Digger Pop
Jr. Member
My grandfather bought our family farm in 1949. He quit the mines and moved into the 4 room house on the place with his 2nd wife, new born daughter and teenage son. They had very little income coming in and knew hard times. He talked how they barely made it thru some of those early winters. Several years after moving in, tragedy struck, his wife got sick and died and hard times got tougher.
Life got easier for them in the early 60’s. after he received his SS. He remarried, had a well drilled, and electric run to the house. He added a bathroom and a kitchen on the farmhouse. That’s the home place I remember from my childhood. My grandfather was fun loving, hard working and a great man. He was 87 when he died in 1987.
I’ve detected many hours around the place and have found 1 penny. He wasn’t one to lose what little he had. I bought the farm about 10 years ago from my aunts and begin to clean up the old house that had sat vacant since 1987. In the bathroom was a thick glass mirror inside a chestnut frame. When I removed it from the wall, I noticed the back was cardboard that looked out of place. It had writing on it from a box. I opened the back and it revealed six $50 bills. As excited as I was to find them, I also wanted to cry. I can only imagine how much they could have used that cash during those hard years. How many times did he look into that mirror never knowing that money was behind it. I’m thinking his 2nd wife stashed it there. When she passed, the secret passed with her.
I’d appreciate display suggestions. I’m thinking of reusing the frame. I do not want to leave these bills laying in a safe. They’ve been in the dark long enough.
Life got easier for them in the early 60’s. after he received his SS. He remarried, had a well drilled, and electric run to the house. He added a bathroom and a kitchen on the farmhouse. That’s the home place I remember from my childhood. My grandfather was fun loving, hard working and a great man. He was 87 when he died in 1987.
I’ve detected many hours around the place and have found 1 penny. He wasn’t one to lose what little he had. I bought the farm about 10 years ago from my aunts and begin to clean up the old house that had sat vacant since 1987. In the bathroom was a thick glass mirror inside a chestnut frame. When I removed it from the wall, I noticed the back was cardboard that looked out of place. It had writing on it from a box. I opened the back and it revealed six $50 bills. As excited as I was to find them, I also wanted to cry. I can only imagine how much they could have used that cash during those hard years. How many times did he look into that mirror never knowing that money was behind it. I’m thinking his 2nd wife stashed it there. When she passed, the secret passed with her.
I’d appreciate display suggestions. I’m thinking of reusing the frame. I do not want to leave these bills laying in a safe. They’ve been in the dark long enough.
Send them to me i will mount them 
