Things Found in Walls

[WAW44]

Given that his family was in Germany back then, it's very likely they were at fault for the torpedoing of that cruiser!

I'm surprised they aren't blaming Trump.... even back then.

 

[bgdawgrr]

Pablo Escobar's nephew found $18million in the wall of his late uncles apartment. He also found a typewriter, satellite phones, a gold pen, a camera and a film roll that hasn't been developed [yet].

I always think. "wonder how much he really found?" If we know about $18 mill.

 

[The Heretic]

I always think. "wonder how much he really found?" If we know about $18 mill.

It seems to me that he was unwise to admit to finding that money; he had already been captured and tortured once.

In the USA, finding large amounts of cash is problematic. If you choose to not report it to the authorities, then you have the issue of spending/laundering the cash. If you do report it, then you pay taxes on it, IF they let you keep it.

 

[JedB]

It seems to me that he was unwise to admit to finding that money; he had already been captured and tortured once.

In the USA, finding large amounts of cash is problematic. If you choose to not report it to the authorities, then you have the issue of spending/laundering the cash. If you do report it, then you pay taxes on it, IF they let you keep it.

I would have no problem in switching to a "cash only" expenditure program until the pile is burned down to something that could be put into a bank.

 

[Flopsweat]

I found a leaking icemaker tap.

 

[giddyupgo55]

found part of a can 2 4 D and some old news papers from the late 50's

 

[The Heretic]

I would have no problem in switching to a "cash only" expenditure program until the pile is burned down to something that could be put into a bank.

If you found $18M it would take quite a while to burn that down to a couple deposits of less than $10K, which is the limit where the gov becomes interested, and doing multiple deposits doesn't work as they note that too.

The best way to handle large sums would be to lauder the cash, preferably thru a business you own that is the kind that takes in a lot of cash - like a car wash (e.g., Breaking Bad) or a restaurant/etc., maybe a pawn shop or a gun shop?

 

[JedB]

If you found $18M it would take quite a while to burn that down to a couple deposits of less than $10K, which is the limit where the gov becomes interested, and doing multiple deposits doesn't work as they note that too.

The best way to handle large sums would be to lauder the cash, preferably thru a business you own that is the kind that takes in a lot of cash - like a car wash (e.g., Breaking Bad) or a restaurant/etc., maybe a pawn shop or a gun shop?

I'd be willing to take the risk in this theoretical discussion.
I could always have a fake construction company
And running $$$ through a strip club could be fun...

So many options.

 

[Helocat]

I found about $500 in cash rolled up and tied with a string dropped into the wall at the plug, with the string tied to the plug!

My sophomore/but 3rd yr in college (I'm slow) my mother asked me to help remove the wallpaper from the room I grew up in. When I took that wall plug cover off I saw that string and instantly remembered in Junior High about age 12 hiding it in there! As a poor college kid that was a huge windfall. Next came explaining to my mother (me) at age 20 the crap I pulled when I was in Junior High. I was always a hustler selling stuff, mowing lawns, babysitting etc. But I discovered you could mail order illegal fireworks (thank you the South!). I learned how to get a US Money order with cash, I learned you could have stuff shipped UPS to a friend whos single parent Mother worked late. Turns out just about every kid I knew wanted bottle rockets and firecrackers. I also discovered at age 12 you could walk into the Circle K off the OSU campus and the graduate student working his way through grad-school studying did not care what magazine you ask for they kept behind the counter..... or how may you ask for of the same magazine!? . Being a Boy Scout the Boys Life Mag. covers came off easy and would fit right over other "magazines" that sold no questions ask for $20 a pop to the rich kids and kids with paper routes that always had $$. So at age 12, you can only hide your cash from your parents so long you, so an 80's TV news showing where the dealers hid their cash and do the same. Then forget about it for 8yrs.

 

[cbenware]

As a teen, one of my buddies worked for his dad doing home remodels. He was working on the roof of a home they were flipping and found a bunch of old metal bandaid tins filled with cash. He said there was actually quite a few money filled tins.

Apparently the folks who had owned the house used to fill bandaid tins with cash and throw them on the roof. That was how they saved their money.

He collected the tins and showed his dad what he had found. His dad told him he was a good boy for showing him the money and gave him $100. Dad kept the rest.

 

[HaveGun]

Apparently the folks who had lived in the house used to fill bandaid tins with cash and throw them on the roof. That was the way they saved their money.

Sounds like a Pollack joke...

 

[fstdraw]

You guys are lucky. Several years ago we bought a house and while remodeling the detached garage we found at least 100 bottles of piss. Apparently someone live there and simply was too lazy to get up and pee outside. So I've got that going for me.

 

[jbett98]

i was remodeling a 1925 bathroom and found a vintage glass 3 in 1 oil bottle that had a cork stopper resting in the wall next to the mirror cabinet.
It was next to an electricians brace bit auger stuck into a 2x4 wood stud knot where the electrician was drilling a hole and couldn't get it loose.
The lathe and plaster guys covered it all up before the electrician came back to remove it.
It looked just like this pic I found on the net. The oil had separated into two layers, with what smelled like some sort of fishy whale blubber fat floating on top.

 

[Helocat]

You guys are lucky. Several years ago we bought a house and while remodeling the detached garage we found at least 100 bottles of piss. Apparently someone live there and simply was too lazy to get up and pee outside. So I've got that going for me.

At least he was not TOO lazy and skipped the bottles and just peed on the garage walls.

 

[orygun]

My nephew 20 years ago was remodeling his house found a big bag of weed and a old lever action Model 94 rifle. He brought
both of them to the police station. They said he could keep the rifle.

These days he could keep both...

Nothing but razor blades.

If anyone ever pulls down my kitchen and bathroom walls they'll find a couple of sheet rock saws.

 

[HaveGun]

When I was doing construction down in Boise in the 80's after high school, I had to do some work in a storage space in a new home in a fancy development. I took my pencil and scrawled out a bunch of info on one of the rafters that you could only see if you crawled back in there.

I put what car I drove, who was President, how much the car cost, how much gas cost, etc. I think I put my name on there as well. Be interesting if anyone ever finds it and tracks me down. They'll probably want the `65 GTO that I paid $1700 for, lol.

 

[bgdawgrr]

If you found $18M it would take quite a while to burn that down to a couple deposits of less than $10K, which is the limit where the gov becomes interested, and doing multiple deposits doesn't work as they note that too.

The best way to handle large sums would be to lauder the cash, preferably thru a business you own that is the kind that takes in a lot of cash - like a car wash (e.g., Breaking Bad) or a restaurant/etc., maybe a pawn shop or a gun shop?

If any ever comes across this problem, PM me, got some great help for ya. (Hint: It's amazing how house flips can go so far over budget). JUST KIDDING of course.

I understand legalized marijuana is a cash business. I suppose you could even hang around a casino and volunteer to fill out those pesky W2-Gs for people.

 

[Scrammer]

In 1963 I was crawling around in upper space of a garage of a older home in Longview, WA, when I found several boxes of late 20s, 30s, 40s and early 50s Popular Mechanics, and Popular Science magazines.
They were full of neat projects and ideas. Heck I even learned the basic recipe for gunpowder at age 13.
Unfortunately my step-fathers' dad laid claim to my find.
Oh, by the way I discovered Betty Page too.

 

[DeanMk]

I wonder what else we've found in walls, basements, buried, etc. that was lost and forgotten.

About 35 years ago, I found an old pair of shoes that fit me, in an abandoned house just down the street from mine.
I took the shoes, because....well....I needed a pair of shoes!
The story was, someone was killed in the house a number of years before and everyone who's lived there since has not stayed long...no reason given.
I remember wearing the shoes for like a week and enjoying them very much.
At the time, my "bed" was a thick foam block on the floor that I laid bed linens over. It worked.
I woke up one night, because I could hear someone breathing in my ear.
When I woke up, I was looking right at those shoes.
I yelled, "you better knock it off or you're going into the --- garbage!"
Never had another problem and wore those shoes for another couple of years before they wore out.
True story.

Dean

 

[ZigZagZeke]

There's a Civil War era homestead in WV that was once in the family, but got sold around 1900. My uncle bought it back about 60 years later. He used it as a deer hunting and fishing camp. After his passing my cousin inherited it. I used to visit my cousin every hunting season during the 1990's. A lot of poker was played and a lot of whiskey was drunk. One day my cousin was poking around in the back corner of a neglected kitchen cabinet and came across an unopened bottle of Glenlivet that had to have been bought by my uncle who died in 1976. We toasted my uncle's good taste in whiskey until it was gone.