Do you have some strange items laying around your home? It may surprise you, but you may be able to pawn some of them at your local pawn shop. People pawn strange items throughout the world each day. Chances are good these items are much stranger than anything you could ever imagine. The old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure holds true when it comes to items you’ll find in a pawn shop.

Many people like visiting pawn shops just for the peculiar items they will find. A unique pawn shop find can make a great conversational piece for your home. If you’re looking to decorate your home by adding interesting pieces throughout each room, then you may want to check out a pawn shop in your area. The wonderful thing about pawn shops is that they always have new items. You’ll never see the same thing twice and this makes them an ideal place to find a unique and perhaps strange conversation piece for your home.

According to trivia game, Pawn Stars The Game, the strangest item someone has tried to pawn at a pawn shop is an 18-karat gold garter. However, other pawn shop owners have seen some strange offers for pawn including cadavers, gold crowns from teeth, fake copies of famous artwork and guns made famous from movies such as a copy of the gun used in the movie Scarface. Many of these items fall under the category of curiosities and make for some great stories for pawn shop owners to tell.

The next time you’re in your local pawn shop, ask the person helping you if he’s had any strange items offered for pawn. You’ll likely hear more than a few interesting stories as a result. In some cases, people are truly desperate for money and will try to pawn anything they can to pay their bills. However, in other instances, people simply have an interesting item they would like to pawn.

So no matter what items you have around your home, strange or average, stop by a pawn shop with them. You may be surprised at how much your unusual or unwanted items are worth.