Ever find odd stuff when renovating?

[waltappel 1]

This guy did.

Walt

[BillyVance 35]

Yikes.... certainly a lot more shocking to find than the 3 mouse skeletons I found in my kitchen wall after removing the drywall.

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[virgin-burner 1]

sir, that is, somehow, pretty disturbing.. sir!

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[jtval 0]

Thats f$&ked up

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[RunsWthSizzors 0]

My mother and I found a bayonet inside a wall we were taking out in her home. The neighbors told us that the lady who sold us the home had her husband (ex military) die under strange circumstnaces. Hummmmm..... some of us have also seen a ghost wearing an army jacket in that house.

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[Armour666 0]

my Dad found a M1 grand about 20 years ago renovating a place

SO this one time at band camp.....

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

[JohnMitchell 16]

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my Dad found a M1 grand about 20 years ago renovating a place

That's an M1 Garand. Wow, I'm doing a remodel right now and I wish I'd find something that cool. The M1 Garand is on my wish list for long guns.

[Zing 2]

My dad was cleaning out a room where the brother of two little old spinster sisters lived, and died, prior to some renovations being done on the house. My dad's a doctor and provided house-call medical services to these folks, and did favors for them ... things these sweet little old ladies couldn't do. They were terrified of having a gun in the house and insisted my dad "get it out of our house!"
In a closet, wrapped in an old blanket, he found a Civil War issue 1863 Sharps .50-caliber rimfire calvary carbine.
My brothers and I all played with that thing during our Cowboys&Indians days, it was taken to school for show-and-tell, used in a school play, and laid around our house in one closet or another for years.
About 10 years ago, I went to a gunshow in Tombstone, Az, and one of the vendors had an amazing collection of CW-era firearms, mainly long guns.
He had several that were close, but not the same ... didn't have the right hammer, another had the hammer, but the bolt wasn't right. I described the gun to this fellow and he suggested I take in the other displays, and stop back at his table later. He had some reference books he wanted to consult.
When I returned an hour later, he picked up one of his firearms encylopedias and pointed out a couple possibilities ... sure enough, there it was. One of 300 firearms contracted to Sharps for the single-shot, bolt-action rifles and issued to a particular Ohio or Illinois calvary unit.
According to his references, there were less than 10 copies still in existence. He offered me $5000 sight unseen for the rifle on condition that it was complete as I described it. Hell, in the late 60s, a gunsmith looked it over, declared it fit for firing and was able to locate some ammunition. It hasn't been sold.

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