9+ Thrift Store Buys That Came With A Little Secret

This wallet from Cabela's was purchased for $1. Inside was a gift card to Bass Pro Shops for $78.10! They made a profit while thrifting! Amazing.

It's a shelving unit! I'd ask what you would store in here, but that's the wrong question. The question is what wouldn't you store in here? It's a masterpiece.

This was taped up in the toy aisle, so Redditor Cursed_0ne picked it up to maybe turn into a craft. Once they removed the tape, they found a total surprise inside! It was actually a light projector all along.

"Bought this organizer from a moving sale two years ago for $10, finally got around to cleaning it out today and to my surprise found a jewelry box full of old pins and earrings (and a 1 cent Euro for some reason) that had been hidden inside the whole time," Luster-Purge wrote.

The purchase of a new hat and a book collection came with a surprise! Between the books was a pristine picture of former president, Barack Obama. What a random find!

Are they creepy? Yes. Are they still cool? Also yes. The top whale opens up to reveal a storage compartment! According to a commenter, the whales are part of a fairly valuable line of collectibles.

When you unlatch the front, it becomes a stamp dispenser! How adorable is that? Even though I don't send many letters, I want to get one of these just to hold my stamps.

Its first purpose is just to be a cute little burger. The second? To cover your dip. Everything about this burger plate is a 10/10.

Oh my GOD. "70’s Porn records surprise under the mat of my thrifted turntable ...now I know why it was playing wobbly," koolpanther wrote.

I mean, we all saw that coming, right? Still, that amount of Pokémon cards is a nice surprise, and it's a total throwback to my childhood.

Especially a Neil Gaiman one! Two of his novels were found at the thrift store, and they were both signed! The price? $2. I bet they'd sell for a lot more.

The purse was purchased for $12, which is a pretty good deal for Vera Bradley. However, the wallet was a surprise that was hiding inside! Two for one deal.

So, this picnic basket came with what Redditor AssassinInKarnaca thought was a tiny table. As it turns out, it's a tiny stand to protect pies from the rest of the food packed in the basket! Cute.

Sure, three drawers are pretty great. But what about a secret fourth one, just for hiding snacks? That's what I'd use it for, anyway. Don't judge me.

But usually, they're hidden in the art itself, not the frame. This one had some hard-to-find hinges that revealed a whole jewelry storage compartment behind the painting! What a great place to hide valuables!

It's an exorcism kit. I don't know what else to say, because it's a friggin' exorcism kit. That's not something you see every day, especially in a thrift store.

"I usually get records at thrift stores for around $2. Realized after I had it for a year that Ella Fitzgerald signed this one. Wish [it] was in better shape," tenglempls wrote on Reddit.

The weird wooden bunny: $1.99. The sterling silver charm necklace it's wearing, for some reason? Worth $50+. Now that's a great find...if you want to add a wooden bunny to your home decor collection, that is.

It was purchased to play old tapes, but it turns out it still had a tape inside — and it was Return of the Jedi! Truly the superior film of the Star Wars franchise. Controversial opinion, I know.

Inside a copy of T.S. Eliot's The Confidential Clerk was a bookmark worth $150. WTF? How does this just happen to people? I'm going through every book I find at the thrift store next time I'm there.

How many chairs do you know that have secret wooden compartments inside? This is like something out of National Treasure. Where's Nicolas Cage when you need him?

When Redditor Mercury90210 found this bangle, she thought it was just a cool bracelet. Turns out it was a vintage watch! And it was only $5!