It always breaks people’s hearts when they lose something that means so much to them. They look for it endlessly but they know, eventually, that they need to accept it’s gone forever.
Well, these people are lucky. They get to have their happy ending!
After months, years, and even decades, their lost things have found their way back to them.
Here are 50 stories of lost things finding their way back home again.
He dropped his wallet in the ocean 20 years ago. He was back in the waters as a fisherman and he found the wallet he dropped in one of his fishnets.
2. She bought back the book she lost
She lost this exact book five years before. She couldn’t let go and looked for a used copy online to buy. When she got her order, it was the exact book she lost in the past.
23. His dog’s favorite toy
His dog had passed away two years ago but he couldn’t find his dog’s favorite toy for the memorial. His dog has buried it and he couldn’t find the spot. Two years later, he finally finds the toy and manly tears were shed.
Their doorknob mysteriously disappeared after they threw a party. It showed up again a few days later with this note.
He lost his iPhone during a storm in February. He found it a month later, frozen on the ground in his driveway! After an overnight soak in rice, the phone still works!
His grandpa hung his skates on a tree when he was a young boy and completely forgot about them. Decades later, he found them still on the tree.
His father lost his reading glasses two years ago. He took his car to the garage to have his car serviced and found his glasses.
That’s where all the loose change went! Ripped the carpet off the car after 18 years and this is what they discovered.
9. Wedding rings and carrots
This 82-year-old man finally found the wedding ring he lost three years ago! Unfortunately, his wife had already passed away and will never know that she was right, that he would eventually find the ring again.
He had lost his blue and silver tie. He finally found it included in a Harry Potter exhibit his librarian wife curated.
She finally found her iPod after 1.5 years. It was under the kitchen table all this time.
12. He didn’t get to watch Prince live
In 1986, his friend was going to watch Prince live in concert in Denmark. But he lost the ticket. He finally found the ticket, 29 years later, hidden inside one of his books.
He thought he had lost this in a fire. But then he discovered it stored in his mother’s house. Hmmm. We smell a conspiracy here.
He left his toy in a tree when he was a kid. The tree grew around the toy and now the toy is trapped!
She was about to throw out a couch when she found a keepsake from her mom. She found the necklace she thought she’d lost years ago.
His dad lost it he used while in the line of duty. It had been stolen from him until his dad’s fiance recovered it from another cop, who bought it at a pawn shop. Apparently, this it had been pawned several times and had multiple owners before it went back to his dad.
She lost her favorite false eyelashes when she got really drunk at a party. She finally found them months later in her notebook, pressed between pages, which she carried in her purse all the time.
18. Mom finds a small screw
He was disassembling his Nexus phone and lost one of the screws. Two years later, his mom was cleaning and found the screw. Way to go, mom!
15 years ago, he lost his stormtrooper under his grandparent’s deck. 15 years later, his grandfather surprised him when he suddenly found this!
14 years ago, this lady went to Fiji as a little girl and became best friends with a Fijian taxi driver. They lost touch when she went back to Europe. She went back to Fiji as a young adult and found him again.
This story can restore a person’s faith in humanity. Such a random Good Samaritan story!
His brother was late for work because he couldn’t find his keys. He found out his son borrowed the keys. His two-year-old son had the keys in his car.
The piano must have sounded funny. That’s why he opened it. He’s glad he did because he just discovered the return of his childhood.
His ex lost her luggage six year ago at his family’s cottage. His mom found it floating by river near the cottage after six years. And look at that, whiskey still looks good!
25. Wallet from the fourth grade
His wallet from the fourth grade got lost. He found it again with bills worth $300! The question now is, were the bills inside really $300 or is that the worth now? Or was it the wallet he’s been using since the fourth grade and just got lost and found recently? So many questions!
26. A very special earring
His mom lost a very special earring when they went overseas two months before. They finally found it randomly under one of their shoes. They must not have worn this shoe often.
27. Fishing for more than a fish
His dad lost his badge in the lake 20 years ago. It didn’t want to stay in the lake though because it let itself be caught by a person fishing at the same lake.
His dad lost his wedding ring fifteen years ago. He assumed someone stole it. Someone stole it alright but it wasn’t a person. It was the earth. He was planting bamboo when he saw something shiny in the dirt. He realized it was his missing wedding ring!
What a crazy story this is! Her mom graduated in Tennessee but moved to Virginia a year later, where she lost this in a river there. 34 years later, a man and his wife found it using a metal detector. Since her mom’s name and high school were engraved on the ring, they were able to locate her. First through her dad, who still lived in Virginia, who redirected them to her mom’s current number in Tennessee. Her mom and the wife are now good friends.
The original owner of this bag left it on her boat in the marina in 1992. 25 years later, a boy fishes it out from the lake. And it turns out, his uncle knew the owner of the bag! She finally got it back after 25 years.
He thought he had lost his wallet forever when he left it on the roof of his car. Two hours later, he found out he had a magic wallet.
For years, they thought book no. 6 was missing. But it was right there all along all this time.
Guess nobody wanted potato skins or hot bread for days. Or maybe there were so many orders that’s why they didn’t notice there was melted glasses on the pan.
Her dog was missing. She couldn’t find her dog anywhere. That is until her neighbor called and they found where her dog has been hiding all this time.
A couple had lost the memory card of their New York trip at MoMa and thought they had lost all their photos. Three years later, they received the memory card in the mail from a museum attendant who found it that day.
36. Testament to her father’s greatness
An apartment building manager found a 70-year-old box of military medals in the laundry room locker. After some sleuthing, he realized it belong to one of their former tenants, whose husband died in service. He finally returned the medals to the tenant’s daughter. “[The medal] just confirms what a great man my father was,” she
said.
37. A little help from a fellow soldier
An American soldier dropped his wallet on the streets of Afghanistan on the night before he was to fly home. Luckily, another soldier found the wallet that night and got in touch with the soldier’s family so he can return it to him. Because of his efforts, he was able to return the wallet to the right owner a few hours before his flight.
It was the day after Hurricance Sandy and a teenager found a box of love letters near his home. He found out the names of the person who owned the letter when he dried the wet letters. He posted about the box online and was able to get in touch with the niece of the person who owned it. He was able to return it to the rightful owner, who was still alive.
When you lose a ring in the dirt, plant carrots. Wait patiently. When the carrots are ready for harvesting, you’ll then find your ring.
They found this golf ball embedded in a tree trunk. They should use this piece as a table in the golf club.
She lost her ring years ago. She only found it years later when she was about to replace her monitor.
He found this vintage Pokemon shirt. And it still fits! Sort of.
43. His dad’s super excited!
His dad’s super excited about this pipe he made when he was in high school. If his dad only knew he used this to get high back then.
44. The Tim Burrows Challenge
The Tim Burrows challenge started when they found his wallet in Reading. And they’ve been doing the challenge every year after that. Tim Burrows even made an appearance!
45. With the help of a metal detector
Thank goodness for metal detectors! This man lost his wedding ring in the ocean but found it hours later through the help of this lady and her metal detector.
He lost his favorite stegosaurus mug years before. His mom found it and served it to him during Thanksgiving with eggnog.
47. Plastic lasts forever
He lost his wallet in the ocean 24 years ago. Someone found it and mailed it back to him. It surprisingly lasted well over the decades.
He thought he lost this prized autograph. And he’s so happy it’s still in one piece!
49. She just wanted to remove the weeds
She was removing the weeds from her garden when her ring got lost. She kept this a secret from everyone, except her son, and replaced it with a cheaper ring. They found it 16 years after when her daughter-in-law wanted carrots for dinner and harvested these carrots that had the ring from their garden.
He had wondered where his wrench went. And when he started the car, he found out where it was hiding all along.
