I found this stuffed animal in a mixed bag of toys at Goodwill for around 75 cents

A THRIFTER made a shocking profit from a second-hand children's toy after scouring Goodwill for hidden gems.

The TikToker - and experienced thrift store reseller - has shared his $42,000 find, which he paid less than a dollar for, on social media.

Scott (@scott_flips_2_freedom) regularly shares hidden gems from Goodwill and advises viewers on Airbnb, investing, and side hustles.

In one video, he bought several mystery bags full of retro 90s teddies, knowing that some of them could be of huge value.

Holding up a white Beanie Baby bear, Scott said: "This is the most expensive thing I have ever found at Goodwill and I've got a lot of them."

In the store, he found several Beanie Babies wrapped up in bags and while he admitted, "I usually pass on Beanie Babies every day," he said: "These were all in good condition."

Once he brought the massive $100 collection home, he ripped open all the bags to examine his purchase.

"I had to see if I had any winners," he told viewers.

Scott told viewers that the first thing he does is search for the teddies that were part of the Original 9 released by the company.

These "could be worth a little more money," he said.

Up next, he says that buyers want to look at the tags that are always attached to the toys.

"The tag is so important. So, if you see the tag here has a fancy tag protector which tells me that this person was probably a serious collector," he said.

The tags demonstrate if the bear is a top generation, and therefore rare and unique and therefore worth more money.

Scott had bought 136 Beany Babies for just $0.72 apiece.

"With Beany Babies one of these can pay for all of them and that's exactly what happened and more," he said.

Scott began researching the most expensive Beany Babies, including Jake the Mallard Duck worth $15,000, which Scott had.

Millennium the Bear also showed up as $15,000 in his research, and he had one of these too.

"Not all of them are worth a tonne of money," he warned viewers before they got too excited about their childhood toys.

The most expensive item was Valentino the Bear, which had sold recently on eBay for $42,300 at the time of Scott's research.

"What you want to look for is errors like misspellings," he said.

On his white Valentino the Bear, he found a misspelling on the tag, and said: "This is crazy that paid for all of these and then some."

However, other sellers were skeptical commenting on the video, saying that it is unlikely his toys sold for the same price.

"I have literally about 600 in mint condition with tags and tag protectors, they don’t sell," one wrote.

Another said: "Beanie babies' prices are super down, good luck in selling them."

Others noted that the re-seller had not done enough research by just watching a YouTube video and not checking what the latest Beanie Babies sold for on eBay.

A Valentino Beanie Baby with multiple errors, and a "super rare 4th Gen tag" and an "EXTREMELY rare star sticker with super limited production," is on sale on eBay for $399.99 and has not yet sold.

Other Beanie Babies are available to buy on the site for similar prices ranging from $150 to $750 meanwhile, less rare ones are $10 or less.

Despite this, some of Scott's viewers were begging others to sell them their collections.