$182,000 makes 'finders keepers' fight a little intense

Stephen Eisel · Post by **Stephen Eisel** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:32 pm

http://blog.cleveland.com/plaindealer/2 ... ers_f.html

Most folks are happy to reach into the pocket of a little-used jacket and find a long-forgotten $10 bill.

Multiply that feeling by 18,200 times and you will understand how Lakewood home-improvement contractor Bob Kitts felt when he pulled a giant cache of Depression-era cash from the walls of an 83-year-old Cleveland home he was rehabilitating.

Jerry Ritcey · Post by **Jerry Ritcey** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:04 pm

I think the contractor might have an argument if no one was living in the home at the time. But if I go to Stephen's house and dig up a bag from a 1930's bank robbery in his basement, I'd say my claim to the cash was pretty slim.

Stephen Eisel · Post by **Stephen Eisel** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:24 pm

Jerry Ritcey wrote:I think the contractor might have an argument if no one was living in the home at the time. But if I go to Stephen's house and dig up a bag from a 1930's bank robbery in his basement, I'd say my claim to the cash was pretty slim.

Hey, that was suppose to be a secret...

c. dawson · Post by **c. dawson** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:37 pm

I found some wadded up old pieces of paper and Christmas tinsel in the eaves of my attic ... but somehow I don't think that's terribly newsworthy, and no one's gonna fight me for them.

Grace O'Malley · Post by **Grace O'Malley** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:37 pm

I found an old Cleveland newspaper in my bathroom wall dated October 16, 1924.

The eerie part was when I realized the day I found it happened to be October 16, 1984, exactly 60 years later!!!

Stephen Eisel · Post by **Stephen Eisel** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:34 pm

Grace O'Malley wrote:I found an old Cleveland newspaper in my bathroom wall dated October 16, 1924.

The eerie part was when I realized the day I found it happened to be October 16, 1984, exactly 60 years later!!!

now that is cool!

Jeff Dreger · Post by **Jeff Dreger** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:58 am

I found an "Extra Pilsener Beer" bottle from the Pilsener Brewing Co. (Cleveland, OH) when I was adding more insulation to some of the exterior walls of our house. The bottle dates from between 1906 - 1914 as far as I can tell - the house was built in 1913. That helps explain a few things about the house

BTW - this beer was later labeled P.O.C.

http://www.ohiobreweriana.com/library/h ... ener.shtml

Dee Krupp · Post by **Dee Krupp** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:47 am

I found an old $50 bill from another country (I can't remeber where at the moment). I researched the value....83 cents!