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[maximillian]

So many pleasant surprises.  Just this winter we had contractors remodel our kitchen.  They tore out two walls.  In one of them were skeletons of dead mice.  Now, over the years, I thought I heard critter sounds at night, but I thought it was a mouse or chipmunk in our attached garage.  Evidently, some got into the wall and could not get out.  I have learned that it only takes an opening of 1/4 " for a mouse to come inside.   So, I wouldn't call this "lost treasures,"  but yes, it was certainly a surprise!

[Sweetbay magnolia]

Some years ago I lived in a cottage previously inhabited by a well-known local prizefighter, also know as "Irish Mike Baker" and indeed, his appetite for whiskey was found in a stash of bottles in the attic rafters.

[Glittergal]

We bought a farmhouse that was built in the late 1800s.  We found a petrified mouse in the wall.  Outside, doing landscaping, we dug up a few artifacts including parts of old bottles, shutter dogs, and very old sleigh bells.

[wagirl]

We had to replace the top floor of our house as  huge tree fell on it and destroyed the 3 bedrooms and 2 baths up there---while the trusses were being remove, the guys found a huge 3 tiered paper wasps nest over the front roof area over the front door--it was all empty of course but how did we not have of those critters in the house-----was pretty amazing and intricate architecture---fortunately, they only use a nest once----but who knows when it was built

[Snooky60]

@dancingwoman - that's so great! I love stuff like that!💗

[granddi]

Not exactly home renovation but our friend had a good story about recovering a lost item from his childhood home.

He approached the owners and asked if he could search for an item in the attic that he had hidden as a kid. They said yes. He found his box of baseball cards. I'm guessing they were about 30 or so years old. Nice people to let that happen.

[Lucky Charm]

Tacked to the rafters in an unfinished attic of our first home was a license for the ( c.1920's) homeowners permission to have alcohol on the premises.  I always wanted to take it down and frame it, but the tacks were literally rusted into it and it would've ruined it.