The world's greatest thrift shop find? A Leica for under $5.

Let’s be honest, everyone loves a bargain. And I mean EVERYONE! But for one lucky punter in the USA, I’m not even sure his once-in-a-lifetime find even qualifies as a bargain. It enters a whole other realm and transcends a mere mortal’s definition of the term.

Recently reported on PetaPixel, one extremely lucky person managed to get their hands on a Leica M2 from his local thrift store for not much more than you’d pay for a coffee. Reddit user GreenteaBanana found the pristine Leica M2 35mm as well as an Elmar 50mm f/2.8 lens for the princely sum of $4.99 while checking out his local.

With an approximate value of $1,200 for the body and anywhere between $700-$900, this find of a lifetime is going to be hard to top. Of his tremendous good fortune, the lucky college student commented: “It’s something like this that people would buy and use it for the rest of their lives so that is something I'm considering since I do enjoy photography.” Unsurprisingly, he stated that the Leica has been “by far the best and most valuable thing I've found in years of thrifting.”

If you’ve had an equally amazing find, be sure to share your good fortune with us in the comments section below.