Moonshadow
Silver Member
I had forgotten about this wallet I had found in October. I was leaving a furniture store and pulled out onto the 4 lane street when I spotted something in the suicide lane that caught my eye. I turned around to drive by again and sure enough it was a leather card holder. I pulled over and had to go into the street to retrieve it. I picked up the card holder and looked about 5 feet away and there was the wallet! The credit card/picture holder had popped out when it hit the ground. I was doubly surprised then! 
I threw it into the front seat and took it home. When I got here, I opened it up to see if there was ID and there was. Along with pictures of his family and credit cards and 48.00 in cash. I immediately looked at the address on the ID and it was not too far from my apartment. I jumped right back into the car and drove over there. I knocked on the door, but no answer. I left a note and told them that I had found a wallet with their address, please call me. I waited 3 days and still didn't hear anything, so I went back over there. The note I left was gone, but still no answer. Even went across the street to a neighbors house to see if they knew them and they weren't home either! I got frustrated. I looked in the phone book, but the guy was not listed. Only three people had his last name, so I started calling them to see if they were relatives. This one gentleman I talked to knew the guy, but wasn't a relative. He knew enough info about him though that I could further my investigation. I finally called the other phone number and sure enough, it was the guys wife. The phone was in her name.
She was absolutely thrilled that I found the wallet. I told her that I had been trying to reach them at home and she said that they had moved recently. I wanted to save them the trouble of canceling credit cards and SS and bank acct. stuff. She said he did it that night! She gave me their new address and I said I'd be right there. I found the house with no problem and it was so cool to be able to return it to her. She told me that hubby had loaded the baby in the car seat and put his wallet on the roof. It rode quite a distance before falling off. I must have found it right after he lost it. She thanked me and I was more than happy about it.
A week later I got the nicest card in the mail (she must have found my address in the phone book and she got my phone number off of her caller ID). They sent me a $25.00 Chili's gift card. That tickled me to death! I wasn't expecting anything, so it was a very nice surprise.
I didn't take pictures of the wallet....but here's the card.
And that was my best find of 2006......Thanks for reading and Happy Hunting!
Moon
I threw it into the front seat and took it home. When I got here, I opened it up to see if there was ID and there was. Along with pictures of his family and credit cards and 48.00 in cash. I immediately looked at the address on the ID and it was not too far from my apartment. I jumped right back into the car and drove over there. I knocked on the door, but no answer. I left a note and told them that I had found a wallet with their address, please call me. I waited 3 days and still didn't hear anything, so I went back over there. The note I left was gone, but still no answer. Even went across the street to a neighbors house to see if they knew them and they weren't home either! I got frustrated. I looked in the phone book, but the guy was not listed. Only three people had his last name, so I started calling them to see if they were relatives. This one gentleman I talked to knew the guy, but wasn't a relative. He knew enough info about him though that I could further my investigation. I finally called the other phone number and sure enough, it was the guys wife. The phone was in her name.
She was absolutely thrilled that I found the wallet. I told her that I had been trying to reach them at home and she said that they had moved recently. I wanted to save them the trouble of canceling credit cards and SS and bank acct. stuff. She said he did it that night! She gave me their new address and I said I'd be right there. I found the house with no problem and it was so cool to be able to return it to her. She told me that hubby had loaded the baby in the car seat and put his wallet on the roof. It rode quite a distance before falling off. I must have found it right after he lost it. She thanked me and I was more than happy about it.
A week later I got the nicest card in the mail (she must have found my address in the phone book and she got my phone number off of her caller ID). They sent me a $25.00 Chili's gift card. That tickled me to death! I wasn't expecting anything, so it was a very nice surprise.
I didn't take pictures of the wallet....but here's the card.
And that was my best find of 2006......Thanks for reading and Happy Hunting!
Moon
It was fun and frustrating at the same time, but ultimately turned out very well and I took my son to dinner @ Chili's! 
Never gave me a penny.
And when all else fails, try to publish a newspaper ad in the lost and found section. But the research, that's the fun in it, and the smile and thank you, that's the reward.
