# Wow, the "Found wallet from the 70s" popped up again

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-found-wallet-from-the-70s-popped-up-again/402553>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-found-wallet-from-the-70s-popped-up-again/402553 "2007-05-03T01:01:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-found-wallet-from-the-70s-popped-up-again/402553/1 "2007-05-03T01:01:14Z")

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I eventually stopped reading this thread after it got to 4 or 5 pages. It showed up again today in GQ with 297 replies, and 34,428 views!

Is this some sort of a record? Who would’a thunk?

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-found-wallet-from-the-70s-popped-up-again/402553/2 "2007-05-03T06:12:40Z")

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I stopped reading that thread after the first page.

Did the wallet ever make it back to the owner?