It always breaks peopleโs 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 itโs 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.
1. Lost wallet
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.


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Reddit
2. She bought back the book she lost
She lost this exact book five years before. She couldnโt 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.


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Twitter/Eugenia Zoroski
23. His dogโs favorite toy
His dog had passed away two years ago but he couldnโt find his dogโs favorite toy for the memorial. His dog has buried it and he couldnโt find the spot. Two years later, he finally finds the toy and manly tears were shed.


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Reddit
4. Stolen doorknob
Their doorknob mysteriously disappeared after they threw a party. It showed up again a few days later with this note.


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imgur
5. Recovered iPhone
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!


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imgur
6. Forgotten skates
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.


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Reddit
7. Where are my glasses?
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.


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Reddit
8. Loose change
Thatโs where all the loose change went! Ripped the carpet off the car after 18 years and this is what they discovered.


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imgur
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.


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Reddit
10. Lost tie
He had lost his blue and silver tie. He finally found it included in a Harry Potter exhibit his librarian wife curated.


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Reddit
11. Found the iPod!
She finally found her iPod after 1.5 years. It was under the kitchen table all this time.


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Twitter/Caeli Wu
12. He didnโt 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.


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imgur
13. Lost in a fire
He thought he had lost this in a fire. But then he discovered it stored in his motherโs house. Hmmm. We smell a conspiracy here.


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imgur
14. Stuck toy
He left his toy in a tree when he was a kid. The tree grew around the toy and now the toy is trapped!


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imgur
15. Lost necklace
She was about to throw out a couch when she found a keepsake from her mom. She found the necklace she thought sheโd lost years ago.


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Twitter/Promisy shae
16. The line of duty
His dad lost it he used while in the line of duty. It had been stolen from him until his dadโs 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.


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Reddit
17. One drunken night
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.


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Reddit
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!


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Reddit
19. Lost stormtrooper
15 years ago, he lost his stormtrooper under his grandparentโs deck. 15 years later, his grandfather surprised him when he suddenly found this!


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Reddit
20. Reunited in Fiji
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.


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Reddit
21. Good Samaritan
This story can restore a personโs faith in humanity. Such a random Good Samaritan story!


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imgur
22. Lost keys
His brother was late for work because he couldnโt find his keys. He found out his son borrowed the keys. His two-year-old son had the keys in his car.


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imgur
23. Childhood found
The piano must have sounded funny. Thatโs why he opened it. Heโs glad he did because he just discovered the return of his childhood.


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Reddit
24. Floating luggage
His ex lost her luggage six year ago at his familyโs cottage. His mom found it floating by river near the cottage after six years. And look at that, whiskey still looks good!


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Reddit
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 heโs been using since the fourth grade and just got lost and found recently? So many questions!


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Reddit
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.


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Reddit
27. Fishing for more than a fish
His dad lost his badge in the lake 20 years ago. It didnโt want to stay in the lake though because it let itself be caught by a person fishing at the same lake.


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Reddit
28. My precious
His dad lost his wedding ring fifteen years ago. He assumed someone stole it. Someone stole it alright but it wasnโt 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!


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Reddit
29. Traveling 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 momโs 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 momโs current number in Tennessee. Her mom and the wife are now good friends.


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imgur
30. Fishing for treasure
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.


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Yahoo
31. Magic wallet
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.


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imgur
32. Missing book
For years, they thought book no. 6 was missing. But it was right there all along all this time.


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imgur
33. Pottery glasses
Guess nobody wanted potato skins or hot bread for days. Or maybe there were so many orders thatโs why they didnโt notice there was melted glasses on the pan.


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Reddit
34. Missing dog
Her dog was missing. She couldnโt find her dog anywhere. That is until her neighbor called and they found where her dog has been hiding all this time.


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Reddit
35. Lost memory (card)
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.


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Pexels/Fernando Arcos
36. Testament to her fatherโs 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 tenantโs daughter. โ[The medal] just confirms what a great man my father was,โ she said.


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Pexels/Carmen Attal
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 soldierโs 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.


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Pexels/Lucas
38. Vintage love letters
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.


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Pexels/Breakingpic
39. Carrot ring
When you lose a ring in the dirt, plant carrots. Wait patiently. When the carrots are ready for harvesting, youโll then find your ring.


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Screen Humor
40. Embedded golf ball
They found this golf ball embedded in a tree trunk. They should use this piece as a table in the golf club.


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Telegraph
41. Hide and seek
She lost her ring years ago. She only found it years later when she was about to replace her monitor.


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Telegraph
42. It almost fits again
He found this vintage Pokemon shirt. And it still fits! Sort of.


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imgur
43. His dadโs super excited!
His dadโs 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.


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imgur
44. The Tim Burrows Challenge
The Tim Burrows challenge started when they found his wallet in Reading. And theyโve been doing the challenge every year after that. Tim Burrows even made an appearance!


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Twitter/Tim Burrows
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.


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imgur
46. Dinosaur Mug
He lost his favorite stegosaurus mug years before. His mom found it and served it to him during Thanksgiving with eggnog.


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imgur
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.


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imgur
48. One-liner autograph
He thought he lost this prized autograph. And heโs so happy itโs still in one piece!


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imgur
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.


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BBC
50. Flying wrench
He had wondered where his wrench went. And when he started the car, he found out where it was hiding all along.


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Reddit
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