I used to renovate old houses and finding old newspapers was always the most interesting things. Once found £400 stuffed down the side of an old sofa in individually folded £10 and £20 notes.
The paper is used (was)as a moisture and air/ wind barrier to help reduce cupping of the floor from moisture and reduce air/wind from coming through the floor. It also helps the contractor rack the floor easier and slid the wood into place. It looks like you have a wide plank Doug fir floor, you are lucky I would leave it.
Cool find!!!! Reminds me of when my Dad tore down a old log cabin in Ky, and he found a newspaper with the headline "President Lincoln to speak at Gettysburg"
Glad to hear you were able to replace the boards. I was so dreading them being removed just to look at an old newspaper. That stuff was gorgeous! Would love to see the finished rehab!
I ripped up some flooring in my 1849 Maine farm house and it was all insulated with news papers from Aug. 16th 1916. It was really cool reading and in the classifieds there were like 20 adds for companies that wanted to buy used false teeth. I'm not kidding. I read a few and left the rest untouched.
don't give me salt pls I have a kind of 1931 big book that has old news issues in it. I found in the back of my closet at the time he was staying with me but then he past away and I’ve never seen it until we were cleaning out the closet. I’ve had it in my closet now for about 4 years. It also has his name a bday on the front of the hard back. Do you think it could be worth something? How does one even look for a place to check to see if it’s worth anything?
Was cringing when they were tearing out that neat old floorboards. The newspaper look like it was used for lining insulation. I doubt the ring was as old as the newspaper, it could of got lost at anytime. It looked more modern. My engagement ring looked similar.
If I put a million dollars in my 1 year old home and die. Then the next property owners a year from now decide to rip of the drywall to put in wood walls or vice versa. They then find a one year old treasure, I'm very sure it does not take 300 years, lol.
Here's a tip for Ang Gru: I strongly believe most viewers would like to read more of that paper you found. If you post pages on youtube nice and slow so we can read them you could make dozens of videos emphasizing one or two articles at a time, and I'm certain you would without much effort and hardly any narrative, garner more views than you can imagine, and the rewards may actually surpass the 14k ring you found. Also, I cringed when you used a crowbar on those good looking ancient floor boards. It's spilled milk now, but using a wedge of wood between the crowbar and boards would leave those boards without a blemish. To your credit you did look like you were trying to be careful though, but really not careful enough; wondering what kind of wood it was. Lol, jealous in NY. ciao.
When I was around 7 years of age, I went to the beach in Suffolk and found a 14ct gold wedding ring, worth over £250 today with the price of gold going up... I really regret this, but I sold it to my aunt for £85... But, being a really nice person, she said she'd let me buy it back.. :)
I once rented a house from a couple that was put in a home and the family sold the house, The new landlord rented the house with out looking through it, me cleaning found old news papers from 1960 1961 1962 1963 and many more from the war, I told him about them but he said to dump them, later I found out that I could of sold them to antique collection but it was to late the trash was already pick up.
Yeah they clearly over looked the real value there, the floors. Going into a structure that was built in that time period, don't go in ripping up floors, wall, etc. because that's the money. I hope they were able to repurpose the wood for future DIY Project.
Holy crap. I read the comments after I watched this and I saw all these things about a creepy laugh. And I never heard it. So I rewatched it and I heard it. Lol that sounded like fracking chucky.
More than likely it was put down in place of tar or rosin paper on top of the shiplap flooring/underlayment to stop the hardwood flooring from squeaking when walked on !! Don't be surprised if you find more as it was cheap compared to tar or rosin paper especially during the depression era.
while i understand the desire to remodel a home but for one that is 100+ years old, it would be better to keep the existing carpentry thats not rotted/damaged in place as it has significant historical and antique value to it - that home may have qualified for the historical preservation act
Lets tear up a beautiful antique wood floor to look at some old newspapers that are under 75% of old homes. Newspaper was used as insulation in the early 1900's.
I also found newspapers from 1931 and 1932 while remodeling the upstairs rooms of my house. They were under the flooring, like in this video. I kept them, had some very interesting articles and ads in them, especially for long-gone local department stores and other businesses.
A CATAL So I looked what the eggs would actually cost today if you count the inflation in. If you want to buy the same dozen eggs today you'ld need to spend 10.92$. So they weren't really cheap back then... Oh and by the way the reason why this happens is because banks can create money out of nowhere.
+Lee Sipe I was just thinking the same thing. People just don't think when they do this. The bords themselves are a historical treasure thst should have been shown more respect. Perfect example of idiot weekend warriors.
lady boywonder if its in perfect condition yeah, but if the wood is damaged in some places you gotta remove that , but yeah replace it with new wood : ;)
so you know who the ring belongs to....the former owner....give it to them...and they used newspapers as insulation...hope you are putting the boards back
haha I like it when someone finds old paper and is so impatient that they rip it out with no care of preservation, what if it was old dead sea scrolls under the floor would you still rip it out with a pry bar?
Apparently they are new owners of the house and the family is there and the little kid and Mom are in another room so that's why we can hear those voices....not ghostly ones.
Wow, jus' reading old papers takes me back to a lot of questions and WHAT IF's. Cool, I hope got something worthy from your ring sell, if you did sell it!
About 30 years ago I helped a friend in Virginia redo his home that was built or improved during the Civil War. Apparently years ago they used newspapers for insulation. We found many newspapers from the time of the Civil War, I think they were Roanoke Times, but I'm not sure. They reported how well the Confederates were doing in various battles. My friend has a nice collection of historical memorabilia now.
I think that's the house my grandmother and grandfather owned when my grandfather built a home put the newspapers between the rafters of the floor by applying Timber Tweed flooring above it what noise barrier weather squeaks his name was alfond Goyette wonder if the kitchen still has a circular fluorescent lights a grandmother grandfather French and live the old days or light fixtures never got changed especially the boomerang stardom countertops in the kitchen
Cool Find Angela..!! Have you kept the ring or Sold it..?? I'm thinking maybe it was either hidden there on purpose , or more likely it Fell off while work one day many years ago..?? It's ALWAYS so neat to find these treasures..... And then PONDER the reason it was found there to begin with..?!? It would be pretty Cool if you could Actually find the " original owner " of the ring......or perhaps a relative...?? Either way , thanks for sharing..... Cheers
We had the floorboards lifted in our house for rewiring and all we found was the first owners homemade porn album and some toy cars all from the 80's. The guys moustache was killer though..
A guy in the 1930s bought a log cabin in Michigan and tore it down to build a new home, when he cut into the center log that was a support gold coins began spilling out, the Feds found out and tried to claim the money as theirs, but he said I bought it and what ever comes with it is mine, they came back and he cocked his shotgun and said step on my property and your dead! He got to keep the gold. but paid the feds taxes on his find! There was at least 3 million in coins, just imagine the value today!
+LuxorVan Yes and people use metal detectors all over Europe (and elsewhere, of course) where the find all kinds of ancient bronze relics which have survived beautifully, particularly in chambers connected with the after life of the dead. The things they find are amazing!
To all the people crying about the valuable old wood . please answer this,what species of wood is it and what is the value of it as is? looks like some dry old split Pine to me I doubt you would get 20 bucks in clean condition for all of that would if you could go through the trouble and find someone to buy it off of you please enlighten me I hope I'm wrong
Interesting video. It's nice to find something that gives a tangible link to the history of a house. I'm from England and my first home was Edwardian. One early resident must have been a photographer because I found old photos and developing paraphernalia behind a skirting board in a walk-in understairs cupboard. I imagine it was used as a makeshift darkroom. I've found newspapers too. Fragile items but increasingly rare with time. Did you keep yours?
sorry to be completely honest with you ripping out those floors probably decreased the value of your home as for the news papers back in them days that s how some folks insulated there house the being 14 kt. probably worth less than a hundred dollars would like to more of the ring i found a similiar one in my barn inside of band it says 14kt. romany and my center stone is missing would greatly appreciate any insight you have on the word romany
I used to renovate old houses and finding old newspapers was always the most interesting things. Once found £400 stuffed down the side of an old sofa in individually folded £10 and £20 notes.
1:14 thats the kind of laugh you wouldn't want to hear in your house when you're alone.
yea
Ikr 😬😬😨😨😨😨
+CATHERINE MONROY sounds like the wood wobling
😂😂
lol glad I'm not the only one who noticed that! 😛 didn't realize until after there were kids in the house I almost shit a brick
The paper is used (was)as a moisture and air/ wind barrier to help reduce cupping of the floor from moisture and reduce air/wind from coming through the floor. It also helps the contractor rack the floor easier and slid the wood into place. It looks like you have a wide plank Doug fir floor, you are lucky I would leave it.
the old newspapers found are a treasure .. I like old things .. they have history .. cheers ..
Cool find!!!! Reminds me of when my Dad tore down a old log cabin in Ky, and he found a newspaper with the headline "President Lincoln to speak at Gettysburg"
I wish you had a video of it :o) I'm sure he wishes he had the newspaper still!
+Ang Gru
u can find these ewwwspapers from the library, or archive..
Chase Saxton
Chase Saxton HOLY CRAP BRUH
I think that is cool to find newspapers as old as that and be able to see what life was like back then.......like a time capsule....
Forget a 14k Gold ring I'd be reading those newspapers.
Ikr news papers 4 life
It was nuthin to it, newspaper rap made me do it.
#NewsLifeChoseMe
Glad to hear you were able to replace the boards. I was so dreading them being removed just to look at an old newspaper. That stuff was gorgeous! Would love to see the finished rehab!
Crazy those papers are still fresh
That tounge and groove plank board was AWESOME....worth more than the ring...I would have bought the wood!keep the ring
I ripped up some flooring in my 1849 Maine farm house and it was all insulated with news papers from Aug. 16th 1916. It was really cool reading and in the classifieds there were like 20 adds for companies that wanted to buy used false teeth. I'm not kidding. I read a few and left the rest untouched.
You do know these sell for a lot right?
don't give me salt pls I have a kind of 1931 big book that has old news issues in it. I found in the back of my closet at the time he was staying with me but then he past away and I’ve never seen it until we were cleaning out the closet. I’ve had it in my closet now for about 4 years. It also has his name a bday on the front of the hard back. Do you think it could be worth something? How does one even look for a place to check to see if it’s worth anything?
don't give me salt pls we’re you taking about the wood or the old news paper?
Amazing. What a find .rare. Vintage .history woah
This was more exciting than Al Copone’s vault. At least they found a ring and vintage papers.
Thanks!
hello Angela, thank you for sharing this video. The ring was a great find. now the newspaper of depression era amazing
very cool things you found. i would love to read all of those old newspapers. awesome find.
the real treasure was the boards!
I was cringing
Jake Johanson - Don't cringe :) ... I put them all back in place :)
All the boards got put back in place ... I just had to see what was underneath!!
+Lee Sipe exactly
+Lee Sipe yeah those poor hard wood floors.
It's OK. Tongue and groove removal can be tricky. We learn by doing. Cool find. Thanks for sharing.
those floor boards will go back down just fine.cutting old softwood smells amazing.
That is definitely not how you are supposed to remove antique T&G flooring.
Those boards were worth more than everything you found, not now though.
Michael Clark why are they worth money? And how much?
Izabelle Darvelid Because people buy them to install in new houses and to repair old houses.
Michael Clark Oh, ok now i get it, thanks :)
They are cheap pine boards, you're talking rubbish
I've been in construction, particularly remodeling and renovation for over 40 years, you have no clue what you are talking about.
The most valuable and coolest treasure finds are the ones you never hear about
Felt sick watching those old floor boards being ripped up.
Very sad indeed.
😩💔
Was cringing when they were tearing out that neat old floorboards. The newspaper look like it was used for lining insulation. I doubt the ring was as old as the newspaper, it could of got lost at anytime. It looked more modern. My engagement ring looked similar.
I like the sound while taking off the boards
i was watching this at night when i heard the laugh at 1:14 i almost shit my pants and i turned my light on
didnt hear it cuz i skipped it , so i pressed 1:14 and heard it :/ now im scared and it's night ....... thanks Happydankysnuggles
jimsbond14 your so fuckin weird
yeah you right
I heard it also
it is the wood/slab ...
looks like old yellow pine flooring with old newspapers for insulation. Back then papers were cheaper than horsehair insulation mats.
the country is barely 300 years old and citizens are finding treasures! WOW!
ummm sir your an idiot.
+zombieskillz That was uncalled for.
+HappyQuails was it? he said. nvm you know what. ur right. shoukdnt be calling people names but they should know the facts
If I put a million dollars in my 1 year old home and die. Then the next property owners a year from now decide to rip of the drywall to put in wood walls or vice versa. They then find a one year old treasure, I'm very sure it does not take 300 years, lol.
Did anyone notice that weird giggle when They were removing the first plank of wood? :o
Me o3o
Taras heard it too, at first i thought it was the kid but then i thought wait he has an older voice, sounded like much younger kid....
Alexis It is my youngest talking into the fan... they seem to think that is funny!
yeah i heard
+Ang Gru I think it's funny talking into the fan too, and I'm 36.
news papers was awesome find
Here's a tip for Ang Gru: I strongly believe most viewers would like to read more of that paper you found. If you post pages on youtube nice and slow so we can read them you could make dozens of videos emphasizing one or two articles at a time, and I'm certain you would without much effort and hardly any narrative, garner more views than you can imagine, and the rewards may actually surpass the 14k ring you found.
Also, I cringed when you used a crowbar on those good looking ancient floor boards. It's spilled milk now, but using a wedge of wood between the crowbar and boards would leave those boards without a blemish. To your credit you did look like you were trying to be careful though, but really not careful enough; wondering what kind of wood it was. Lol, jealous in NY. ciao.
newspaper is there to insulate the floor
good choice of tool big old nice crowbar
The newspaper is from Green Bay press gazette which is still in business! Pretty cool!
When I was around 7 years of age, I went to the beach in Suffolk and found a 14ct gold wedding ring, worth over £250 today with the price of gold going up... I really regret this, but I sold it to my aunt for £85... But, being a really nice person, she said she'd let me buy it back.. :)
Yeah..those are treasures because those are memories😊
I once rented a house from a couple that was put in a home and the family sold the house, The new landlord rented the house with out looking through it, me cleaning found old news papers from 1960 1961 1962 1963 and many more from the war, I told him about them but he said to dump them, later I found out that I could of sold them to antique collection but it was to late the trash was already pick up.
its a good thing the diamond is 14k after destroying the floor boards..just to find some newspapers.... well done on the lucky find though
I actually have a ring that is identical to that one! It belonged to my great-aunt.
They used newspaper as a type of insulation way back in the day.
You said in the very beginning ," So we're going to tear up the boards because, we want to see what the treasure is"....
With old house construction, it was common to use newspapers for insulation
Yeah they clearly over looked the real value there, the floors. Going into a structure that was built in that time period, don't go in ripping up floors, wall, etc. because that's the money. I hope they were able to repurpose the wood for future DIY Project.
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This is exciting! little do you really know what treasures this house contains!
Holy crap. I read the comments after I watched this and I saw all these things about a creepy laugh. And I never heard it. So I rewatched it and I heard it. Lol that sounded like fracking chucky.
Linked they said it was a kid talking into a fan
Thats solid real wood you couldn't afford that today
5:16 -looks like her hints are "eat lottsa lemons,+ run out in front of trucks",,,,LOL,,,only kidding ,I'm sure some-1 loved her. LOL
Lol! Too funny!
More than likely it was put down in place of tar or rosin paper on top of the shiplap flooring/underlayment to stop the hardwood flooring from squeaking when walked on !! Don't be surprised if you find more as it was cheap compared to tar or rosin paper especially during the depression era.
So cool.
The newspapers were used in those days as insullation. The wood is worth alot of money.
We were redoing out house and it was first built in 1800 or something like it's really old and we found loads of bottles and a note
Newspapers definitely the treasure
my birthday is October 9. how cool
Mine also!
I once found 1946 newspaper and toys in my wall
Cool video!
while i understand the desire to remodel a home but for one that is 100+ years old, it would be better to keep the existing carpentry thats not rotted/damaged in place as it has significant historical and antique value to it - that home may have qualified for the historical preservation act
Original tongue and groove, I hope you saved the good pieces
Lets tear up a beautiful antique wood floor to look at some old newspapers that are under 75% of old homes. Newspaper was used as insulation in the early 1900's.
I also found newspapers from 1931 and 1932 while remodeling the upstairs rooms of my house. They were under the flooring, like in this video. I kept them, had some very interesting articles and ads in them, especially for long-gone local department stores and other businesses.
people used to use newspapers for insulation sometimes, especially under floors.
A CATAL So I looked what the eggs would actually cost today if you count the inflation in. If you want to buy the same dozen eggs today you'ld need to spend 10.92$. So they weren't really cheap back then... Oh and by the way the reason why this happens is because banks can create money out of nowhere.
+Lee Sipe I was just thinking the same thing. People just don't think when they do this. The bords themselves are a historical treasure thst should have been shown more respect. Perfect example of idiot weekend warriors.
no your just a idiot garbage collector.....dumb ass
+earl verity, I would try to return to the descendants of owners, if it were me who found the treasure. I may try to keep 10% or less.
+Rita Geraghty i would keep all of it
The excuse is always "yeah but they were old" REALLY ?!? Wow!
lady boywonder if its in perfect condition yeah, but if the wood is damaged in some places you gotta remove that , but yeah replace it with new wood :
;)
so you know who the ring belongs to....the former owner....give it to them...and they used newspapers as insulation...hope you are putting the boards back
the newspaper was used for insulation. As a carpenter this is making me sick. I agree with previous comments. THE treasurer is the wood... SMH
THANK YOU!
Bryan Walt
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piece of history
i would have sanded and finished that beautiful wood floor
When working around old nails and stuff I tend to have steel shank boots on.
haha I like it when someone finds old paper and is so impatient that they rip it out with no care of preservation, what if it was old dead sea scrolls under the floor would you still rip it out with a pry bar?
I had a house that was made in the 1600s and we found 930k under our basement
it wasn't a laugh it was the board. that is some kind of tonewood. it resonated when the board sprung up and down.
Apparently they are new owners of the house and the family is there and the little kid and Mom are in another room so that's why we can hear those voices....not ghostly ones.
Those lights are hot.
Wow, jus' reading old papers takes me back to a lot of questions and WHAT IF's.
Cool, I hope got something worthy from your ring sell, if you did sell it!
The newspapers have the same birthday as me and before she said the date I said "watch it be October 9th" and I freaked out lol
Reminds me of that time I wanted to buy a pickaxe and chop down some abandoned houses.
should check the walls for old movie posters! I know of one couple found a bunch and they sold for a lot of money!
About 30 years ago I helped a friend in Virginia redo his home that was built or improved during the Civil War.
Apparently years ago they used newspapers for insulation.
We found many newspapers from the time of the Civil War, I think they were Roanoke Times, but I'm not sure.
They reported how well the Confederates were doing in various battles.
My friend has a nice collection of historical memorabilia now.
So your vandalized another fucking floor am I right?
legion1a uh, yah.
lady boywonder
legion1a jealous, or more than a little Freudian curiosity....?
lady boywonder I have reported you to RUclips for making homosexual advances on me, they agreed and removed your perverted comments.
I think that's the house my grandmother and grandfather owned when my grandfather built a home put the newspapers between the rafters of the floor by applying Timber Tweed flooring above it what noise barrier weather squeaks his name was alfond Goyette wonder if the kitchen still has a circular fluorescent lights a grandmother grandfather French and live the old days or light fixtures never got changed especially the boomerang stardom countertops in the kitchen
millions of houses have newspaper insulation
never forgetting that day in my life
Cool Find Angela..!! Have you kept the ring or Sold it..?? I'm thinking maybe it was either hidden there on purpose , or more likely it Fell off while work one day many years ago..?? It's ALWAYS so neat to find these treasures..... And then PONDER the reason it was found there to begin with..?!?
It would be pretty Cool if you could Actually find the " original owner " of the ring......or perhaps a relative...??
Either way , thanks for sharing..... Cheers
Sehr gut !
even though the papers aren't in new condition they may be worth something
Ripping up a perfectly beautiful floor that needs sanding....for shame! BTW: newspaper was used as insulation for years. DOH!! 😜
That's what they used as underlay and insulation. The ring is just luck. Good
find though.
No such thing as luck
+NotSoShadySlimShady If so, then good... there would be no such thing as bad luck either :)
on!
My grandparents lived in Marinette Wisconsin! Cool
amazing finds by the way :)
The news paper was to help prevent the finished floor from squeaking against the subfloor
We had the floorboards lifted in our house for rewiring and all we found was the first owners homemade porn album and some toy cars all from the 80's. The guys moustache was killer though..
Not uncommon in old houses. Always fun to find.
that was cool
A guy in the 1930s bought a log cabin in Michigan and tore it down to build a new home, when he cut into the center log that was a support gold coins began spilling out, the Feds found out and tried to claim the money as theirs, but he said I bought it and what ever comes with it is mine, they came back and he cocked his shotgun and said step on my property and your dead! He got to keep the gold. but paid the feds taxes on his find! There was at least 3 million in coins, just imagine the value today!
+LuxorVan Yes and people use metal detectors all over Europe (and elsewhere, of course) where the find all kinds of ancient bronze relics which have survived beautifully, particularly in chambers connected with the after life of the dead. The things they find are amazing!
cool ring find but destroying the vintage floor boards was pointless.
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not really wood floors are cheap, what if they found a cash stash, its worth the risk.
To all the people crying about the valuable old wood . please answer this,what species of wood is it and what is the value of it as is? looks like some dry old split Pine to me I doubt you would get 20 bucks in clean condition for all of that would if you could go through the trouble and find someone to buy it off of you please enlighten me I hope I'm wrong
Darkest diamond in a plated setting I've ever seen....but the news papers were interesting.
RIP HARD WOOD :(
It was there acting as a moisture barrier.
Nice
So Sad to see those beautiful aged hardwood floor boards ripped up and cracked. What a shame. Just like cutting $20.00 bills in half..............:-(
Nice!
Did you notice Lionel Berrymore ? and Harpo ? and Laurel & Hardy.
Interesting video. It's nice to find something that gives a tangible link to the history of a house. I'm from England and my first home was Edwardian. One early resident must have been a photographer because I found old photos and developing paraphernalia behind a skirting board in a walk-in understairs cupboard. I imagine it was used as a makeshift darkroom. I've found newspapers too. Fragile items but increasingly rare with time. Did you keep yours?
Everybody said (my elders) that we got a real treasure under our house worth billions i think its true becoz we got the house for over 300 + years
grads u finding a ring , certain parts of the paper i would have framed or laminate it , as keepsakes ...
sorry to be completely honest with you ripping out those floors probably decreased the value of your home as for the news papers back in them days that s how some folks insulated there house the being 14 kt. probably worth less than a hundred dollars would like to more of the ring i found a similiar one in my barn inside of band it says 14kt. romany and my center stone is missing would greatly appreciate any insight you have on the word romany