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NASA launched The Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1977 to take photos of Jupiter and Saturn. Traveling through space at 38,000 mph it has taken until 2013 to reach interstellar space, some 11.66 billion miles from the Sun. Every new discovery reminds me of the greatness of our God and when I consider that Voyager…

The amazing discovery of a 1880s era Winchester rifle has authorities in Nevada stumped. During an archaeological survey in late 2014, the rifle was discovered leaning against a tree. It blended in to its surrounding so well that officials say it is possible the .40-40 rifle had been there since the…

Rick Schmitt and his wife, Lisa, along with their children Hillary and Eric have been scouring the Florida coastline for 13 years looking for sunken treasure. They have finally succeeded. They discovered gold in a 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck. The gold is worth up to $350,000. However, most of the…

Sometime in 1985, a Canadian man named Jonathan wrote a note to a woman named Mary and dropped it into the ocean. Twenty-eight years later the bottle was found almost 5,000 miles away on the banks of the Neretva River. The message inside was posted on social media and in newspapers, It reads, “Mary,…

While remodeling a house that he had purchased, David Gonzales found something of unusual value. While ripping out insulation from the garage, Gonzales discovered a copy of Action Comics No. 1, from 1935. The comic was the first edition to feature the then, new superhero, Superman. The father-of-four…

A Virginia woman browsing flea markets in West Virginia saw a box of junk for seven dollars. A statue of Paul Bunyan sticking out of the box caught her eye. Purchasing the box and back home, she saw that a painting in the box had the word “RENOIR” written on the back of the frame. Bidding on the original…

A New York family didn’t know they had bought a rare heirloom, when they purchased a ceramic bowl at a garage sale in 2007. They paid three dollars for the item, and displayed it in their living for several years. Eventually, someone get curious about where the bowl came from, and then discovered that…

When Marion Shurtleff bought a Bible from a used bookstore in California, she planned to use it to compare with her other versions. She noticed a folded, yellowed letter inside, but was startled to find her name on it when she opened it. Shurtleff says slipped between the pages of the Bible was an essay…

A Scottish angler set a new world record when he pulled a 98-year-old message in a bottle from the waters off the northern coast of Scotland. Authorities say the bottle that Andrew Leaper caught in his net is the oldest such message ever recovered, beating the previous record by five years. The bottle…

An obscure piece of pottery donated to Goodwill by an anonymous donor may be a very valuable artifact. Goodwill says the piece was put up for auction and received two bids of $4.99 before a couple of people pointed out the potential value. A note found inside the pot indicated it was found in a burial…

A sailing ship once considered worthless is now a valuable source of information about the past. 200 years ago the old wooden vessel was buried as part of a project to expand the island of Manhattan. When bulldozers exposed parts of the ship while excavating a parking garage for the future World Trade…