A bidder racks up totals on his treasure finds from his unit.

By William Tauro

Dozens of curious treasure seekers were lined up at the U-Haul located on Linwood St. in Somerville Thursday afternoon for their “abandoned storage unit auction.”

Bidder Jonathan Zajac of Derry, NH, said, “Some bidders paid around one hundred dollars for a unit and received thousands of dollars worth of treasures on their return. Others might have paid a little more and ended up with a bin full of worthless junk.”

Bidders treasure: a truck full of DJ equipment, new t-shirts, video machines and exercise equipment.

“The hit television series Storage Bidding Wars created hype throughout the country’s storage unit facilities and has many treasure hunters looking to find the pot of gold in those storage bins,” said storage bidder Steve Ward of Revere.

Bidder Jonatan Zajac bid a hundred dollars for his unit and when it was opened it was filled with furniture and with a briefcase full of gold necklaces and charms valued at over five thousand dollars.

Another bidder paid four hundred for his unit and found over twenty thousand dollars of electronics, DVDs, antique furniture, and DJ equipment.

When a storage bin account remains unpaid it goes into default and then gets put up for action to the highest bidder with the contents a mystery to all until after the action.