Whilst renovating a pair of 1860 built terraces in Carlton melb we found many stashes of old garbage - it would seem someone use to sit in the attic and roll his own and have a few beers from the evidence of the stubs, old paper and tins.
The most frustrating thing was taking a cuppa with the builder. I asked him if he had found any interesting things over his career in building. He rattled off a few things and then said "This is special an old turn of the century coin" whilst oohing over it I asked where he found it thinking how sweet he carries it around with him. He said oh up in your attic and with that he went back to work.
I had the strange feeling that he was walking away with my coin...
We put a copy of the 'Australian' and a letter in a few airtight plastic bags and a letter under the floorboards in the attic.
The most frustrating thing was taking a cuppa with the builder. I asked him if he had found any interesting things over his career in building. He rattled off a few things and then said "This is special an old turn of the century coin" whilst oohing over it I asked where he found it thinking how sweet he carries it around with him. He said oh up in your attic and with that he went back to work.
I had the strange feeling that he was walking away with my coin...
We put a copy of the 'Australian' and a letter in a few airtight plastic bags and a letter under the floorboards in the attic.