So one of the places I hunt boomboxes is this thrift shop. It's a out of the way place. A lady that works there seems to like me and we often chat a bit while I'm there. Well a few weeks back she told me a neighbor had died and she needed to get rid of some stuff and wanted me to take a look to make sure she didn't throw anything valuable away. Well aside from a few Tiffany yes Tiffany lamps and some super old furniture from the 1800s I happened to spot something in a corner. I immediately asked as to what would be the fate of said item. Well it was going to be tossed in the dumpster as they didn't want to deal with it. Really? Let me take a look . I immediately sensed this was something special. Sure enough it was . A civil war era Remington 44 caliber carbine . I returned to the thrift store asking if she wanted some of the cash . She said no it was fine that I helped her out and the family was happy that I was able to give them a sense of how valuable the stuff was . Off said item went to the auction house and well it didn't quite make 5 figures it wasn't too far off. To be honest I would have liked to have kept it . It was a amazing thing to handle. The auctioneer told me it had absolutely seen action and was as scarce as warm dinosaur crap
