Was putting a shopping trolley back in the trolley bay after putting my shopping in the boot when I found a handbag hanging on the back of the last docked trolley. Looked around and no one was in that area of the carpark. Dropped it into the Customer Service desk and gave my name when asked. Came back out to the car and saw a woman looking around the area frantically. Approached her and told her I had left the bag at the CS desk. Turns out it was her daughters' who had been shopping an hour earlier and when she realised it was missing, sent her mother back to look for it. The woman thanked me and I left. She somehow tracked me down with just my name to go on and left a lovely box of chocs for me at my place of work a few days later.
Another time my brother found a phone on the way home from the pub. We rang the first number in the phones phonebook which turned out to be a friend and asked her if she could contact the owner and let them know the phone had been found. A few minutes later the owners husband rang and we told him he could pick it up at my place of work the next day.
Mildly related story. Myself and a few mates went skinny dipping down at the beach after a night on the ****. Walked home and one mate realised his wallet was missing. Retraced our route back to the beach and arrived about 40 minutes later. Couldn't find the wallet on the beach and were just about to head back home disappointed when on mate said, "hey whats that floating in the sea about 40ft out". Wallet owner waded out and sure enough, there was his wallet floating in the sea where the tide and come in and washed his wallet off the beach. jammy barsteward!