Someone got lucky!

[peeboo]

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/texas-man...-sale-053000463--abc-news-house-and-home.html

And he returned it. Wow
Hope this link works.

 

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[digger460]

Feel good moment for sure! I'm sure he'll be thinkin' about that one for awhile...

 

[galenrog]

Originally posted in May, Yahoo! reposted this item as one of the best stories of the year. I probably would have done the same. Finding a small item or two I probably would have attributed it to poor cleanup. But a hidden drawer, full of valuables is quite another thing.

 

[boogeyman]

Cool Story!! Would sure be cool to see pictures of all the "treasures". There's only one thing wrong with the story though. It says he's an ex-Marine. There's no such thing as an ex-Marine! Once a Marine always a Marine!!!