Find your lost property at the Pa. Treasury!

HARRISBURG, Pa. May 9, 2012 - You never know what you're going to find in the unclaimed property vault at the Pennsylvania treasury.

When Action News steps inside - we find a 12-carat diamond ring, Rolex watches and gold coins as well as war medals, art, and fur coats.

You can follow this link and check out information at the Pennsylvania Treasury's site!

If you live in New Jersey, you can follow this link to get information about property the state may have.

Residents of Delaware can get information about their recovered property by following this link.

This is all considered tangible property and collected mainly from police evidence rooms as well as safe deposit boxes from banks and credit unions.

"We also get tangible items from nursing homes, hospitals, universities as well," says Lindsay Caldonetti of the Pennsylvania Treasury.

But the most common types of unclaimed property include money left over in savings or checking accounts, stocks, dividends, checks that haven't been cashed, certificates of deposit, unclaimed insurance benefits, and expired gift certificates.

"People have left behind security deposits, people's bank accounts have shifted they had bank accounts in their name they didn't know about," said Rob McCord, Pennsylvania Treasurer.

Just recently, the Philadelphia Sheriff's office turned over $12 million in unclaimed property left over from foreclosures.

Debra Duncan has $1,000 coming her way after her home was foreclosed on 10 years ago! And this isn't the first time Debra has received unexpected cash. She checked for unclaimed property last year, too.

"So when I gave my maiden name,- they had more than 30 different listings of stocks and bonds and bank certificates and everything and I'm like, 'What!?'"

Five weeks later - Debra got a check for $1,500!

"So now I'm going to check at least every six months."

Here's the best part: You NEVER have to pay the Treasury to claim what's yours.