The previous owner of the house was an elderly man who had lived through the Depression. He died some time ago and his children had inherited and later sold the house. He distrusted banks and was known for stashing money all over his home while he was alive.
Oh, OK thanks. I take back what I was thinking about this old man. :-) Anyway I appreciate the honesty of the finder.
My Dad once found a wallet with a small sum of money - maybe $100 or so at a flea market. He put an ad in the paper and tried to find the person who lost the wallet. No one ever called. 15 years later or so after he died we found that wallet hidden with his possessions. It still had the $100 in it.
What is interesting to me is the amount was relatively small and most people would have spent it and not bothered to keep it separate and untouched all those years. But he was fussy like that. It wasn’t his money and he didn’t know what to do with it.
My late grandpa also distrusted banks, he used to buy gold coins with every bit of spare change he had; my grandma and mom were always privy to where he hid is stash and how many coins he had. So when he passed on to heaven he family didn’t loose it.