'A trip down memory lane': N.S. man reunited with wallet lost 51 years ago | CBC News

Social media successfully brought about a lost-and-found reunion spanning half a century

An accidental discovery at a house renovation site in Dartmouth, N.S., and a social media post have reunited a wallet lost 51 years ago with its owner.

Goldsmith and his colleagues were surprised that everything was fully intact, and they guessed that the owner was a high school student who used to work there as a construction labourer.

His post quickly drew responses from the community, including owner Richard Gilroy's wife. Three days later, they met up and returned the wallet to Gilroy.

He found a wallet lost 51 years ago. Then came the search for its owner

Although Gilroy remembers when and where he lost the wallet, his memory of what's inside has faded.

As for the Hamlet ticket, he had no recollection of having seen the play, but said the $1.50 ticket price is "amazing."

He once found some letters written in Chinese in a Vancouver renovation site, and a bottle of cobra whisky.

"It's always neat to think about like who left this here or what their life was like," he said.

"He was able to have a bit of this luck and get this time capsule," Goldsmith said. "It was such a nice trip down memory lane for him."

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