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

Richard Guilford poses for a portrait with an ID card from his recently recovered wallet that he lost 11 years ago — Richard Guilford poses for a portrait with an ID card from his recently recovered wallet that he lost 11 years ago (AP)

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'."

A mechanic lost his wallet while working – a decade later it turned up 151,000 miles away — In full