Every collector dreams of being the person to uncover cities of lost gold, the next Tutankhamen’s tomb, or if not that, an overgrown, abandoned railroad depot packed to the rafters with relics and surprises. That hasn’t happened to me yet, but here’s something almost as good that did happen:

Click the photo above to read how I uncovered a stash of antique telephones that had been hidden in a warehouse for 60 years, new in their boxes. It may not seem like much to you, but for me it felt like I was Howard Carter opening King Tut’s tomb in the 1920s for the first time after thousands of years.

Has anybody else ever had an experience like this?

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