I found £36,000 in cash hidden under attic floorboards – but there’s an incredible twist

A TREASURE hunter helped find a family a whopping £36,000 in cash hidden under some attic floorboards - but there's an incredible twist.

Keith Willie was hired to find the "treasure" buried by the Massachusetts family's grandfather before they sold the home.

Cash boxes had already been found in other homes owners by relatives.

In their desperate search they had hired a construction contractor to pull up the flooring – the family members suspected that it had been dislodged.

However, the lost box was ultimately found in a corner of the attic underneath the floorboards where it had been obscured by other pieces of wood.

Captured on camera Mr Willie, who helped assist in the find, described how he deduced it's whereabouts.

He said: “Most of the hints and clues we had turned out to not be true.

“I am constantly looking beyond the information I have, looking for small things that are slightly out of place, investigating, moving on to the next one.”

It took the "treasure hunter" about an hour before the hidden treasure was unveiled.

Upon discovery under the floorboards, the wads of cash were found stored in the lost boxes.

He proceeded to smash it open with the family watching.

“Oh look at that, I see 20s and I see 10s,” he says in the video.

He adds: “They're $5,000 bricks. It's marked $5,000.”

And inside the box, he also found two rare $500 stacks of silver certificates from 1935 – which he indicated could be worth a "small premium above face value" to collectors.