Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage.
What a waste 
. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place 
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Even when there is a hard drive failure due to ageing or other factors it is really very hard to recover the files in it so imagine a nail in between the written disc data I strongly believe there is no way ever.. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place .