Had a family member die. The kids threw out tons of paperwork, then found that there was money hid inside each piece of paperwork. They retrieved everything. It turns out they had put THOUSANDS of dollars in the trash. There was money stuck in books, cracks in the walls.. tucked everywhere.
I am a disabled veteran, and have 30 years experience with durable medical equipment. items such as that wheelchair are marked up astronomically, with the plan that insurance companies require a huge discount on equipment before they will get it for their customers. most people who need a wheelchair have some form of assistance to get them. I, personally use a power chair, but sometimes have to have a push chair because of transportation issues. the only people who are paying out of pocket for a chair like that are those that have fallen through the cracks, and have no insurance, or people like me that need an alternate item for when the one insurance bought. my power chair is "sold" for 14,000. ( I am sure the VA did not pay that much) but I had to pay for my push chair myself, and had to buy a used one from a junk store. it IS junk, but I need it. I paid $75 for it. if you try to recoup the "retail" price on a chair like that, you are gouging the person that really needs it to be able to live their life. Quickie is a much better brand than I have as my push chair, but even though, someone who is needing that will not have that kind of money more often than not. humanity would require that you price items like that commiserate with the lives of the people who need to find a used chair that will do what they need. with everything else in that locker, I would honestly either donate that chair to someone who needs it, or at most sell it for $50. to someone who can not walk, a wheelchair is life, it's self. we can not leave our bedrooms with out our chair. socializing, or even buying food is dependent on the chair. think of every time you have stood and walked even just to another room this week alone. now, imagine you couldn't do that. any other item, I am all for you getting what ever you can for. mark stuff up as far as the market will support. but durable medical equipment is life or death to people. I am very lucky the VA supplies my needs, but so many people don't have that kind of help.
That locker was the insurance policy for an abused woman. I can almost guarantee there was cash hidden amongst the “junk mail” and bills. She likely knew where every single dollar was too.
She was abused more than likely and he chuckled at the notes she left in case something happened. No telling what was in the paperwork.Also she probably had stuff hid in the coffee
Really hope you went back and checked things. This looks like the way my Mom's room was when she passed. Every single bag, full of papers, and each bag had jewellery hidden in it.
With the crazy ways things were wrapped I would have looked in the coffee jars. My in-laws kept money and valuables in some of the strangest places, including food containers and hygiene containers in the bathroom. But they used their dishwasher as a file cabinet which also had money in it. Another great locker.
All I could think about was how much money you might be throwing away in all the paperwork. My mother was a hoarder. We found thousands of dollars mixed in with old paperwork. She saved every bank statement she ever received. She hid cash in some of the canceled checks
Definitely a possibility. I went through much more than I showed on camera. It gets to a point where it's a time management issue. The time invested might cost more than any potential money found, to do it thoroughly, as there was an overwhelming amount of paperwork. Better to follow the signs of stuff treated "special" like in a locked briefcase, or with the jewelry which was 4 layers of bags in bags, all of which tied tightly with the handles.
Deeds, original stock certificates, Berar bonds, cards with forgotten money in them. Never not go through the papers. I was what the navy called TAD to the on base recycle facility. I was on the sorter table when we had a bulk of old Christmas cards and other items I just for fun opened one, it had twenty dollars cash in it, needless to say I took the rest to lunch and cleaned house. It was worth my lunch break. I also found forty prepaid phone cards of different monetary values. Let's just say I did not have to pay for calls home to the parents for the rest of my time in the service.
I almost threw out a piece of junk mail with out opening it. Then I thought just open it and see what's up...there was 5.00 cash to answer some TV show questions. I open all mail now 😀😃
Never throw away what looks like junk mail to you without going through it thoroughly. I was watching a video on an extreme cleaners' channel recently where they found over 50000$ - yes, four zero's! It's not a mistake- in envelopes together with old bills and receipts in a hoarder's house. If you don't have the time to do that immediately, put everything in a box or sack and check it later at your ease.
“Where’s the envelope full of money?” Throws away all of the paperwork/envelopes without looking through them! That’s exactly where hoarders hide stuff like that for “safe keeping” then lose it!
Hi Jack - those elderly ladies typically secret away their treasures and when you clean out their homes/apartments you have to go through EVERYTHING - we found rolls of 100s in the toes of shoes and good jewelry wrapped up in tissue under the bathroom sink - crazy! Oh! Even if those white/clear faceted stone aren't diamonds, they could also be sapphires and or topaz - not necessarily CZs.
I have to tell you that I cringed when you threw away the makeup bottles. My Mom for whatever reason hid her jewelry in old Avon and cold cream bottles. She would wrap her jewelry in a Kleenex and put it in the jar. When we would find them we were stumped why she saved them. They my sister opened one up and we about died, here was her diamond rings. So take a quick peek in them. I love your show and I am addicted.
I cringe when they get rid of furniture. They never say if they check the cushions. My parents hid all their good jewelry in our living room sectional. I often wonder if they check all the clothing pockets, I used to hide money in old clothes.
My dad had Alzheimer's & he thought everyone was stealing his stuff so he hid his things everywhere! I wondered if he just couldn't find his stuff bc he couldn't remember where he'd put it? Apparently a typical behavior among patients with different forms of dementia.
@@julietteoscaralphanovember2223 A few years ago I read a story here in Germany about a student who got a sofa for free that had been dumped illegally in the woods and when he removed some of the old cloth to repair it he found around 60,000 D-Mark (around 30,000 Euros/35,000 USD) in it. There are still coins and bills worth around 12.5 billion D-Mark that haven't been returned to the Bundesbank and traded in for Euros, so the chance of finding such a treasure here isn't that impossible and every now and then even large ammounts still surface.
@@nancyprior8984 IDK about this guy but they only give 24 hours to move everything out in my area. Most resellers do an initial quick look to separate trash from what they'll be moving to their own warehouse, then carry the boxes of paperwork and cards n such home to look through.
My grandmother also wrapped her jewelry in kleenex and stuck them in weard places. Pockets of jackets, etc. Must have been common thing for people born around 1900.
Love going on the adventures with you. I can't believe you've only been doing this for a little more than 2 years. SOOOO much better than Storage Wars. That show is such a set up, like American Pickers, BLAH. I like the real thing. Jack, you're the real thing. Thanks again! Marianne from Washington state
Some the last comes in first! Great video and some awesome surprises at the end! Thanks for taking us along with you! I really appreciate that you show us what’s in the boxes!
I love watching you go through lockers. You keep us entertained with your funny humor, and it amazes me some of the strange things that you find. I just sold my house and you would be proud of me, no paper work at all(well just cards that were given to me by my late husband, late son, and parents, but no money) no hair, no creepy items, (well I do have my dogs and cats ashes :) at all in my locker.LOL
@@stephaniedemambro6252 nothing wrong with buying a storage unit and making a profit. It's just the way they just look so almost possessed when they callously just seek gold, silver, platinum, and gem's. SEEMS like they don't give a second thought about how these people feel or have been through. How would you feel if you couldn't pay and your personal life was ransacked. Where's the compassion????🙏
@@dawnmichele6847 I get that, but the other side is that this is their business. The people that lost their storage locker LOST their storage locker, plain and simple. Sad as it is, it becomes”a business transaction” to the buyer of the unit. It is not possible to give the contents back to the people who lost it. That would mean that you could rent a unit, sign a contract, violate that contract and get your stuff anyway! Not the way it works. However, there are times when the buyers of this unit tell us that they return personal items, such as pictures, passports, licenses, etc to owners. It may seem callous, but it is what it is😍
I love watching you working fast like that, though there might be treasure on the papers but when its yours it will be yours no matter how hard or easy you'll find that's destiny. You are a true seller and free money or gold in a locker is just a bonus. I skip your channel a few times but i finally subscribe after watching one of your video and i like how dynamic the movement on your video. Hope you and your family keep finding treasure and stay healthy and happy. Greetings from Indonesia.
At about the 40:00 mark you opened a bag with 2 pairs of sunglasses and a charger. You threw the charger in your trash box. The cheap sunglasses in the trash box. Then you noticed the second pair were 8 gig spy glasses. Did you check to see if the charger went with them since they were in the same bag?
I thought the same thing. Why throw away a glass case that had a charger. You might find the glasses and if there is a charger they either have radio or camera. I wanted to scream at my phone. 😂. The charger alone would have been good money with the case lol. That’s the eBay seller in me. 🤣
Newbie from Matts channel! :) Can I just say, its refreshing to see someone who is organised and know what they're doing with lockers. Also nice to see just how much work is in such a small place- do you donate or scrap whats left from flea markets?
While cleaning out a abandoned locker, got for a $1 bid, with mid century modern furniture and six totes we found a half filled plastic water bottle sealed with tape. Unwrapped the tape and pouring out the water in our sink found 3 loose diamonds in the strainer. Total value $3500 USD.
WOW! That is so weird, but what a wonderful find. I've never heard of people keeping them that way, but I guess the tape was the giveaway it might be a little different.
If a patient is given a new drug the doctor tells the patient the only way to document side effects is to keep logs and evidence. That is why she saved those bottles and the hair. There was a cholesterol drug that caused hair to fall out like that after every shampoo. My neighbor had to collect his hair had bags of it just like that...
It is always fun watching you find fun stuff in storage lockers. 😊 As some people get older they hide stuff. One of my grandmothers hid money in the floor boards of her home and change in empty powder bottles. My other grandmother hid jewelry in her sewing basket. One had dementia but my other one did not but she was the child of parents in the depression era. Never leave and leaf unturned is my motto because you never know what you may find. 😊
I am going to guess that this unit is from a woman who was in/out different assisted Living or Nursing homes...Just the way things are in bags/boxes, paperwork, and medical items. My dad was in that situation for years. I had a storage unit after I sold his house and had his furniture and collectibles. But part of the unit I would just throw in items like this when he went back/forth between places/hospital too. He would randomly ask for things and I couldn't throw it away. I sold off all the furniture and anything that I knew he wouldn't ask for...Then after he passed two years ago, I downsized the unit in 1/2 and worked through selling stuff locally and online. I still have a bunch left but now stacked in my ebay room to list. Anyways...that is my guess on the backstory for this unit. It just looks familar to me.
@@kelcritcarroll ....My daughter would, without thought, she is an evil person. She just sold our home and I ended up in a nasty dumpy trailer park in a single wide 47 year old trailer. She took all my beautiful Asian antique furniture, brass coffee tables, real gold and diamonds that I worked hard for all my life. I even had an Asian Store and sold many lovely things from it, I was in hospital when she sold the house out from under me cause we owned it with her name and mine and the OR in the middle of our names. She than threw all my stuff in a storage unit and is paying on the unit in her name and probably when I die she will go through it all and sell it, she is awful! She is only paying to sell later and knows I am too sick to do anything about it. She didn't even give me one cent after the sale of the house but instead left state again with an old EX lover of hers and is hundreds of miles away knowing I have fungated tumor on breast, etc. Yeah, kids are just great ain't they!
I so enjoy watching your videos. You know your stuff. I liked all the ones in the past but after this one, I subscribed. You seem like a really good guy. Yiu respect peoples privacy and do the right thing. I wish you much much more success and hope you find the big one! BTW, I found myself getting just as excited as you were as you found more and more stuff. Just another FYI, Bulova Watches are pretty valuable. They were the watch to have back on the day. Happy Hunting...Be safe & Be Careful out there!
so excited .. the key ring said #1MOM .. not WOW !!! How do you get so lucky ? Blessed my brother, you are Blessed. ❤️ (you threw the charger for the 'spy glasses' and case out .. hope u snag'd'em back.)
Depending on how old some of the cards and paper is, there is a market for ephemera. Artists collect such for collage. Never would I throw papers away.
Hi, I get emotional sometimes watching these. This one in particular reminded me of how my mum wrapped certain objects in tissue, this happened as she has dementia, in fact we think this is how her mums gold watch was lost :( … I do get excited watching too though :) 😂 I’m not a Debbie downer, just emotional wreck lol
This unit reminds me of the things we found when we cleaned out my aunts house. In her latter years, she put everything in plastic bags and hid it under her bed.
I really loved the Hawaiian quilt. If I were there I would have gone thru the paperwork! I find it interesting! And the tapes!!! Nice jewelry! Keep pickin! 🤓✌️
I saw him discard so much that was valuable. An envelope taped up marked “receipts”. Cringed when he threw that away. And I really really cringed at the crude, disrespectful remarks.
I think you better pull out those packages that were wrapped up so tight with tape because they might be holding Bookoo bucks! Or jewelry! I'd rather be safe than sorry because there's a reason why they were taped up like that and so bulky.
Thing is, it's not Jack's fault that whoever put those things in storage decided to stop paying for the locker. He runs into a LOT of this kind of sadness. What I found really odd about this thing is that there was bag after box after bag filled with random junk. It looked like someone had just roamed through a living space and just stuffed everything in bags and boxes in a great rush. Weird.
I was just thinking along those lines. She was in a wheelchair. She liked pretty things. So, what happened? Did she wind up in an assisted living facility and decided to store her stuff? For what? I think there's a lot to be said for starting to give away, or donate, or sell some things...when we get to a certain age...while we still have the capability to do it. Paying for storage, when you know you aren't going to live much longer, is just sad.
Loved this one…. Especially fun to find the unexpected goodies. I used to prepare homes for estate sales to the public. Double Check in everything !!! Found several gemstones and diamonds in old Rose Milk jars… under the bathroom sink- in the way back. I had already tossed them - but went back cuz I had a feeling and Yup! There was the old gals treasures hidden away
Thank you for sharing another great treasure hunting video. The gold ring that was bent As well as other rings that are bent. Can be put on a ring sizer and twisted around a few times in the straightened right up.
Great finds in the maxi pad bag! 🙃 Did it make you question if you might have thrown out more treasures previously when you were dumping all the bags of paperwork? I wouldn't have wanted to go back and search through all of that! Yikes! That older looking sterling ring is gorgeous! It always makes me laugh at how excited you get at finding change! If I can guarantee that you'll find at least 30 bucks worth of change digging through my SUV, would you clean it out for me? 😁 Always exciting no matter what you find in a locker, I totally get why you're hooked!
This videos have sure shown me, what I don't want my kids to have to go through. Not like I have anything to hide, just don't want to leave them with a mess.
@@berngirl5624 a lot of my neighbors doing the same, and myself after a sweet lady neighbor passed away and we all saw what her family had to deal with 😂😂
Made me nervous watching all that paper, taped up envelopes quickly thrown away. I can recall Jack finding quite a bit of cash a couple times in bank envelopes. People hide $$ & jewelry in the craziest places.
I concur. For those with nothing to do or needing something to fill time once in a while paperwork is a great thing to go through. It's the dream of a find that keeps us going.
Oh man, REALLY IMPORTANT info!! If you come across jars/cans of things( like those coffee and mayo) ALWAYS open 'em!! They might be DIY concealed safes!! A long shot BUT worth the 2 seconds to check!! They can even feel like the real thing if made well!! Just passing on advice I heard from a friend that found some serious cash in a MAYO JAR!!!!Inside of the jar was painted and felt like it was legit, crazy!! Sorry if you know this but thouhjt it'd be worth mentioning:)
I love how she put all the expensive precious jewelry in sanitary packages. good idea. but I would never put that stuff in a locker, unless the family could not be bothered to go through it all. So sad.
Hello from Texas 74" Wow first you find junk the you find really good things. I am glad you didn't throw that bag away. So happy you get your money back and then some. Love Nana 74"
She kept all the paperwork because she was documenting her injury. From watching these few episodes my guess is a serious accident and possibly a loss of a leg. Take it from someone who has had to document everything for a accident injury. You must keep it all for a period time. My time for the most part is over but there are thing I still have to keep. Yes she keep a bunch trash but the medical paperwork was important.
It sure would seem like it, and I did find a few single shoes, but the management there didn't mention anything about a wheelchair currently, so I don't think she was one-legged. Apparently she had 5 units previously, and would come and spend the day in them, and they had to shoo her away at the end of the day or else she'd get locked in the facility. The other units were auctioned off previously.
Made me nervous watching all that paper, taped up envelopes quickly thrown away. I can recall Jack finding quite a bit of cash a couple times in bank envelopes. People hide $$ & jewelry in the craziest places.
I know this is going to sound way gross, but my husband who was born in 1937, has a bracelet made out of his great grandmother’s hair. It was a ‘thing’ back then to remember a loved one, and it took a lot of skill and talent to make one, so maybe she was saving her hair to do something similar.
There was a woman on an oddities cable show from a few years ago, who made jewelry out of human hair! I wonder now if that art got handed down in some families!
Many times ppl dont have time to sort thru their paperwork. They have intensions to go thru it later but have to move everything to the storage unit right away.
the fact all the good stuff was in the same bags as the two jars of coffee, i would be empting those jars as some oldies do weird things to protect their valuables.
The jewelleries magnified piece with the 2 holes where the battery's are... how do you open it mine came a hokey thin key that just bends, what are you using and if you can show me and where you get it from... thanks
in case you run across another piece of jewelry like the bracelet at 38:44 t0 38:58 - it is made like the black hills jewelry and may indeed have some gold &/or silver in it. would be good to have it checked out.
It's obvious the person was keeping so much paperwork, and medical oriented documentation, possibly for a future lawsuit or to have documentation to have their nursing home stay subsidized. This women seemed to be keeping meticulous records of whatever medical procedures she had, that also included keeping their hair. Lots of medications cause hair loss, this women could have lost her hair due to cancer treatments. A relative who needed to go into a nursing home, had discarded years of needed tax and financial documents, she then found out she needed *all* the discarded documents in order to have her nursing home stay subsidized. (Long term nursing homes stays are *not covered* by health insurance, only 100 days are covered, many are not aware of this) My relative then had to pay her accountant to print out years worth of financial documents! Most people do keep important paperwork. There *is* a method to some peoples 'madness'!! To others, these situations are considered hoarding. It's also obvious, these items appear to have been stored by someone who had to clean out this woman's home when she entered a nursing home or an assisted living facility. Please, think before judging.
Our local Bess Eaton coffee shops had an unwritten policy that if you brought back 5 of those cardboard coffee trays, they would give you a coffee for them. Not everyone knew about it but, it could be that's why their in there!!!
So glad you were able to find some treasure in that locker, Jack! You had opened a black box that read "Absolute," that is the CZ brand of Home Shopping Channel so I wouldn't be surprised if some of your jewelry items were that brand. I am thinking alot of those coins may be older silver! Nice finds! 😊
Had a family member die. The kids threw out tons of paperwork, then found that there was money hid inside each piece of paperwork. They retrieved everything. It turns out they had put THOUSANDS of dollars in the trash. There was money stuck in books, cracks in the walls.. tucked everywhere.
I am a disabled veteran, and have 30 years experience with durable medical equipment. items such as that wheelchair are marked up astronomically, with the plan that insurance companies require a huge discount on equipment before they will get it for their customers. most people who need a wheelchair have some form of assistance to get them. I, personally use a power chair, but sometimes have to have a push chair because of transportation issues. the only people who are paying out of pocket for a chair like that are those that have fallen through the cracks, and have no insurance, or people like me that need an alternate item for when the one insurance bought. my power chair is "sold" for 14,000. ( I am sure the VA did not pay that much) but I had to pay for my push chair myself, and had to buy a used one from a junk store. it IS junk, but I need it. I paid $75 for it. if you try to recoup the "retail" price on a chair like that, you are gouging the person that really needs it to be able to live their life. Quickie is a much better brand than I have as my push chair, but even though, someone who is needing that will not have that kind of money more often than not. humanity would require that you price items like that commiserate with the lives of the people who need to find a used chair that will do what they need. with everything else in that locker, I would honestly either donate that chair to someone who needs it, or at most sell it for $50. to someone who can not walk, a wheelchair is life, it's self. we can not leave our bedrooms with out our chair. socializing, or even buying food is dependent on the chair. think of every time you have stood and walked even just to another room this week alone. now, imagine you couldn't do that. any other item, I am all for you getting what ever you can for. mark stuff up as far as the market will support. but durable medical equipment is life or death to people. I am very lucky the VA supplies my needs, but so many people don't have that kind of help.
That locker was the insurance policy for an abused woman. I can almost guarantee there was cash hidden amongst the “junk mail” and bills. She likely knew where every single dollar was too.
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She was abused more than likely and he chuckled at the notes she left in case something happened. No telling what was in the paperwork.Also she probably had stuff hid in the coffee
Really hope you went back and checked things. This looks like the way my Mom's room was when she passed. Every single bag, full of papers, and each bag had jewellery hidden in it.
With the crazy ways things were wrapped I would have looked in the coffee jars. My in-laws kept money and valuables in some of the strangest places, including food containers and hygiene containers in the bathroom. But they used their dishwasher as a file cabinet which also had money in it. Another great locker.
All I could think about was how much money you might be throwing away in all the paperwork. My mother was a hoarder. We found thousands of dollars mixed in with old paperwork. She saved every bank statement she ever received. She hid cash in some of the canceled checks
Definitely a possibility. I went through much more than I showed on camera. It gets to a point where it's a time management issue. The time invested might cost more than any potential money found, to do it thoroughly, as there was an overwhelming amount of paperwork. Better to follow the signs of stuff treated "special" like in a locked briefcase, or with the jewelry which was 4 layers of bags in bags, all of which tied tightly with the handles.
That one ring looked like real diamond s
@@LockerNuts not if ya found 1000s in one envelope alone..I'd sit at home n go thru every paper while watching a movie or just chilling..
Deeds, original stock certificates, Berar bonds, cards with forgotten money in them. Never not go through the papers. I was what the navy called TAD to the on base recycle facility. I was on the sorter table when we had a bulk of old Christmas cards and other items I just for fun opened one, it had twenty dollars cash in it, needless to say I took the rest to lunch and cleaned house. It was worth my lunch break. I also found forty prepaid phone cards of different monetary values. Let's just say I did not have to pay for calls home to the parents for the rest of my time in the service.
I almost threw out a piece of junk mail with out opening it. Then I thought just open it and see what's up...there was 5.00 cash to answer some TV show questions. I open all mail now 😀😃
Never throw away what looks like junk mail to you without going through it thoroughly. I was watching a video on an extreme cleaners' channel recently where they found over 50000$ - yes, four zero's! It's not a mistake- in envelopes together with old bills and receipts in a hoarder's house. If you don't have the time to do that immediately, put everything in a box or sack and check it later at your ease.
My grandmother hid money everywhere.
My thought exactly! Anything could be hidden between all those papers and envelopes.
I said to my husband I bet he already throw $1000 an $1000.00 of dollars away
I was thinking the same thing!
My ex grandmother in law passed away and we found money stashed in old socks, magazine pages, books. All sorts of places, several thousand.
“Where’s the envelope full of money?”
Throws away all of the paperwork/envelopes without looking through them! That’s exactly where hoarders hide stuff like that for “safe keeping” then lose it!
He acts incredibly greedy.
Hi Jack - those elderly ladies typically secret away their treasures and when you clean out their homes/apartments you have to go through EVERYTHING - we found rolls of 100s in the toes of shoes and good jewelry wrapped up in tissue under the bathroom sink - crazy! Oh! Even if those white/clear faceted stone aren't diamonds, they could also be sapphires and or topaz - not necessarily CZs.
I have to tell you that I cringed when you threw away the makeup bottles. My Mom for whatever reason hid her jewelry in old Avon and cold cream bottles. She would wrap her jewelry in a Kleenex and put it in the jar. When we would find them we were stumped why she saved them. They my sister opened one up and we about died, here was her diamond rings. So take a quick peek in them. I love your show and I am addicted.
I cringe when they get rid of furniture. They never say if they check the cushions. My parents hid all their good jewelry in our living room sectional. I often wonder if they check all the clothing pockets, I used to hide money in old clothes.
My dad had Alzheimer's & he thought everyone was stealing his stuff so he hid his things everywhere! I wondered if he just couldn't find his stuff bc he couldn't remember where he'd put it? Apparently a typical behavior among patients with different forms of dementia.
I've know people to hide bug MONEY in letters & cards & such . He just throw it all away & didn't even check for money .
@@julietteoscaralphanovember2223 A few years ago I read a story here in Germany about a student who got a sofa for free that had been dumped illegally in the woods and when he removed some of the old cloth to repair it he found around 60,000 D-Mark (around 30,000 Euros/35,000 USD) in it.
There are still coins and bills worth around 12.5 billion D-Mark that haven't been returned to the Bundesbank and traded in for Euros, so the chance of finding such a treasure here isn't that impossible and every now and then even large ammounts still surface.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo wow!!!
Because of the WEIRDNESS of this locker I would have checked every envelope😳
He will at home
I agree with Vickie, I would be going thru everything, you never know what paper money you could find.
@@benaxb Yes, cards too. Money often found in birthday cards etc. Seems t be in such a rush. I've never seen someone empty a locker so fast.
@@nancyprior8984 IDK about this guy but they only give 24 hours to move everything out in my area. Most resellers do an initial quick look to separate trash from what they'll be moving to their own warehouse, then carry the boxes of paperwork and cards n such home to look through.
Dollar notes for sure tucked in some paper work
My grandmother also wrapped her jewelry in kleenex and stuck them in weard places. Pockets of jackets, etc. Must have been common thing for people born around 1900.
Lots of elderly women wrap their jewelry in cotton or tissue, supposed to keep it from tarnishing.
Love going on the adventures with you. I can't believe you've only been doing this for a little more than 2 years.
SOOOO much better than Storage Wars. That show is such a set up, like American Pickers, BLAH. I like the real thing.
Jack, you're the real thing. Thanks again! Marianne from Washington state
Thank you!!
Check the stones in the silver cause they do put diamonds in silver
Some the last comes in first! Great video and some awesome surprises at the end! Thanks for taking us along with you! I really appreciate that you show us what’s in the boxes!
I love watching you go through lockers. You keep us entertained with your funny humor, and it amazes me some of the strange things that you find. I just sold my house and you would be proud of me, no paper work at all(well just cards that were given to me by my late husband, late son, and parents, but no money) no hair, no creepy items, (well I do have my dogs and cats ashes :) at all in my locker.LOL
This is almost sad at the same time because this is someone’s life.
I agree. So calous what was someone's life praying to find money or valuables such greed 😭😭
@@dawnmichele6847 What would you suggest…
@@stephaniedemambro6252 nothing wrong with buying a storage unit and making a profit. It's just the way they just look so almost possessed when they callously just seek gold, silver, platinum, and gem's. SEEMS like they don't give a second thought about how these people feel or have been through. How would you feel if you couldn't pay and your personal life was ransacked. Where's the compassion????🙏
@@dawnmichele6847 I get that, but the other side is that this is their business. The people that lost their storage locker LOST their storage locker, plain and simple. Sad as it is, it becomes”a business transaction” to the buyer of the unit. It is not possible to give the contents back to the people who lost it. That would mean that you could rent a unit, sign a contract, violate that contract and get your stuff anyway! Not the way it works. However, there are times when the buyers of this unit tell us that they return personal items, such as pictures, passports, licenses, etc to owners. It may seem callous, but it is what it is😍
I love watching you working fast like that, though there might be treasure on the papers but when its yours it will be yours no matter how hard or easy you'll find that's destiny.
You are a true seller and free money or gold in a locker is just a bonus.
I skip your channel a few times but i finally subscribe after watching one of your video and i like how dynamic the movement on your video. Hope you and your family keep finding treasure and stay healthy and happy.
Greetings from Indonesia.
At about the 40:00 mark you opened a bag with 2 pairs of sunglasses and a charger. You threw the charger in your trash box. The cheap sunglasses in the trash box. Then you noticed the second pair were 8 gig spy glasses. Did you check to see if the charger went with them since they were in the same bag?
When my Mom passed away she hid $350 cash inside one of her Andrew Lessman vitamin bottles. In her paperwork she left me all her vitamins.
I thought the same thing. Why throw away a glass case that had a charger. You might find the glasses and if there is a charger they either have radio or camera. I wanted to scream at my phone. 😂. The charger alone would have been good money with the case lol. That’s the eBay seller in me. 🤣
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Newbie from Matts channel! :) Can I just say, its refreshing to see someone who is organised and know what they're doing with lockers. Also nice to see just how much work is in such a small place- do you donate or scrap whats left from flea markets?
While cleaning out a abandoned locker, got for a $1 bid, with mid century modern furniture and six totes we found a half filled plastic water bottle sealed with tape. Unwrapped the tape and pouring out the water in our sink found 3 loose diamonds in the strainer. Total value $3500 USD.
WOW! That is so weird, but what a wonderful find. I've never heard of people keeping them that way, but I guess the tape was the giveaway it might be a little different.
You are crazy
If a patient is given a new drug the doctor tells the patient the only way to document side effects is to keep logs and evidence. That is why she saved those bottles and the hair. There was a cholesterol drug that caused hair to fall out like that after every shampoo. My neighbor had to collect his hair had bags of it just like that...
So fun! Thank you for an easy-going narrative. Modern day treasure hunting! Thank you.
22:00 that's what a garbage bin looks like for anyone not familiar with the concept. Thank you. 😂
This was fun! I’m so glad you found all of that silver and gold.
It is always fun watching you find fun stuff in storage lockers. 😊 As some people get older they hide stuff. One of my grandmothers hid money in the floor boards of her home and change in empty powder bottles. My other grandmother hid jewelry in her sewing basket. One had dementia but my other one did not but she was the child of parents in the depression era. Never leave and leaf unturned is my motto because you never know what you may find. 😊
I am going to guess that this unit is from a woman who was in/out different assisted Living or Nursing homes...Just the way things are in bags/boxes, paperwork, and medical items. My dad was in that situation for years. I had a storage unit after I sold his house and had his furniture and collectibles. But part of the unit I would just throw in items like this when he went back/forth between places/hospital too. He would randomly ask for things and I couldn't throw it away. I sold off all the furniture and anything that I knew he wouldn't ask for...Then after he passed two years ago, I downsized the unit in 1/2 and worked through selling stuff locally and online. I still have a bunch left but now stacked in my ebay room to list. Anyways...that is my guess on the backstory for this unit. It just looks familar to me.
@@kelcritcarroll ....My daughter would, without thought, she is an evil person. She just sold our home and I ended up in a nasty dumpy trailer park in a single wide 47 year old trailer. She took all my beautiful Asian antique furniture, brass coffee tables, real gold and diamonds that I worked hard for all my life. I even had an Asian Store and sold many lovely things from it, I was in hospital when she sold the house out from under me cause we owned it with her name and mine and the OR in the
middle of our names. She than threw all my stuff in a storage unit and is
paying on the unit in her name and probably when I die she will go through it all and sell it, she is awful! She is only paying to sell later and
knows I am too sick to do anything about it. She didn't even give me one cent after the sale of the house but instead left state again with an old EX lover of hers and is hundreds of miles away knowing I have fungated tumor on breast, etc. Yeah, kids are just great ain't they!
@@angelfirelite That's just another reason I'm not having kids. They can be so cruel to their parents.
I so enjoy watching your videos. You know your stuff. I liked all the ones in the past but after this one, I subscribed. You seem like a really good guy. Yiu respect peoples privacy and do the right thing. I wish you much much more success and hope you find the big one! BTW, I found myself getting just as excited as you were as you found more and more stuff. Just another FYI, Bulova Watches are pretty valuable. They were the watch to have back on the day. Happy Hunting...Be safe & Be Careful out there!
Love your channel!!! Knowledge, humor and enthusiasm make your videos fun to watch. Keep the quality videos coming!!!
I appreciate that!
so excited .. the key ring said #1MOM .. not WOW !!! How do you get so lucky ? Blessed my brother, you are Blessed. ❤️
(you threw the charger for the 'spy glasses' and case out .. hope u snag'd'em back.)
Depending on how old some of the cards and paper is, there is a market for ephemera. Artists collect such for collage. Never would I throw papers away.
Hi, I get emotional sometimes watching these.
This one in particular reminded me of how my mum wrapped certain objects in tissue, this happened as she has dementia, in fact we think this is how her mums gold watch was lost :( … I do get excited watching too though :) 😂 I’m not a Debbie downer, just emotional wreck lol
This unit reminds me of the things we found when we cleaned out my aunts house. In her latter years, she put everything in plastic bags and hid it under her bed.
I like that you go fast with no unnecessary talking and pausing.
I get such a kick out of Jack acting almost giddy with childlike delight every time he finds loose change.
Me too Kimberly! I just love it, he is so happy, even when he finds a penny.
I really loved the Hawaiian quilt. If I were there I would have gone thru the paperwork! I find it interesting! And the tapes!!! Nice jewelry! Keep pickin! 🤓✌️
Jack if you take a dryer sheet and wipe out your black display trays they will clean up nicely.
I saw him discard so much that was valuable. An envelope taped up marked “receipts”. Cringed when he threw that away. And I really really cringed at the crude, disrespectful remarks.
Everything you threw away, I would go back through it. Never know what you missed .
Look through photo packets too. Never badmouth previous owner
I think you better pull out those packages that were wrapped up so tight with tape because they might be holding Bookoo bucks! Or jewelry! I'd rather be safe than sorry because there's a reason why they were taped up like that and so bulky.
Beaucoup bucks.
I went back through and there were at least 4 more packages that were bags within bags within bags I smell lost bling
Looked like her expense statements
I enjoyed your attitude and your joy when you find little items!!
Hey from Mississippi. Great unit. You are so organized. I wish I had the drive that you have to keep everything in order.
It’s very upsetting to me to see all those letters “to mom from Matt” get thrown away peoples lives and cherished memories are in those boxes 🥺
Thing is, it's not Jack's fault that whoever put those things in storage decided to stop paying for the locker. He runs into a LOT of this kind of sadness. What I found really odd about this thing is that there was bag after box after bag filled with random junk. It looked like someone had just roamed through a living space and just stuffed everything in bags and boxes in a great rush. Weird.
I was just thinking along those lines. She was in a wheelchair. She liked pretty things. So, what happened? Did she wind up in an assisted living facility and decided to store her stuff? For what? I think there's a lot to be said for starting to give away, or donate, or sell some things...when we get to a certain age...while we still have the capability to do it. Paying for storage, when you know you aren't going to live much longer, is just sad.
My aunt used to hide money in her old bills so no one could rob her. I guess she had a better idea than I thought.
Mr. Nuts , I enjoy your show and it gives me some relaxation ,compare to television or anything else! Thanks!
Loved this one…. Especially fun to find the unexpected goodies.
I used to prepare homes for estate sales to the public. Double Check in everything !!! Found several gemstones and diamonds in old Rose Milk jars… under the bathroom sink- in the way back. I had already tossed them - but went back cuz I had a feeling and Yup! There was the old gals treasures hidden away
Wow great finds. Can't believe all that paperwork and loads of hair. Crazy x
The “wow” keychain actually said mom. It was upside down 🙂
I noticed that, too!
I saw that too. Wasn't sure if he was ribbing us or not.
Well, sideways, actually, so it's both.
Yes it actually said #1 Mom.
I watch a lot of these, but watching you go through a locker is the BEST!!
Thank you for sharing another great treasure hunting video.
The gold ring that was bent As well as other rings that are bent. Can be put on a ring sizer and twisted around a few times in the straightened right up.
Thanks for the tip!
@@LockerNuts you are more than welcome. I learn so much from your channel. It was great being able to return some.
Newbie from Matt’s channel! I love your content and look forward to more! Subscribed👍
Great finds in the maxi pad bag! 🙃
Did it make you question if you might have thrown out more treasures previously when you were dumping all the bags of paperwork? I wouldn't have wanted to go back and search through all of that! Yikes!
That older looking sterling ring is gorgeous!
It always makes me laugh at how excited you get at finding change! If I can guarantee that you'll find at least 30 bucks worth of change digging through my SUV, would you clean it out for me? 😁
Always exciting no matter what you find in a locker, I totally get why you're hooked!
Yeah! Locker Nuts video to enjoy! Lovin’ it.
Watching you throw all that stuff away without going through it makes me wonder how much money or other valuables you tossed
Bag after bag after bag after bag & there was the gold🎉🎉 Ended up being a great locker!! Happy for you😊😊
Why aren’t you looking more carefully through all those papers, boxes and bags, who knows what could be missed.
What if there is a precious photo? JFK,
Why didn't this person take all this stuff somewhere else. Half on that jewelry is for a girl.
people making junk journals would buy vintage documents and photographs
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@@pimpinellasaxifraga1610 He doesn't care. Quick riches are what he's after. Sad. He has no clue of the actual value of things.
Thanks! I really appreciate that you showed us the value of all the items at the end of the video! Watching from 🇫🇷 France!
"Danger Danger Will Robinson!" hoarder alert, made me laugh.
24:30 That's where your blade comes in handy. It's like Russian dolls but with bags 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
That voltarol box could have been notes....aaaaa
every time I watch one of these hoarder situations I know i need to clean out the garage. i have all my parents stuff, and my brothers stuff and etc.
This videos have sure shown me, what I don't want my kids to have to go through. Not like I have anything to hide, just don't want to leave them with a mess.
@@berngirl5624 a lot of my neighbors doing the same, and myself after a sweet lady neighbor passed away and we all saw what her family had to deal with 😂😂
Man o man
Papers upon papers. Glad you show, how these units can really be, and not just all the good stuff.
I Swear to God Jack...Someday I'm Going to pay the shipping cost and have you send me just a box of "Paperwork"...
Made me nervous watching all that paper, taped up envelopes quickly thrown away. I can recall Jack finding quite a bit of cash a couple times in bank envelopes. People hide $$ & jewelry in the craziest places.
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You are too funny! Lolol
I concur. For those with nothing to do or needing something to fill time once in a while paperwork is a great thing to go through. It's the dream of a find that keeps us going.
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Oh man, REALLY IMPORTANT info!!
If you come across jars/cans of things( like those coffee and mayo) ALWAYS open 'em!! They might be DIY concealed safes!! A long shot BUT worth the 2 seconds to check!! They can even feel like the real thing if made well!! Just passing on advice I heard from a friend that found some serious cash in a MAYO JAR!!!!Inside of the jar was painted and felt like it was legit, crazy!! Sorry if you know this but thouhjt it'd be worth mentioning:)
I love how she put all the expensive precious jewelry in sanitary packages. good idea. but I would never put that stuff in a locker, unless the family could not be bothered to go through it all. So sad.
Hello from Texas 74" Wow first you find junk the you find really good things. I am glad you didn't throw that bag away. So happy you get your money back and then some. Love Nana 74"
Mate, hope your looking deep into any " check boxes" I found $3K in an old checkbook box
Great tip!
I'd like to see what is on those tapes with the notes next to them looks like it could be evidence.
Hi that wow pin was actually a” mom” pin. That etched bracelet is called damascene
As a junk journal crafter I would have a field day with all those bags of cards letters paperwork etc...... Shed a tear seeing it going into the bin 🥲
She kept all the paperwork because she was documenting her injury. From watching these few episodes my guess is a serious accident and possibly a loss of a leg. Take it from someone who has had to document everything for a accident injury. You must keep it all for a period time. My time for the most part is over but there are thing I still have to keep. Yes she keep a bunch trash but the medical paperwork was important.
It sure would seem like it, and I did find a few single shoes, but the management there didn't mention anything about a wheelchair currently, so I don't think she was one-legged. Apparently she had 5 units previously, and would come and spend the day in them, and they had to shoo her away at the end of the day or else she'd get locked in the facility. The other units were auctioned off previously.
@@LockerNuts Maybe she had nowhere else to go................???
Just a suggestion, check all the pages of books and manuals you find in storage for bills tucked inside.
Made me nervous watching all that paper, taped up envelopes quickly thrown away. I can recall Jack finding quite a bit of cash a couple times in bank envelopes. People hide $$ & jewelry in the craziest places.
I thought the rule was to look through greeting cards for money?? LOL. Maybe he does at another time.
He did in fact load up quite a bit of the boxes and bags with paper to be gone through at a later time.
Yep! My parents hid good jewelry in furniture and I hid money in pockets of old clothes. You never know.
Love the heart necklace.
Those zipper bags of money were her casino change for the machines.
Ah! That makes sense.
Yay glad to see a new video! You found the loot!!
There is everything off about this locker...the back story must be crazy.
Totally agree!!!
All this beautiful jewerly. And more hair. Awesome unit 🙂👍
I know this is going to sound way gross, but my husband who was born in 1937, has a bracelet made out of his great grandmother’s hair. It was a ‘thing’ back then to remember a loved one, and it took a lot of skill and talent to make one, so maybe she was saving her hair to do something similar.
Yes, my mother-in-law had something made from her grandmother's hair. It was framed and very intricate. I had forgotten that.
There was a woman on an oddities cable show from a few years ago, who made jewelry out of human hair! I wonder now if that art got handed down in some families!
GBY...Nice video. Good storage. Good luck, good health and many blessings for you.
How much in loose change???
That was exciting. I think you have some small diamonds there. 🤗
After finding all that in something you thought was "trash" I'd be going back and digging through EVERYTHING lol
Exactly, some of that paper might be valuable. There could be bearer bonds, car titles or land deeds stored in that mess.
Many times ppl dont have time to sort thru their paperwork. They have intensions to go thru it later but have to move everything to the storage unit right away.
the fact all the good stuff was in the same bags as the two jars of coffee, i would be empting those jars as some oldies do weird things to protect their valuables.
The jewelleries magnified piece with the 2 holes where the battery's are... how do you open it mine came a hokey thin key that just bends, what are you using and if you can show me and where you get it from... thanks
Awesome video ❤ great score at the end .
in case you run across another piece of jewelry like the bracelet at 38:44 t0 38:58 - it is made like the black hills jewelry and may indeed have some gold &/or silver in it. would be good to have it checked out.
How could you leave the unit to go get your loupe with everything out in the open?
Hello from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming
Jack you need to find or buy a handheld metal detector so you can go through the paperwork much faster and more accurate.
It's obvious the person was keeping so much paperwork, and medical oriented documentation, possibly for a future lawsuit or to have documentation to have their nursing home stay subsidized. This women seemed to be keeping meticulous records of whatever medical procedures she had, that also included keeping their hair. Lots of medications cause hair loss, this women could have lost her hair due to cancer treatments. A relative who needed to go into a nursing home, had discarded years of needed tax and financial documents, she then found out she needed *all* the discarded documents in order to have her nursing home stay subsidized. (Long term nursing homes stays are *not covered* by health insurance, only 100 days are covered, many are not aware of this) My relative then had to pay her accountant to print out years worth of financial documents! Most people do keep important paperwork. There *is* a method to some peoples 'madness'!! To others, these situations are considered hoarding. It's also obvious, these items appear to have been stored by someone who had to clean out this woman's home when she entered a nursing home or an assisted living facility. Please, think before judging.
EXACTLY!!!!!
I remember a woman mentioning she hide jewels in “pads” packages.
Doing great and your attitude towards it shows
I’d guess this person grew up in poverty. Save everything, might need those bottles some day, might need those papers some day
Our local Bess Eaton coffee shops had an unwritten policy that if you brought back 5 of those cardboard coffee trays, they would give you a coffee for them. Not everyone knew about it but, it could be that's why their in there!!!
This lady was collecting evidence of a bad husband!
Explain evidence of bad husband
Black pearls are very nice! I hope you get the diamonds checked out.
So glad you were able to find some treasure in that locker, Jack! You had opened a black box that read "Absolute," that is the CZ brand of Home Shopping Channel so I wouldn't be surprised if some of your jewelry items were that brand. I am thinking alot of those coins may be older silver! Nice finds! 😊
I hope you keep that charging cable for those glasses. Not sure if they even need on.