Life’s full of hidden treasure! Oh, sure, that phrase works metaphorically, too, but we’re being quite literal here. If you’re curious about the world and live for the unexpected, then Bored Panda’s got a treat for you. We’ve collected some of the best photos of interesting finds that people were astonished to discover. So go on, check them out! And though far from everything glitters like gold, you’re likely to admit that most of these finds are valuable in their own right.
Remember to upvote the photos that you loved the most, dear Pandas! Got any interesting finds to share with us? Drop us a comment or a photo in the comment section at the very bottom of this list. And if you’re in the mood for some more unexpectedly awesome finds, check out our most recent earlier posts here, here, as well as here.
While we can find many unexpected things by accident, it’s also important to stay curious as we continue growing older. And that goes for all things in life, not just amateur archeology. After all, keeping that energetic spark alive makes our lives have far more quality. One thing that we value is people keeping their childlike curiosity burning bright no matter how old they might get.
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My Husband Passed Away 2 Weeks Ago And In The Garage Behind A Piece Of Paper Hanging On The Wall I Found This
In the months before his passing he was unable to talk due to his brain cancer, so finding this note from him meant the world to me and is something I will cherish forever. We were married for 24 years.
I Found A Baby Albino Oak In My Garden Some Years Ago And Realized That Plants Can Be Albinos Too, But They Do Not Live Long Since They Cannot Photosynthesize
While Tearing Up Their Carpet, My In-Laws Found A Giant Monopoly Board
Time to make some giant sized Monopoly pieces, cards and giant dice, and have a game night! And this time, nobody can flip the board!
When we stare at everything with wonder and can’t wait (!) to find or learn something new, even the biggest problems lose their sting. Instead, they’re but challenges. Challenges that you’re already thinking about how to overcome. But our modern schooling system might not be the best way to keep this sense of curiosity because it tends to take independence away from kids instead of driving them to be self-sufficient learners and daring explorers.
In a previous interview with Bored Panda, the president of the nonprofit organization Let Grow, Lenore Skenazy, shared with us that modern schooling goes against the grain when it comes to how learning and teaching happened through much of human history.
It's A Little Unnerving When You Wake Up In The Morning And Find These Right Outside Your Tent
Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska.
Splitting Firewood And Found A Piece Resembling The Sky In "The Starry Night"
387-Year-Old Shopping List Found Under The Floorboards Of A London Home
The full text reads:
"Mr Bilby, I pray p[ro]vide to be sent too morrow in ye Cart some Greenfish, The Lights from my Lady Cranfeild[es] Cham[ber] 2 dozen of Pewter spoon[es]: one greate fireshovell for ye nursery; and ye o[t]hers which were sent to be exchanged for some of a better fashion, a new frying pan together with a note of ye prises of such Commoditie for ye rest.
Your loving friend
Robert Draper
Octobre 1633
Copthall"
Wow! That is remarkable piece of history. It really made me think about our shared humanity and the progression of humans throughout the ages. Thank you for sharing.
“In the United States, for instance, school only became compulsory a little over 100 years ago. Previously—for hundreds of thousands of years of human history—kids learned simply by watching, copying, helping, and playing. In other words, they’d hang around the adults, see how they made things like baskets and arrowheads, they’d ask questions, noodle around, and try to copy what their elders were doing,” Lenore explained.
According to Lenore, kids would pitch in and help their families and communities as soon as they were able to. “They’d help out as soon as they could—fetching things, tracking animals, whatever—and in between they’d be playing with a group of mixed-age kids. All these activities were fueled by curiosity.”
This Silver Pendant I Found Metal Detecting Is Dated 227 Years Ago Today
Found A Stargate In The Middle Of Nowhere Near Linz, Austria
This Swirly Dandelion I Found
That grew in the dark. The stem is pale and the circular growth is the plant trying to find light
“You were motivated to learn what the bigger kids in your group knew, too, because they were so cool. Your entire day consisted of observing and practicing the stuff you needed to know— skills and games. If you weren’t curious, you weren’t going to enjoy life, or succeed at it,” Lenore said that curiosity really was (and, in truth, still is) more important than we give it credit for.
“One reason kids might seem less curious today is because most of their education, inside and outside of school, doesn’t require self-motivation, it requires compliance. The drive is extrinsic, not intrinsic. Kids fill out worksheets because they have to, not because these seem interesting, or have any immediate connection to the ‘real’ world,” the expert noted that obedience alone won’t raise people who are full of the joys of discovery.
Found A Starfish In One Of My Mussels
While Hiking An Isolated Jungle Trail In The Amazon, We Came Across This Post Marking The Equator
Osperlioceras Bicarinatum Golden Pyrite. Found In France
Meanwhile, extracurricular activities also appear to have fallen prey to the demands for compliance instead of encouraging kids to be curious. “Learning soccer means doing the drills the coach assigns, as opposed to tagging along with the older kids and working hard to get good enough so that they’d start letting you play. The key to curiosity, then, is giving kids enough free, unstructured time for them to find something they love to do for its own sake—not for a grade, or coach.”
In other words, we need to uncover in ourselves an inner drive to go out into the world and learn and find new and fascinating things. Some of which we’ll be more than happy to share with all the Pandas on the internet.
I Found A Misprinted Penny (Front And Back)
Perfectly Round Rock I Found At The Beach
Picasso Pebble
I Found A Cyclops Moth And It Was Huge. Bigger Than Half My Hand
We Were Digging Up Virgin Ground For A Garden And As I Was Tilling, We Found A Class Ring From 1954-1955
It only had initials and the school was closed, took me 3 months to find the owner's daughter and was happy to reunite it with her family.
That is very touching. How kind of you to go to all the effort to find who it originally belong to, and how much it meant to her daughter. You're a wonderfully nice person. Kindness. Pay it forward.
This Tree I Found Grows Into Itself
10-Carat Australian Sapphire I Found In A Creek
I Found This Gravestone For Someone's Beloved Dog In A Wooded Area Just Outside An Old Cemetary
How do they know it's a dog? Could be a cat, fish, kid, velociraptor, etc.
Frozen Flower I Found In Austin During The Texas Winter Storm
Look At This Crazy Icicle I Found This Morning (There Is A Small Hole In The Metal Handrail)
Found A Steam Room And Hot Tub In My Basement, Behind A Wall During Demo
This Morning I Found A Young Frog That Still Had Its Tail
Sweet little thing, amazing how nature makes things so independent so young and so vulnerable.
We Tore Up Some Carpeting In Our House Expecting Concrete But Instead Found This 70ās Masterpiece
Found A Perfect Salt Crystal In My Sea Salt Packet
My Uncle Found A Bag Of Volcano Ash From Mount St. Helens With A Note Tucked In The Back Of One Of His Cupboards
Found Original Homeowner In The Walls Of A Teardown
Found This Very Old Holy Bible In My Parents' Garage. Dated 1881. Thought Maybe You Guys Might Find It Interesting As Well
35 Rings Found On The Beach
Digging Through Old Boxes At 4am And Found A 200+ Page Novel That I Hand Wrote In 2009 When I Was 12 Years Old
Black Mist Chronicles sounds very interesting. revise and publish now!
Ordered Fried Oysters From A Takeout Restaurant And Found A Pearl In One
Found This Fish Was Frozen In Piece Of Ice, Texas 2021
Found This Arrowhead While Digging A Hole In My Backyard
A Wall Was Removed In A Victorian House We Are Working At Which Revealed An Old Cast Iron Fireplace
Our Dog Found A Pacifier
My Mom And Uncle Found An USAF Target Drone On The Beach
I Found A Miniature Telephone Box On The Street
I Found This Print From Where A Gray Wolf Slept In The Snow. You Can Even See Her Ribs
It's doing that optical illusion thing to me, where it looks like it's popping out instead of indented
This Fossilized Imprint Of A Fern I Found In North Dakota
Found An Edge Piece In My Bag Of Goldfish
My Dad Found This Old Pamphlet Advertising Tourism To The World Trade Centre
I Found A Book Autographed By Bill Nye At The Thrift Store
I found a copy of Salemās Lot signed by Stephen King at a charity store. Bought it and took it home of course. Itās signed to a girl named Karenā¦
Found A Nice Honeycomb Amber Brooch Today. Amber Is Quite Hard To Find, Such An Interesting Material
Look How Large This Tree Frog I Found Is
This Brooch I Found While Metal Detecting
A Humpback Whale Jaw I Found This Weekend In New England
This Piece Of Wall That Got Rounded By The Sea
Bought A Vintage Stove And Found A Newspaper From 1954 In It
This Old Color Pencil Box After Termites Ate All The Wood
I actually found a shell with my friend's name on it, then I gave it to my friend. One of my coolest finds ever.
I actually found a shell with my friend's name on it, then I gave it to my friend. One of my coolest finds ever.