I did some research a long time ago and I wasn't too surprised to discover that bitcoin is one of the most successful asset created by man thanks to Satoshi. I've seen multiple posts in the wall observer topic where the WO guys confessed they bought 2k or 1k's worth back then. The thing is many never saw the light in bitcoin till adoption gradually grew and price did likewise.
Many persons who bought bitcoin when it was just a few dollars or a few cents and kept them there till date were mostly lucky ones. Only a handful predicted this turnout.
I'm not sure if anyone could have predicted it, perhaps some people anticipated that it would become huge, but I highly doubt anyone was expecting it to surpass $100,000. I envy those lucky ones who bought thousands of them back in the early days of 2013-2017, forgot about them and ended up recovering their wallets now. Imagine buying €1000 worth of Bitcoin in 2015 only to find them now, in 2025. It's a feeling I would love to experience, but I certainly won't, haha!
I had also recovered a few wallets a few years ago, containing anywhere from 1 to 2 mBTC, nothing special, while some others were lost forever.