“I couldn’t understand why I chose this engagement ring for myself, until I found my mom’s ring.”
“My dad has run a car wash for over 30 years. He found this in the mailbox the day after Christmas.”
“Friend and I argued over the best car wash in town. Argument ended when we realized we went to the same car wash. Lunch on me. Merry Christmas.”
“I once found a strange box on an old road in a pile of garbage. This was inside.”
“Envelops with money from different countries. These are mainly old banknotes from the 1700-1900s. The oldest one is a coin from 1621.”
“I recently found a lovely bowl in a vintage store that seemed very familiar to me. I flipped through the book that inspired me to become a woodturner 31 years ago, and I found a picture of this bowl there.”
“I found my wallet from 1985 in an old jacket. And this is a snapshot of a teenage boy’s life in the ’80s.”
“When I was a kid, my dad promised to give me $5 for a 4-leaf clover. My search was always unsuccessful, but today it happened. My dad is no longer with us, but I yelled at the top of my lungs: “Dad, you owe me $5!”
“My grandma showed me the letter I sent to her when I was 6. She has kept it for over 20 years.”
“Dear Grandma, I miss you a lot. I wish you lived in America. But I know that you don’t have a lot of money. I still remember you’re fat. Love, Setareh. P.S. Please write back.”
“I just found out that my dear mother kept my old Nintendo 64 with all the original packaging. I love her so much!”
“I accidentally found a portrait of my 4-year-old self in a storage box.”
“When I was 9 years old, my dad was deployed to Iraq. I gave him these cards from a board game to keep him safe. Turned out they’ve been in his wallet for 12 years.”
“My grandma kept certain photos locked away. Among them, I found a small photo of my grandpa when he was young.”
“For my 30th birthday, my grandma gave me my old compact video cassettes that she had managed to find. Man, I watched these 1,000 times growing up.”
“I found old love letters between my parents who were in a long-distance relationship.”
“It really surprised me to see how emotional my dad was about his love for my mom.”
“My grandma gave me this photo after my grandpa passed away. I fell asleep in his lap when I was a little girl. He was my best friend.”
“I was playing my ukulele in my back yard and later, I found this on my door.”
“You are an amazing musician! My husband and I slow danced to your song. Thank you so much for sharing your music with us.”
“I work at a bar in the evenings, and I’m also fluent in sign language. Tonight, I chatted with a deaf man, and the clients sitting at the table next to us got interested. Then they left this for me.”
“Amount: $36.94. Tip: $100. Note: “Thank you for what you do, it definitely matters. Good luck with finishing your degree!”
“I just found the original Pokémon Go in a cardboard box, and it still works.”
“I lost this picture of my cat 4 years ago and just found it in an old hard drive. I am so happy.”
