I know how this sounds,.. but I swear it's true... I saw and picked up what I thought was an odd looking piece of card in a dbl sealed plastic pocket whilst walking my dogs! The card inside was wet but legible and after drying it out I discovered it was a paper wallet (I have no idea about bitcoin or wallets aside from what I have discovered over last 24hrs,... which has led me here).
The paper wallet has 0.6 BTC. Some strange things have been known to wash up on this beach. I suspect it was stolen and dumped by an ignorant burglar. It's there any way to identify from whom it came so I can return it? It seems pointless handing it into the police if they'll just destroy it....
I am in Victoria, Australia.
Thx
It's a good thing you are kind enough to have the mindset to see it returned to the rightful owner, it shows we still have many good spirited humans with integrity and empathy around the world. For the paper wallet, am not sure the rightful owner can be located as there's no address or any means of identification attached as prove.
Just make sure to use it for not just your benefit but see it as means to use the funds in the wallet to extend support to a few less privileged people around you. And you can use the rest to start your bitcoin journey also.