Couple moving into new home find $45,000 hidden in box in attic… and give it back to family of previous owner

Moving into your first house is a nerve-racking and exciting experience -even more so if you stumble across a treasure trove of money.
Just an hour after picking up the keys to his new family home, Josh Ferrin found a staggering $45,000 in cash, old stamps and bond certificates.
It had all been squirrelled away and hidden in a tiny garage attic by the previous owner, who had died.

Honest: Josh and Tara Ferrin hand over bags full of money and tins filled with coins to Dennis and Kay Bangerter, whose father lived in their new home in Bountiful, Salt Lake City

But honest Mr Ferrin said that, even thought there was a brief moment of 'finders-keepers', he knew he had to hand it all back.
He said: 'You can't make plans for money that's found in a situation like this. It just doesn't feel right to do anything but give it back. I never considered the money mine.'
On his first trip to the new house, in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful, Josh spotted a scrap of carpet peeking out of a small trap door in the ceiling of the garage.
He climbed up into the attic space and found several black metal boxes filled with cash, stamps, bond certificates and other memorabilia.
He closed it, locked it in his truck and called his wife Tara, who said she 'immediately knew' it had to be returned to its rightful owners.

Find: The haul of notes, coins and stamps were hidden away in boxes in the attic above the garage

But former owner Arnold Bangerter, a father-of-six fisheries biologist for the former Utah Department of Fish and Game, had died in November 2010.
His son Dennis had been charged with selling the house and said he wasn't surprised at the news as he had previously found cash taped to the bottom of furniture left in the house.
He added: 'He grew up in hard times and people that survived that era didn't have anything when they came out of it unless they saved it themselves. He was a saver, not a spender.'
Josh said he felt he had peek into Mr Bangerter's life when he went through the box.
He told the Deseret News, where he works as an artist: This is a beautiful outcome and it feels good to be a part of it. It's a rare opportunity to be able to do something extraordinarily honest.'
It took the Ferrins three hours to count the notes, which dated back to the 1970s and 1980s, and were meticulously coiled together and wrapped with tiny bits of twine.
And they had to remind their two young sons about 'honesty' after they kept pestering them to keep 'just one' of the bundles.
Josh added: 'The house needs some work. I could use the $45,000 for remodelling, but he didn't save that money for us. He saved it for his family.'

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