Most of us have daydreamed about finding lost treasures at one time or another. But finding gold on sunken pirate ships or digging up old artifacts is a lot harder than it sounds.
Some of us will go so far as to buy a metal detector and scour the beach for Rolex watches or lost diamond rings. But, it turns out that the real treasures are the ones we accidentally find, and they look like nothing we could ever imagined!
From tiny, unborn squid babies that you can hold in the palm of your hand, to guinea pigs calling your name out in the woods, these 35 unexpected finds prove that sometimes the best things in life are happy little accidents.
1) Tiny glass planet
@Tio76:
“While walking on the beach in Hawaii my wife and I found this glass ball that had become the home of small marine ecosystem.”
2) “This blue crayfish I found in the mountains of West Virginia”
@Jacklock98:
“In Louisiana it’s crawfish. Therefore that is the correct pronunciation.”
3) “Found a guinea pig that was abandoned in the woods while I was playing disc golf. She has a new home now.”
4) “A little patch of clover in a bottle”
5) “Found this in the woods while trail riding”
In the meantime, here’s a nice Winnie the Pooh quote to bring joy to your day:
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference – Pooh.
6) “So my friend found a message in a bottle while fishing.”
But, wait until you find out what the actual letter said. It might leave you a bit teary eyed…
7) The contents…
“My name is Mel. I have 3 beautiful kids and a beautiful wife of almost 54 years when I passed. I love the ocean, deep sea fishing, abalone fishing with my 2 sons and visiting the tide pools with the whole family. Today my family is laying me to rest in a place that I love…the ocean. So, this starts my journey…If you find this message in a bottle please go to my Facebook page…post a pic of yourself and where you found me and send me back on my journey. Thanks and God Bless, Mel’s Family.”
8) “My friend works in recycling. He found a filled diary from 1941.”
“Even has the original pencil! Probably from the days of having a lead core. Inside it! Really cool, but could do with a clean. Some of his writing, not give it a proper read but I will do. He documents his birthday, some wartime stuff and has a list of old fighter jets.”
9) “Thankfully my dad found them BEFORE he started mowing”
@TheFannyBandit:
“Because then they would just be some bunnys that he used to mow.”
10) This is the first sword of its kind to ever be found in Scandinavia.
“…we can finally reveal what Saga found in Lake Vidösten this summer… a sword from the Iron Age! Estimated to be about 1500 years old, complete with its scabbard (sheath) made of wood and leather…”
11) “My nephew found a sea shell with squid eggs inside.”
12) “This satisfying pebble I found at the beach.”
13) “I found a 7 leaf clover!!!”
14) “My dad and his friend found the boot that Reese Witherspoon threw off a cliff during the filming of the movie “Wild”.”
15) “Found this old calculator in my great grandmother’s attic.”
16) “Opened up BBQ for the first time this spring and found some hungry wings”
@el_refrigerator:
“I opened my grill last year. Rats nest with babies. Closed it. Wheeled it to the curb. Went to the store and bought a new grill.”
17) “Daughter found this branch and uses it as her Magic wand”
@ThoroughOwie:
“That is a magic wand. I can’t believe some stupid tree was using it as a branch.”
18) “Quartz found in Arkansas is worth $4 million”
@oh_theres_mandi:
“I live in Arkansas. It’s everywhere here. I found an island full of rose quartz while we were at the lake a few weekends ago. There’s also a place you can go digging for diamonds as well. You get to keep what you find, if you can stand to be in a barren field in the sun and humidity.”
19) “I found a transparent leaf”
@Iolair18:
“Partial decomposition. Thinner parts become translucent, then transparent (and eventually become holes) while the veins take longer.”
20) “Found this rock within a rock on a beach walk”
@Tony Moon:
“Its a type of void filling where silica laiden water or calcite laden water gets into the void of a larger body and slowly fills it up depositing the quartz or calcite. If it is hollow, you know it as a geode. If its quartz and fills the void completely its called agate. If its calcite and fills the void completely, its called a vug.”
21) “I found this under the floor boards in a 1800’s era house.”
22) “Found a carved-out quarter on the ground showing George Washington smoking reefer.”
@a_miserable_failure:
“Whoever made that is a George Washington Carver.”
23) “Found an almost perfectly spherical rock at the beach.”
@DeMollesley:
“Seriously, that is a cannon ball. They weren’t often made of metal until the late 1700’s. Stone was preferred until smelting iron processes made them more available, and the discovery of northeastern iron deposits made metal more affordable.”
24) “Found a 94 year old dollar on the ground today”
Of course, the real value of this dollar lies in its history. One can’t help but wonder how many hands and lives has this single bill touched over he years.
25) “This piece of pine sap I found on a pallet at work.”
26) “Found a fossil in the parking lot of a pet store”
27) “A friend found a pink grasshopper while working today.”
28) Fisherman found a giant pearl worth $100 million in the Philippines
29) “Found this today while weeding a vineyard.”
@TAU_equals_2PI
“What gives our wine its distinctive flavor? The grapes are grown in a graveyard.”
30) “My brother found a dinosaur while digging up his garden.”
31) “This pebble I found on the beach looks like a ghost”
@Dian Ella Lillie:
“Stones with natural holes in them are called witch stones or hag tones or adder stones – amongst many other names. They are considered by many cultures to have magical properties, including the capacity to allow one to see the fey world when looking through the hole. It’s deliciously appropriate that this is shaped like a ghost!”
32) “Anyone have any advice on how to best care for my new reptilian children?”
33) “I broke a rock and found two kinds of fossils”
34) “I found a child’s time capsule while digging in my yard.”
Sadly, this goes to show how bad plastic really is for the environment. It came out unscathed, while everything else looks corroded.
@kilogears:
“Looks like the note might read “congratulations on finding my time capsule” or similar. Note to self: use rust-proof containers for things buried in the ground.”
35) “My brother likes to search for shark teeth on beaches. This was 6hrs of searching at Folly Beach SC.”
@Lemur:
“I think they are shark teeth fossils, these are pretty common to find. Some sharks lose 35,000 teeth in their lives. So, you can imagine how many teeth wash up the beaches.”
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