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Converse Building Valdosta unearthed roughly 1,000 teeth from behind a wall canonical: https://time.com/5436427/teeth-behind-wall/ author: Wilder Davies article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-26T19:37:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:41.523Z og:title: Construction Workers Discover Hundreds of Teeth Behind a Wall og:description: Fun find og:url: https://time.com/5436427/teeth-behind-wall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00c6ae5da49a4269/69893d9e096a94670b6a3c92/human-teeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5028 og:image:height: 2828 og:image:alt: Teeth og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Construction Workers Discover Hundreds of Teeth Behind a Wall twitter:description: Fun find twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00c6ae5da49a4269/69893d9e096a94670b6a3c92/human-teeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Today in Fun Finds, Construction Workers Discover Hundreds of Human Teeth Behind a Wall > Sponsored content. 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But, while some may [find a precious stash of Roman coins](http://time.com/4312102/spain-roman-coins-seville/), others stumble upon a bucket’s worth of human teeth. On Tuesday, workers in the process of renovating the historic T.B. Converse Building in downtown Valdosta, Georgia were greeted with a macabre surprise when they unearthed roughly 1,000 teeth from behind a wall on the building’s second floor. Images of the discovery circulated on social media on Thursday, depicting a considerable pile of molars, incisors and cuspids scattered across the ground. According [to a report in the Valdosta ](https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local%5Fnews/hundreds-of-teeth-found-in-downtown-valdosta-wall/article%5F2c6a0635-f973-58c2-8e18-949e63e4d9c7.html)_Daily Times,_ the T.B. Converse building was constructed in 1900\. Its original occupant was Dr. Clarence Whittington, a dentist. Not much is known as to why the teeth of numerous patients were stashed behind the walls, but Ellen Hill, Valdosta Main Street director, said that Valdosta is not the first town in Georgia to have discovered a trove of teeth interred in the walls of a historic building, as Greensboro and Carrolton have found the same. “I’m not sure if it was a common practice between dentists at that time, but it’s very strange that there were two other people that said, ‘Hey, we’ve had that happen, too,’” she said. 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