Nick Mead, 55, is a tank fanatic with an over-150-item collection of his favorite military vehicles. When he got Russian T54/69 for a $38,000 trade-in he was very excited to be able to add it to his collection. But when he and his mechanic Todd Chamberlain were filming themselves opening the diesel tank in case they found munitions and needed to show it to bomb disposal crews, they found five golden bars instead, of an approximate total price of more than $2,5million. Now that's a bargain.