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As a kid in the 70's, I read a story in the paper about a guy who was coming home from a bar early in morning, somewhere in the Newark, NJ area, when he came across a large bag filled with cash lying in the road. The bag clearly indicated that it belonged to an armored car service. He took the bag home and called the company to report that he had found it. The cash, over $1.2 million, was old money that had been retired and was on its way to be destroyed. It had fallen out of the truck because someone had forgotten to lock the door.

The company was so grateful that they gave him a $1,500 reward. The writer who interviewed the guy could tell he was clearly disappointed with their reward, and said, in retrospect, that he wished he hadn't called them. The guy was unemployed, and had been for some time. The story ended by saying the guy's wife had left him. Sometimes it's better to just keep the cash.

I would never expect to be rewarded for returning something that didn’t belong to me. No matter the contents, just finding the owner & seeing their relief at recovering the lost item is payback.