A bag contained a savings book worth 5,000 euros, silver coins, vouchers and greeting cards that an eager finder discovered. Thanks to her report in the “Krone”, the valuable contents have now found their way back to the owner.
It is thanks to an attentive “Krone” reader that a long search has come to a successful end. When Willi Schersch opened his newspaper last Sunday, he reflected on a report about a bag with valuable contents that had been donated to a rag market in Styria. In addition to a savings book worth 5,000 euros, silver coins and vouchers, the bag also contained greeting cards.
The man from Micheldorf (Upper Austria) noticed one of these cards – which was included in the report – because he recognized his wife Erni’s handwriting. Years ago, the couple used it to wish a former neighbor, who now lives in Styria, a happy birthday.
“They’re looking for you.”
Daughter Erika Schersch immediately picked up her mobile phone and at 7.30 am Bettina Z.’s phone rang in Stainz, Styria. “They are looking for you, you are on the front page of the newspaper,” the 42-year-old heard from her friend and former neighbor. “I didn’t know what to do at the moment,” says Z., “but my friend was laughing so much that I thought it couldn’t be anything bad.”
The finder and owner got to know each other
The bag had now been transferred to the lost property office, where Z. had already collected it. On Saturday she met the dedicated finder Eva Resch (57). The lady had been working at the scrap market for years, discovered the valuable contents of the flea market donation and did not give up. The 57-year-old first tried to find the owner himself. When she got stuck, she turned to the “Krone”.
Bag was a seat for children
But how did the ‘treasure’ end up on the rag market? “The bag was in my in-laws’ house in Groß St. Florian and when we visited there with our three children, it was also used as a booster seat,” says Bettina Z.
The children are now older and no longer need the bag. So the in-laws wanted to do something good and donated to them.
Source: Krone
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