Discovering dream meaning is explained below using 2 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Nancy Wagaman
An imagined, desired, or feared discovery.
An insight that occurred to you during the dream.
Discovering an item you lost can represent regaining something you’ve lost in real life, such as a relationship, happiness, or a source of income (or a desire for or fear of regaining something).
See Searching, New, Surprise, Treasure, Opening, Digging, Exposed (Object)
Interpretation 2 — Zolar
money: far-reaching changes in recovery from a major upheaval.
something: be careful what you rely on; evidence may be uncovered to the contrary.
valuables: your search is theoretical, not empirical; the new is unearthed with dirty hands.
yourself: have ful y adjusted to your new identity, whose evolution is unstoppable.