Behind The Bathroom Wall. Someone Finished A Whole Double Gulp Before They Put Up The Drywall. Circa 1991
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#60 So These Blankets Are Handmade By My Mother 30+ Years Ago. My Aunt Messaged Me And Asked If I Wanted Some Stuff Of My Mom's
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