50 Times People Found The Most Unexpected Things (New Pics)
We’ve all dreamed of finding a lost treasure box when we were kids. As adults, finding a lost note is both a blessing and a curse, ‘cause you probably will have to lose something sometime soon to even out the karma, they say.
But this time we’re talking lost and found stuff, objects, and places with a much bigger “wowzer” factor. Imagine yourself coming across an alligator skull while hiking, or spotting a tiny perfect seashell in your salt. Some discoveries are cute and fun, while others are plain scary and mind-bending.
So fasten your seatbelts since we're off to a lost and found compilation from Bored Panda that will surely ignite your inner detective. More bizarre objects that have been lost, thrown away, washed ashore, or long forgotten in the woods can be found in our previous posts here, here, and here.
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Found Photos Of My Grandmother's Cousin Hanging With His Buddy While Cleaning Out A Storage Locker
Wow, so cool. Time surely must have been a relative thing hanging around him.
Hummingbird Feather. I Had Never Found One Before, Thought It Was Neat
We usually think of lost and found objects as some random stuff nobody really knows what to do with. Unless their owners are found, there’s little utility to them. But did you know that "found objects," also known by the French term "objet trouvé," have been a source of inspiration to many modern and contemporary artists?
Art made from found (or sometimes bought) objects was especially popular in the early and mid-20th century with the works of Marchel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Henry Moore. You have probably seen Duchamp’s infamous sculpture titled “Fountain” (1917) which was basically an upturned urinal placed in a gallery space. No wonder it shocked the conservative art world at the time.
Wife Found This At A Local Estate Sale; Suspect Emma Wasn't Happy
This Rock I Found At The Beach When I Was Seven Is Full Of Fossilized Shells
I Run Down An Old Dirt Road. Trash Is Dumped There. One Day I Stopped And Found A Box Of Money. All The Envelopes Are From Different Countries All Over The World
Mostly date from the 1700s-1900s. The oldest is a coin from 1621. I’ve got some from countries that no longer exist. I’m still researching.
According to Tate, Picasso was the originator of the found art movement. “From 1912, he began to incorporate newspapers and such things as matchboxes into his cubist collages, and to make his cubist constructions from various scavenged materials.”
Essentially, artists would modify the found objects as minimally as they could, or sometimes leave them as they were. The idea is based on repurposing an object which has not been designed for artistic purposes into a piece that’s deliberately placed in an artistic context.
Remember To Sign Your Work. I Used To Really Like This Table I Rescued From A Dump Pile Two Years Ago. Just Found The Inscription. Now I Love This Table
It’s maker, T. R. Boone, was a janitor at the University of Nebraska in 1914. Thanks for the good work, Mr. Boone. You were an artist.
Great European War - yes, that is how our ancestors used to call WWI before WWII.
Interesting fact, some people at the time referred to it as the First World War on the assumption many more would follow...guess they were more pessimistic than the War to End All Wars crowd...
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There was a famous case like this in France, a few years ago. The parquet of an old mansion had to be removed ; beneath the floor boards, the guy who had mounted them some 150 years ago had written hundreds of messages about his life, his thoughts and all kind of gossip about the village around. A very precious historical document he purposely hid there for future generations to find, knowing that it should remained untouched for decades since it was actually a good job.
Please remember to do this sort of thing for others to find, many years into the future.
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This is amazing. I attended that University - which was much smaller then - now it is enormous. The lack of respect for usable items - many with a fascinating history - are simply taken to the "dump". It is bad business for our environment and for the history of marvelous things that are simply destroyed - I guess because it is easier for lazy people. It makes me very sad.
It seems to me that the inscription was under the table, discreetly and not easy spotted if you don't go under the table to look
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It has survived thus far, and may its journey continue for many many more years to come. Thank goodness TR Boone had the sense to record it history for posterity.
I've never heard it called the "Great European War" before, only the Great War! But maybe the table and inscription were done before the Americans were involved in the war, can't remember off the top of my head when America joined the war, was it 1917?
Hi Claire, that was my thought too, the US didn’t join until 1917, so this table was made when it was still a European war.
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Heart-Shaped Amethyst Geodes. Discovered Yesterday In Artigas, By The Mining Company Uruguay Minerals
Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy
Fascinating! Absolutely fascinating. To discover how things once were and see the craftsmanship of that time period. It's just fascinating to me.
I Found This Carved Fox Inside A Tree Stump, In A Forest Close To My Home
Friend Of Mine Just Moved Into A New House. Took Off All The Heating Vents To Paint Them, And This Was Behind One Of Them
So I Found A Loop Of Paper Attached To My Cat's Collar This Morning. I'll Be Sure To Send Another Note Back
My Friend Just Found This Little Statue While Digging In His Own Garden
The archeologists from the museum told him that it is probably from a grave dating back to 3-4000 years ago.
An Old Jacket Hanging In The Woods With A Bird's Nest Built In The Pocket
We Went To The Beach To Find Shark Teeth, So When My Daughter Yelled "I Found Teeth!" This Was The Last Thing I Was Expecting
I'm A Woodturner & Found A Lovely Bowl In A Vintage Store, Made By The Guy Who Inspired Me As A Kid
On closer inspection I felt the bowl was very familiar, so I flipped through the very book that inspired me, 31 years ago, & there it was!
My Wife Found This Tiny Skink In Our Garden, Some Much-Needed Brightness On A Grey, Smoky Day
Group Of Baby Easter Bunnies I Found While Walking My Dog On Easter Sunday (Can For Reference)
While Showing My 3-Year-Old My Game Boy, I Discovered A Picture Of My Best Friend From 1999
I Found A Book Called "The Ancient Thirst To Read". It's Actually A Flask
This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life
This Incredible Carrot Hand Was Found While Digging Juice Carrots At Our Farm Today
Found 83 Gold Coins At The Bottom Of A Coal Container After Renovating The House
Found These Green Army Men Doing Yoga At A Place We're Renting
Real Talk I Think I Just Found A Shell With An Ancient Language On It
I Went Diving With My Metal Detector In A Private Lake And Was Able To Return Multiple Valuables To Their Owners, Including A $5000 Wedding Ring That Was Lost For Almost 5 Years
Today While Sorting Through My Grandma’s Attic, I Happened To Discover My Great-Great-Grandfather’s Italian Passport And A Ticket To America Exactly 100 Years Later
This Origami Grasshopper My Friend Found On A Tram In Japan
Found A 100-Year-Old Time Capsule In My Backyard
A Rock I Found On The Beach Has A Tiny Starfish Fossil In It
Found These Beautiful Colors Hiding Inside A Piece Of Wood
Elmo Toy That I Found While Hiking In Georgia
Found This In My Backyard In Ankara/Turkey. It's Red Fox Agate
This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakespeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War
I recognize none of those names that were running for president at that time. 🤨
I Opened A Ventilation Cavity In A Wall And Found Old Love Letters Bound In String
Found This In The Crawl Space Above My Bedroom
This Guy Found 73 Frisbees In A Pond While He Was Looking For His Own
I Found A Door, And Nothing Else, On An Abandoned Beach
Found This Note In My Hotel Bed Last Night... Ugh
Found An Old Beer Bottle In The Mountains With A Mini Eco System Inside
I Found A Old Journal In The Woods Wrapped In Yarn With 3 Vials Of Blood In The Knot
This Very Old Bottle Of Cocaine We Found In My Pharmacy
Note: this post originally had 168 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
When I was a kid I found an old coin with a David’s star on it. I thought that it was not valuable but kept it anyway. Some years ago my partner saw it and convinced me to clean it with cola. It has a date. It’s a moorish coin from the 13th century.
For future reference, you want to do a very minimal amount of cleaning of coins. Collectors prefer the patina and grime. Soap and water is preferable if you want to get it clean enough to see what it actually is.
I love this whole list.
Apart from a $5 found at the bottom of a lake I was swimming across, I've never found anything cool.
like a paper dollar? how did it not disintegrate in the water?
I'm not sure about anybody else, but American bills are made out of cotton and linen
I dont think paper money is actually paper. i think its cloth of some kind, or plastic
Abhainn ?
Canadian bills are made of mylar.
okay thanks that makes more sense
And I can't find my car keys.
But someone will, 100 years from now.
John Laughlin lol
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Seeing the bright purple and pink grasshoppers (as well as the purple roly poly) makes me wonder how something like that is possible. My best guess would be a genetic mutation of some kind?
Like albino organisms, maybe?
I'd also like to know
I bought my house in western Massachusetts in 1997. My daughter found an old railroad tie, some railroad track hardware, and a pile of bricks of a color native to this area. That's how we discovered that our property was a brickyard back in the day. After that, it was a campground...we found the old metal sign identifying it. Also, we have a large brook running through our front yard. She discovered that someone in the early part of the 20th Century built up the banks of the brook using layers of glass bottles interspersed with layers of soil. Odd, old bottles keep turning up from time to time, including a milk bottle for a 100yo local dairy.
This entire list made me smile and even giggle. Love it!
Surprising number of valuable looking rings found by divers. Lost by swimmers or thrown by angry girlfriends/wives?
Lost during sunscreen or suntan oil application maybe?
the other day i found a calendar from 1959 in a family cookbook
Any interesting appointments written on it?
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I loved this!!
I used to hike a lot with my parents when I was a kid.We hiked through Yugoslav mountains where some big WWII battles occured.One of them was Zelengora where I found a German soldier helmet .It ended up in my hometown museum
One of my favorite posts ever
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I love this.
I once found amazing sand sculptures on a beach in NC two years ago while on vacation. On the last day there, we looked at them for the final time, it looked like either the tide came it, it rained, or some kids came, but they all were wrecked, i know they don't last forever but I felt bad because it looked like they took forever.
In Köln Germany it's often found bombs from the war. I loved to see all the nice stuff people found.
When I was a kid I found an old coin with a David’s star on it. I thought that it was not valuable but kept it anyway. Some years ago my partner saw it and convinced me to clean it with cola. It has a date. It’s a moorish coin from the 13th century.
For future reference, you want to do a very minimal amount of cleaning of coins. Collectors prefer the patina and grime. Soap and water is preferable if you want to get it clean enough to see what it actually is.
I love this whole list.
Apart from a $5 found at the bottom of a lake I was swimming across, I've never found anything cool.
like a paper dollar? how did it not disintegrate in the water?
I'm not sure about anybody else, but American bills are made out of cotton and linen
I dont think paper money is actually paper. i think its cloth of some kind, or plastic
Abhainn ?
Canadian bills are made of mylar.
okay thanks that makes more sense
And I can't find my car keys.
But someone will, 100 years from now.
John Laughlin lol
John Laughlin yes
John Laughlin yes