Couple discober money in safe

Discovery: The safe is uncovered

Imagine you're doing some home DIY, you knock through a wall, discover a safe and inside find $50,000 and a treasure hunt.

It's almost too fun to be true, but it happened to a couple in Phoenix, US.

Posted on imgur, a woman has described an incredible tale of finding a series of clues inside a decades-old safe.

She and her partner were demolishing their kitchen when they found the safe.

They remembered that when they moved in they found a safe code in the back of a medicine cabinet and after half a dozen attempts the safe opened.

And inside? Just $51,080, mostly in $100 notes and a bottle of bourbon dated 1960.

She writes: ""We stared in disbelief.

"Time stood still.

"I started to reach in the safe and Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’ I’m still laughing at that one."

But also inside was a book, entitled 'A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher' published in 1977.

And inside that was a black and white photo of a mystery man and written on the back is the message: "Alan, I have a book you must read.

"I’ve underlined a few key passages.

"Your friend, Vincent."

And THEN on several pages there are a series of what seem to be clues.

On page seven, an underlined passage of the chapter titled, ‘On Philosophical Maps’ reads: “One way of looking at the world as a whole is by means of a map, that is to say, some sort of plan or outline that shows where various things are to be found.”

And tucked into page seven is a card with the state of Arizona on it.

Then on page eleven is a photo of a house with 'there yielded such fruitful results" written underneath.

On the back of the photo, which depicts a tree split into three, "Where one tree becomes three" is written.

The woman writes: "There might be a keen eye out there who recognizes this place and I’d be curious about that three-headed tree!"

On page 14, an underlined passage reads: “Most Modern Readers will be reluctant to believe that perfect happiness is attainable by methods of which their modern world knows nothing.”

And even more - a Bingo card has three numbers circled.

The woman and her partner said they don't know what they will do with the money yet but she wrote: "If Alan is still out there, it was meant for him after all.

"But we’re keeping the bourbon!"