Retiree’s faith in humanity restored as wallet returned after 11 years

15 Aug 2025 • 11:08 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • A retired Michigan autoworker, Richard Guilford, was astonished to receive a Facebook message about his wallet, which had been missing for over a decade.
  • The wallet, containing cash, identification, and gift cards, was discovered by a mechanic in Minnesota, lodged in the engine bay of a 2015 Ford Edge.
  • Guilford had lost the wallet in 2014 while working at a Ford factory in Michigan.
  • The mechanic, Chad Volk, found the wallet in June while repairing the car, which had travelled 151,000 miles.
  • Guilford said: "It restores your faith in humanity that people will say, ‘Hey, you lost this, I found this, I’m going to get it back to you'."

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