By CHI-CHI ZHANG, Associated Press – Thu May 19, 8:50 pm ET
In this photo taken May 18, 2011, from left, Josh and Tara Ferrin,
who recently closed on a new home, turn over bags of money
and ammo boxes to Dennis and Kay Bangerter, sons of the former
owner at the home in Bountiful, Utah. Ferrin found the stash of
money in the attic over the garage, two hours after he took
ownership of the home. (AP Photo/Brian Nicholson, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY – When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.
Ferrin picked up the keys earlier this week and decided to check out the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. He was excited to finally have a place his family could call their own.
As he walked into the garage, a piece of cloth that clung to an attic door caught his eye. He opened the hatch and climbed up the ladder, then pulled out a metal box that looked like a World War II ammunition case.
"I freaked out, locked it my car, and called my wife to tell her she wouldn't believe what I had found," said Ferrin, who works as an artist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City.
Then he found seven more boxes, all stuffed full with tightly wound rolls of cash bundled together with twine — more than $40,000.
Ferrin quickly took the boxes to his parent's house to count. Along with his wife and children, they spread out thousands of bills on a table, separating the bundles one by one.
They stopped counting at $40,000, but estimated there was at least $5,000 more on the table.
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