What treasures have you found renovating?

[BobL]

It was custom many moons ago to put a 2 bob (2/-, 20 cents)on top of a chimney when buildng it.

Al

It was a custom about 500 years ago in France to bury something alive under the hearth stone of a fire place. For extra special magic, or luck, or whatever. a person, often a child from another tribe was used!

Anyway, rennovation wise nothing much at all from our circa early 1920's house apart from some newspapers under the lino and some almost certainly asbestos containing tiles under the carpet in the hall. While landscaping outside we found a heap of old bottle, a large metal wedge and 2 lead cast toys, a battleship and a horse.

[leeton]

While digging up the garden, I found a very old diamond ring, 80-100 years old, gave it to the wife thinking it was a bit of costume jewllery, upon getting a valuation from the jeweller, was worth in excess of $2000, a nice pick-up, but I should have thrown it back in the dirt, the wife decided she would like the diamond set in a new ring, cost me $800, so while I found $2000, I actually lost $800...women!
True Story.