Emil Knodel, a former marketing director, is a lover of antiques. The retiree lives in Missouri City, Texas.
He was surprised to discover a real treasure chest hidden inside a piece of furniture he bought at a sale.
The man learned that there was a real estate sale on a nearby estate. So, he decided to go there to recover something old, because the owner of the furniture had recently left this world.
Knodel chose a chest of drawers with three drawers. He managed to get it by paying just $100.
He was mainly interested in his marble top, which he planned to use in his dining room.
But it turned out that one of the drawers had a hidden compartment and inside there was a whole treasure of various expensive items.
They were rings, pearls, diamonds, gold and silver, as well as a lock of hair and war memorabilia.
Emil Knodel thought he bought the dresser drawers and not the treasure he found in the hidden section.
“I didn’t buy these things. If I kept them, I would never feel well, I would not be able to live peacefully,” said the good man.
So, he did an honorable thing and contacted the executor. He was the son of the man who owned the chest.
The son remembered the piece of furniture from his childhood, but had no idea there was a hiding place inside.
He was obviously happy to possess so many goods by chance.
