(See Digging up the past)
Dream dictionary: Attracting attention dream meanings
…To dream of losing your hat is a sign you with entertain in large company, either by making a speech, or otherwise attracting their attention: dreaming of the loss of money, a watch, or any valuables of that kind, predicts that you y/ill gain as much and perhaps more than your loss amounts to: if a girl dreams of losing her shoe-strings, she will be kissed by an agreeable young man; any article of clothing that you may dream of having lost, shows that you will rig yourself out in a new suit. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 47, 6….