10 Buried Treasures You Wish You'd Found

Remember how it felt to play "finders keepers" as a kid? So that still happens when you're an adult. Check out 10 objects from ANTIQUES ROADSHOW that'll make you want to start tearing down the walls of your house and digging up your front yard in search of life-changing pricey possessions.

1. This root sculpture was found in the eave of a garage...and is worth five figures.

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Can you believe this thing was worth $10K - $15K?

2. This bronze tube is actually a Civil War weapon called a mountain howitzer

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It was found buried in the front yard and it's worth $35K - $45K.

3. A book anthology about wood found in the attic -- worth $30K

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Not kidding. This couple paid $53K for their house in 1976 and the books are now worth $30K…

4. "Wallet pistol"? A very concealed weapon...

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This odd little gun was found hiding behind an old chimney during a house reno, and now it's worth $3K - $5K. We wonder who would've put it there and why…

5. A Civil War belt buckle found in a cotton field -- worth $10K

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We want to find that cotton field, too...

6. Ahoy, there! Treasure from the deep

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18th-century gold and pottery shards discovered by scuba divers! Was worth $12K - $15K in 1999, now worth...hold your breath...$70K - $90K.

7. A Weller frog vase buried in the dirt -- worth $2K - $3K

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"Well, my mother-in-law was walking out to the pear orchard, and we went through the barn lot and I saw the frog's head sticking up out of the ground," this guest said.

"You said you were pregnant at the time?" the appraiser responded.

She dug up the vase and it has survived four children, grandchildren...

8. A Steiff bear literally found in a dumpster in Queens

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It's still got the tag! Worth $3K - $5K. Garbage? We think not.

9. Ads tucked into the ceiling of a house as insulation...

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A collection of 30 - 40 of these trolley car ads from 1933 can add up to quite a fortune, $2.5K - $3K! Orange you gonna go home and check out your attic now? (See what we did there?)

10. A rug tossed out by a neighbor -- worth a whopping $150K - $200K

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The lucky owner had dropped by a house where someone was throwing out a bunch of possessions, including a collection of rugs like this one. Surely the original owner must have known it was a nice rug, right? A tragic case of "finders keepers," if we ever saw one.