Hey man, I hate it for you. I bet somebody said "hey we better get that stuff before somebody steals it". Hey I know it's not funny but, you never know, there are some good people around still. Several years ago a friend of mine and his granddad were putting in at a lake when they noticed a really big tackle box full of bass fishing stuff. My friend said his granddad picked it up and said "somebodies going to be missing that". Got back to town and put the word out about the find (this was before the internet), took a few days, but finally, some really happy guy called about it and got it back. Good luck.