In 1977, Dell Conner was working on building a house in Gainesville when he noticed something in the ditch across the road. So Conner threw the sign in the bed of his truck, took it home, fixed it up, and began his decades-long hobby of finding treasures in the trash.
Digging up treasures with Dell Conner: Local artist shares his journey from collecting antiques to ‘American Pickers’ appearances
