That reminds me of what happened to a buddy of mine. Although not as cool a find as yours. He was living in an apartment for some time, and his next door neighbors were an elderly couple. Over the years he'd gotten to know them pretty well and the older gentleman would tell my buddy about his time in WWII. After a few years of knowing them, the old man's wife passed away, and his children decided to put him into an assisted living home a few states away to be closer to them. The old man had a rented storage shed that needed to be cleaned out before he moved and he asked my friend to help him. My friend was bummed that he was leaving, and wanted to spend that time with him and to say his goodbyes and whatnot. Anyway, they go to the storage unit and start going through boxes to see what was to be kept and what couldn't. I guess they were just checking boxes and the old guy called my friend over. When he went to see what there was, he saw a WWII P38 and 1911 (not sure who made the 1911). The old man said he had brought the guns back with him, and completely forgot they existed. He asked my buddy if he wanted them, as he couldn't keep them anyway. My friend felt that it was too generous, and asked the man if his son would want them. I guess the old man said something along the lines of "He's the one that wants to put me in the (expletive deleted) home, SCREW HIM! lol, and my buddy got to keep both. It's been a few years since I talked to him, but last I knew he still had them.
