Funny, that's what got me started on this .308 kick. I bought a crate of 1979 Portuguese 7.62 NATO about 10-15 years ago. Probably paid about $100 for it. I slid it underneath my work bench "temporarily".
Recently, I was doing some archaeological "excavation", looking for a part that rolled under the bench. Pulled out a lot of crap that I had also "temporarily" stored there. In the very back was this wood crate with canvas carry straps.
It weighed a ton, but I pulled it out, and, lo and behold, 1000 rounds of .308!.
Wow...It’s good finding stuff like that stashed away....sort of like Christmas! :-)