A dude with the awesome moniker of Zach Norris (one letter off from the coolest dude of all time), went to Goodwill to find a push/pull golf cart, and just popped into the watch section first. With a passion for vintage watches, he always made this little detour to see if there was something notable to find. As he dug through a basket full of cheap watches and dead batteries, he found something quite rare.

It was a 1959 Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea Alarm watch. Only 900 of these had been made and Norris had recognized it immediately. The watch was slightly worn, but still in an amazing condition, and definitely worth more than the $5.99 price tag.

He bought it, then brought it to a dealer to have it authenticated; it was legit. While he wanted to keep it, he was just about get married and the money would have been more useful, so after fielding offers from watch collectors, he accepted a bid for $35,000 plus a $4,000 Omega Speed Master watch.