Abandoned for years over 40 years

Hello everyone. I recently bought a new house, well,its new to me. I had been looking for a house that was bigger than 3 bedroom 1 bath.. Im sure you can see the problem. I was wanting something with a 2 car garage. Real estate is high here in south Louisiana. I have been looking for over a year now. I just happened to look through my computer and found a huge house that was a fixer upper. I was amazed when I pulled up in the drive way. The house sat on 5 lots. The house was 4 lots long. It was a Brick 2 story. 2 beautiful Oak trees in the front yard. They are massive. I walked in the back yard through the high grass and I can see where a huge garage was and where an in ground pool was that was filled in with sand. The listing showed it was 5 bedrooms ,4 baths, 2 living rooms, Dining room, 3 kitchens game room and single car garage all built in one. The roof had some damage and I wasn't worried about it. I met the realator and she showed me around. This house was built in the 40s and who ever built it was wealthy for that time. Every house on the rest of the block was either 1 or 2 lots, nothing compaired to this house . The house looked like a time capsule. Marble rotary phones was still in the house.50's shag carpet. Copper Etched paintings still on the wall. 24 caret gold etched plates in the main kitchen. Brick flower planters in the house, Clothes from the 50's and 60's still in the closets, all the outlets are 2 prong, amazing. I fell in love at first sight. The house was vacant since the late 60's. The newest thing I found was some playboy magazines from 1979-81, but nothing other than that. The reason the house stayed vacant was because the roof was leaking and no bank would touch it. Someone had to buy it cash.. They had offers in previous years and no one would finance it... I pulled some serious strings at a bank I know, and I had to put 20% down and the roof had to be completed in 3 weeks after closing. I signed on Wednesday and started to clean it after work. The main living room was the first. A lot of stuff in the house was garbage. As I was sweeping ,I found a penny. I picked it up and being a coin collector ,I had to look at it.. BAM .. Wheat penny 1948... WTF.. What is the odds of that. My heart was racing. what is the odds. I proceeded to work between the inside and outside for the next few days. Saturday night I went in the master bath and was sitting on the toilet. I just happen to notice another penny on the floor by the corner of the wall. I had to pick it up.. BAM.. Wheat penny 1946. This was too good to be true.. the only 2 coins I fine in the house and wheat pennies at that. The house was almost spotless and after 40 garbage bags of trash I was getting closer to a spotless house. I went to home depot and went to get sheetrock to fix the ceilings in a few spots in 3 rooms.. I was sweeping the dining room when the broom pushed something. I reached down and it was a 1964 D quarter. I was so excited I called everyone in my family. I am now at a disposition. Should I tear down the interior walls to see if there are any treasures.. I know this house has to hold more secrets.. No one can be this lucky... I know a lot of ppl hid valuables in the walls back then, because they didn't trust the banks. The owner died in the 80's so that road is closed, What do you think I should do?

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