Update: OP has called 911.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any insight into how it got there, just seemingly discarded, not even buried, under the porch. I have lived here for 3 years and the prior owners would be in their 80s, but I don’t know anything about them. It could be a “souvenir” that a vet brought back (the police said they find a lot of grenades). But one cop who is about to retire after 28 years on the force said he’s never seen anything like this before!”

“Dear PoPville,

I found this thing that looks like either some kind of lawn ornament or a missile! I found it only slightly buried underneath my front porch in the Kingman Park neighborhood. I have no idea what it is! It’s fairly heavy and made of metal. One of the pics has my hand in it for scale.” Read More

“Dear PoPville,

I found this metal object (with quarter for scale) in my backyard when planting a scrub – Logan Circle area. It is the original shape and the second picture shows 2 openings where it connected to something. Any guesses are welcome!” Read More

Thanks to ss for sharing from U Street: “When we dug out the basement of our 1890 rowhome, the crew unearthed an old mason jar, completely intact, that was under the old cement slab. According to the markings on the bottom of the jar, it was created in Harpers Ferry, WV in the 1920s, if I recall correctly. We cleaned it off and still have it. I wish I would have thought about burying something before the poured the new foundation.

It really is remarkable that this thing survived the jackhammering of the cement slab and dig out. Glad the workers saved it too.”

If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.

Thanks to Patricia for sending: “Opened up walls in our former sleeping porch in Manor Park. Row house was built in 1929. Fairfax Farms Dairy milk bottle found in the insulation. Read More

If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.

Thanks to Will for sharing from his dad: “from the Hahn shoe store on Pennsylvania ave I was told.” Read More

If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.

Thanks to Claudia for sending this great find from “the St. John’s Opportunity Shop in Chevy Chase.”

The description on the back is the best: Read More

If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.

Thanks to Katie for sending: “A neighbor in Mt. Rainier sadly passed away from Covid. His relatives have been cleaning out his house a bit and occasionally put some things on the curb. Another neighbor grabbed one of those pieces of furniture and found this neat relic in it!” Read More

Found this beauty in my yard – dirty but in perfect shape! Apparently it’s from the 1930s/40s. Based on the number of listings for sale they don’t seem too rare but I can’t seem to find much about the dairy where they came from. Still a pretty cool book end. Read More

“Dear PoPville,

I found these three bottles along with another tiny one buried in my yard. Read More

“Dear PoPville,

It’s been a while since Melody Music on Connecticut Avenue closed, but there was a Melody Music shopping bag mixed in with the sidewalk leaves on Swan Street this morning, Read More