Much like treasure expeditions and playing the lottery, thrifting is one of those hobbies where you really never exactly know how it’s going to end. A realist is aware that the chances of getting something amazing are low, but as the internet proves time and time again, it’s never zero.
The wonderfully named “Official Weird Second Hand Finds That Need To Be Shared Page” is dedicated to just that, interesting and unusual thrift store and garage sale finds. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your thoughts below.
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#1 Last Weekend I Finally Found Something To Add To This Filthy Little Statue. *voilà* Bike-Dealer-Jesus
Image credits: Linda Krautwickel
#2 Whoever Crocheted And Then Donated This Frog Purse To Goodwill Is My New Hero
Image credits: Elli Bragg
#3 Found This Treasure Yesterday
Image credits: Bailey Burgess
#4 Found This Little Gem At The Thrift And Im Obsessed
Image credits: Sarah Wright
#5 Hot Bins Did Not Disappoint!
Image credits: Diana Aloisio
#6 They Definitely Knew What They Were Doing Here… Came Home With Me, Obvs
Image credits: Hannah Connor
#7 Saw These Today At My Local Senior Thrift. They Were Actually Very Pretty. No, I Didn’t Bring Home
Image credits: Melanie Morgan
#8 What The What
Image credits: Jonathon Schlagle
#9 Of Course I Bought It And Put It At My Front Door! Looking For Something As Weird For The Other Nook
Image credits: Lindsay Wilson
#10 Spotted This A Few Days Ago. It Didn’t Come Home With Me. But The Child Still Haunts Me
Image credits: Marianne Tho
#11 My Wife’s Favorite Find To Date
Image credits: Braden Knight
#12 Fun Find!
Image credits: Debbie Munson
#13 These Are The Most Weird Things I’ve Ever Bought
“I was drawn to them, the 2 packets have a sticker saying Lydia on them, I bought them today at a car boot sale in tenerife for only 5 euros”
Image credits: Barbara Mary Holdenneeball
#14 Found This At The Thrift Store Apparently It’s A Potato Masher? I Just Think It’s Adorable
Image credits: Anissa Lusher
#15 Saw This Cute Teapot But Left It Behind
Image credits: Lorraine Chan
#16 Welcome My New Cow We Drove A Hour To Buy In Indiana. Stuffed Her In A Mini Cooper And Got Her Home. That’s No Bull Either
Image credits: Hibbard Tammy
#17 Sheffield, Age UK. If I’m Not Mistaken, This Is A Limited Peter Heard “Faulty Scales” Print, Also Signed!
Image credits: Riley Bronco
#18 Not As Cool As The Stuff Posted Daily Here But This Got To Come Home With Me
Image credits: Zenon Matusiak
#19 Grabbed This Delightful Shirt From Goodwill
Image credits: Cory Bates
#20 I Just Found This Wonderful Donkey At A Flea Market In Nashville, Arkansas. He Had To Come Home With Me!
Image credits: Alison Roberson DeVenney
#21 Found Some Skull Shaped Pendants Anyone Know What These Are?
Image credits: Heri Setiawan
#22
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#23 My Dad Got These From A Thrift Store Or An Estate Sale
They got left in a drawer of a cabinet I took from his house and we didn’t know. My brother in law stumbled across them one night looking at our furniture we had stored in the garage. First they scared the crap out of him and then he brought them to us with so many questions. I have no answers
Image credits: Valerie Frost
#24 I Already Have A House Hippo But This Guy Looks Pretty Cool! Found In Rapid City SD At Thrift Town!
Image credits: Audrey Bacon Pruitt
#25 Found This Mug At A Thrift Store And Absolutely Had To Have It
Image credits: Angela Michelle
#26 Needless To Say…i Did Not Buy This Amazing Goodwill Find
Image credits: Rachel Victor
#27 I Could Not Figure Out What This Is! I’m Sure If That Missing Part Was Intact It Would Be An “Aha!” Moment. But As It Is Right Now, It’s Just A Frog That Opens Its Mouth When You Lift The Other Frog’s Leg
Image credits: Courtney Bailey
#28 Does This Look Like More Work Than It’s Worth?
Image credits: Emma Kelly
#29 Found In Tucson, Az. Goodwill. It’s An Actual Hoodie From The Brand Champion. I Thought It Was Customized But Nope LOL. Still Funny!
Image credits: Noelle Hunt
#30 May I Introduce You To My Strange And Wonderful Children
Image credits: Jonathon Schlagle
#31 Now, Here’s A Funny Fella. An Ent, I Say, Lord Of The Rings. Bought At A Sale From A Café I Used To Visit. Unfortunately They Decided To Close, But They Had A Flee Market Sale This Late Summer. Had To Buy Him
Image credits: Carsten Hagemann
#32 Found This At A Swap Meet Today. It Seemed To Be Too Interesting To Leave Behind Since It Was Only $1. I’m Not Sure If It’s Real Or Not. It Looks Like A Will Of Some Sort
Image credits: Keith Kamer
#33 “What Do You Mean Action Figure?… I Don’t Get It” Junk Shop Dude Finds His Own Junk Shop Dude
Image credits: Kato Susi
#34 Found This One Today In Boston !!!!
Image credits: Leigh Smith
#35 I Bought This At An Estate Sale. It Is Some Type Of A Wooden Water Jug
Image credits: Jeanette Harbison Minard
#36 My Wife Wasn’t Quite As Thrilled As I Had Hoped When I Gave Her My Thrift Store Find For Her Recent Birthday…..(She Actually Loved It Though)
Image credits: Matt Riggins
#37 Found In An Antique Store In Md
Image credits: Stacy Jordan Hubbard
#38 I Didn’t Buy It
Image credits: Brooke Wilson
#39 Found And Left In East Texas Goodwill
Image credits: Melanie Marsh McKenzie
#40 I Found Him In A Thrift Shop Last Week And Fell In Love. That Love Turned Into An Immediate Need To Bring Him Home When I Saw His Tag And 1.99 Price Sticking Straight Out Of His Arse. Welcome Home, Hairy Black Cat
Image credits: Courtney Bailey
#41 Once Upon A Time I Was Thrifting With My Son, He Found This Painting And Haaaaaad To Have It. It Came Home With Us
Image credits: Shelby Brookey Wirtanen
#42 Found This Today At A Huge Antique Store In Downtown Ellijay, Ga, Where I’m Certain He Wanders The Store And Terrorizes The Barbies And Raggedy Anne And Andy At Night
Image credits: Robin Cheever Riechman
#43 Named Uncle Buck And Aunt Doe. A.rossi 2012
Image credits: Ion Myster
#44 Sorry Lara It’s Not You It’s The Shoes And Terrible Jokes
Image credits: Chelsea Dawn
#45
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#46 Found This Brand-Newbrand New Bag At Goodwill In Tucson. It Came Home
Image credits: Doug Groenhoff
#47 Scored This Used For A Great Deal. Getting Ready For Halloween!
Image credits: Justin Corbett
#48 For Y’all Who Talk Sh*t!
Image credits: Victoria Gothik
#49 Anyone Want A “Rock” Toilet Roll Holder?
Image credits: Georgie Jones
#50 Head In Egg On Stand? Goodwill
Image credits: Crystal Swarovski
#51 Holy Cow!!!! I Found This In Rocky Mt. Virginia
Image credits: Jodi Leffue
#52 Found This Today And Didn’t Grab It And Weirdly Regretting It Now
Image credits: Ali Molski
#53 Pee Wee Is At My Local Thrift Shop
Image credits: Theresa Lynn Butterfield
#54 Finally Found Something In The Wild!! Super Weird Cups And There’s No Engraving Or Anything On The Gold Leaves
Image credits: Kari Graff
#55 Today On Market Place, And Yes… I’m Going To Get Them Tomorrow
Image credits: Robin Fedor
#56 Weird Storage Unit Find Of The Day: Two Jamaican Passports From The 1970s
Image credits: Arvie Wrang
#57 I Bought This Doll Chair Today For 35€
Image credits: Sam VE
#58 Goodwill Find Yesterday!
Image credits: Abbey Syme
#59 Found This Vintage 1920s Wool Bathing Suit, Bentz Knit, Pacific Knitting Mills, Los Angeles. Paid $3.00
Image credits: Elsa Queen
#60 I Found Him Today
Image credits: Kimberly Pauls
#61 When You Spot This At A Thrift Store, Mixed In With The Halloween Costumes And You Start To Purr!
Image credits: Natasha Neathamer Adams
#62 Love The Weird Ones And It’s Perfect For My Side Of The Bed. $7 Score And Has Three Lighting Options
Image credits: Shannon Rose Lueskow
#63 I’ve Learned That This Is An Original Painting Of Saint Rita Of Cascia, But It’s Rather Dark! I Think It’s The Blood On The Coif That Threw Me When I First Saw It
Image credits: Sarah Smith
#64 Toad Stool
Image credits: Rune Ireland
#65 Weird? Check! Wonderful? Check! Did It Come Home With Me From Svdp In Tucson? Check! A Slice Of Cowardly Lion Resin Silhouette With A 3D Version Inside
Image credits: Chandara Muon
#66 These Were At An Art Consignment Store
Image credits: Tracey L Pullen
#67 Thrift Unlimited, Arlington Tx. It Did Not Come Home With Me Because Red Just Isn’t My Color
Image credits: Nico Borg
#68 $20 At Goodwill On Tucson. She Did Not Come Home With Me
Image credits: Julie Barnes
#69 Weird In A Wonderful Way In That I’ve Never Seen One Of These Before Today ! A Simplicity Umbrella Featuring Vintage Patterns Of Their Clothing
Image credits: Chris Rutter
#70 Probably One Of My Weirdest Coolest Vines At The Thrift Store Paid 299 Each
Image credits: Bethany Rivers
#71 I Decided To Leave Them To Whatever They Were Doing
Image credits: Brian Trussell
#72 Found Yet Another Raccoon Shirt!
Image credits: Cory Bates
#73 Found This Awesome Dish At A Yard Sale Today. My Husband Said It Spoke To Him So Now It Lives With Us. It Matches Nothing We Own. About The Size Of A Real Lobster
Image credits: LeeLee White
#74 Relatable
#75 Do You Remember The Movie “Close Encounters Of The Third Kind”? Now, Remember Those Creepy Aliens At The End Of The Movie?
“Well guess what, they made toys of them in 1977 and I didn’t know that until I found him at a thrift store today!”
Image credits: Elijah Mcfly
#76 He’s At Least 8’ Long And Is A Great Navigator. Found At Gw In Stamford, Ct
Image credits: Denise Stillwell
#77 Customer Or Employee?
Image credits: Jayson Rackerby
