These days, you can use the verbose paths to mount a specific device.
For example:
mount /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST31500341AS_9VS2AM04-part1 /some/dir
mount /dev/disk/by-id/usb-HTC_Android_Phone_SH0BTRX01208-0\:0 /some/dir
Run the ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
command to see the possibilities.