A lucky Southern Indiana homeowner is $5,000 richer thanks to a team of trustworthy employees working for a Kentucky restoration company.
Sharon Capito, the director of sales and operations at Prime Restoration in Crestwood, Kentucky, told the Courier Journal the business was hired to remove mold from a garage at a home in New Albany, which had been flooded and left unattended for a lengthy period of time.
The homeowner, who prefers to remain anonymous, does not live at the residence, which previously belonged to her parents, who have been deceased a number of years.
The homeowner had no idea there was money hidden in the garage. In fact, she was only expecting information on the progress of the mold remediation when Capito called with the unexpected news.
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"I called to update her on the progress of the project and then said that I had some pretty exciting news to tell her too," Capito told the Courier Journal. "I told her the guys found over $5,000 in her father's workshop and she just started crying."
The money was found stuffed into boxes holding antique work tools. Because the boxes were covered in mold, the Prime Restoration crew was in the process of tranfering the tools into clean boxes when they disovered bundles of cash held together with rubber bands.
Many of the newly discovered bills and coins are rare and collectible, some from the 1940s and 1950s.
Capito told the Courier Journal some of the bills, known as "Silver Certifiates," could be worth a great deal more than the original value depending on the condition of the note. The hidden treasure also includes silver quarters.
After finding the currency and reporting it, the crew cleaned and deodorized the bills and returned all of the loot to the homeowner.
"(The homeowner) said she believes the $5,000 was her daddy's way of leaving her money that he knew she would need," said Capito.
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"We are very fortunate to have such a trustworthy crew," Capito said. "They are working in people's homes and have access to their property. This situation goes to show how important it is to hire people you can trust."
This isn't the first windfall the crew has uncovered. At a previous jobsite the same team discovered and returned to the homeowner more than $1,000 in a ceiling tile in a basement.
Reach reporter Kirby Adams at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky restoration team finds $5,000 hidden in home after flood
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