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They couldn’t believe their eyes at what they’d found (Image: Getty)
In a rare find, a charity shop employee claims they found a hidden treasure worth a staggering £4,000 hidden inside an ordinary donation.
Sharing the story on Reddit, a user who claims to be a charity shop employee recounted how they found the secret treasure.
On the AskUK subreddit, one Redditor asked the controversial question: “What’s the strangest thing you’ve found inside a charity shop purchase?”
The responses were downright wild.
Answers ranged from ordinary to eclectic beyond belief, as Redditors shared the wackiest things they had found hidden inside charity shop purchases.
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The user claims to have found Indian jewellery worth thousands of pounds (Image: Getty)
The craziest answer may have been posted by the OP themselves, who shared: “I was thinking back to my time in New Zealand, and the purchase of a $50 chest of drawers. Upon getting it home, we found $50 and a bag of heroin in one of the drawers. So, I ask what is the strangest find in a charity shop purchase?”
One response stood out, with the user revealing how they found incredibly expensive jewellery worth £4,000 hidden inside a tatty old coat that was donated to a charity shop.
The Reddit user said: “I used to work at a charity shop , we had a tatty old thin coat donated , we noticed how heavy it was .
“In the lining there was a large lot of Indian gold jewellery . We ended up selling it 6 months later to a local jewellers for £4000.”
Other responses were equally wild, with one Redditor writing: “I used to work for Oxfam, I don’t anymore though I still work in a charity shop. Whilst sorting through the accessories and bags box one day, I picked up a bag to sort through before it went onto the shop floor.
“Inside was a pair of sunglasses, lipstick, some unused condoms, a hotel keycard and a crack pipe. I was told to put the bag and its contents into the scrap bag that went to the head offices warehouse because they have procedures for that that the shop didn’t.”
Another shopper shared a bizarre charity-shop hidden find: “In an old unused silver manicure kit. A newspaper clipping reporting the execution of Edith Cavell, and a lock of hair.”
People have claimed to find wild things inside chests of drawers purchased from charity shops (Image: Getty)
Yet another eclectic item hidden inside a charity shop purchase were men’s G-strings: “Years ago my boss at the time and his wife got a change table from a charity shop, she did at home childcare so it wasnt much point getting a brand new one i guess.
“She put her hand in the part where the nappys go and found several mens g-strings, i mean what an odd thing to have put there…”
One Redditor shared on the social media platform: “I bought a chest of drawers from a charity shop, absolutely s*** my y-fronts when I opened the bottom drawer and there was a glass eye in the back of the drawer wedged at the back underneath the paper people used to put in drawer bottoms.”
While another user added: “My friend used to work at OXFAM and once opened a bag of donated clothes and found a dead cat in with them.”
One happy charity shop enthusiast wrote: “My ex worked in Oxfam and picked me up a handbag he knew of like. Going through it I found €200 in a pocket,” while yet another chuffed shopper said: “Not that strange, but i bought a pair of jeans years ago for like £3. when i got back n put them on, i found a £20 note in the pocket! If i remember rightly, i used the £20 to buy lots of other stuff from the same charity shop.”
Another lucky shopper said: “Not me, but my best friend bought a designer jacket for £30, and found £80 tucked away in an inside pocket! Jammy git.”
While none of these claims are verified, they add to the eclectic charm of charity shops, introducing an added layer of mystery and excitement for shopping enthusiasts.
