This is an another great historical lost of bitcoin. According to Howell, it was his girlfriend that threw the harddisk into the waste in 2013. And he has been searching for it for 12 years. And he has used different devices plus planning robot to search for it but no avail and finally gave up the search. And right now that bitcoin price is on the peak, the 8,000 BTC he lost would hit very big amount. This is a very painful lost and he never forgive the
Recovering those data from will give him at least 1% chance. But finding that thing there? Will give him at least 0.1% chance, its near impossible, that mass garbage for how many thousands m², its width and the height of the garbage fills for more than a decade. I really wonder if it still there or some kid have it separated from the garbage truck and make them like a toy instead.