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About 15 years ago, I walked into the hallway of my local bank in a small town that I was living in. On the shelf by the cash machine, there was a purse. I looked inside, found the wallet with the gals name and address in it. I knew where the house was though I did not know the person who lived there. I simply drove the purse up to the place and dropped off the purse to the surprised lady. She was very nice and offered a reward which I refused immediately. I suppose in hind sight I should probably have dropped off the purse to the police station. Later, the thought crossed my mind that someone could have seen me walking out of a bank with a ladies purse and assumed that I had stolen it. But everything worked out good in that scenario.

About ten years ago, I walked into the hallway of my local bank in a different small town that I was living in. In the bin of the cash machine, someone had left a $20.00 bill. I did my transaction and took the twenty home with me. The next morning I called up the bank and spoke with some gal who sounded like she was pretty young. I told what happened, and I thought that it SHOULD be a relatively simply matter to find out who left the money there. She at first I think was taken aback that someone would even call in the first place. She said I should just keep it. I did leave my name with her and my number in case if anybody called, but I think this gal was just annoyed with having to take a phone call. I don't know for sure, but I got the impression that she thought I was some type of weirdo. In any event I ultimately kept the twenty, but I was a little disgusted that the teller had no sense of even trying to return the money back to the rightful owner. In hind sight I probably should have called the manager and spoke with them, but that conversation probably would have ended on an even worse note! It's hard to do the right thing some times with the little cooperation out there.

In your case, I would advise to call the station manager and let them know that you found some money. If anyone calls asking for it, then the manager can call you.