Have you ever lost anything? Most likely you just left it behind somewhere and relied on the kindness of strangers to return it to a lost-and-found.

Chances are you didn’t believe that anyone would be so kind, especially if it was cash you lost, but you’d be surprised.

The lost-and-found booths at this year’s U.S. Open have been very busy places, collecting lost items and making lists of items lost.

Everything you can imagine has been turned in, including credit cards, phone cards, corporate cards, corporate guest passes, members passes, tickets, sunglasses, umbrellas, jackets and even cash. Yes, cash.

A total of three money clips have been turned in, with cash, and one of those clips was particularly special to the owner.

The clip came from the Orient, and the man was simply hoping to get it back, cash or no. Volunteer Dale Crisp was there when the man came to collect it.

"He said ‘I don’t care about the money, and I know the money’s not there.’" He told Crisp that he had $35 in the clip.

"I joked with him, ‘this is not yours, there’s $36 in there,’" she said. "We’ve had lots of success stories."

Another money clip was turned in with a PGA logo and initials engraved in it. Volunteers figured out that the initials matched one of the players and they passed it along to get it back to him. They haven’t heard anything back and assume it was the right guess.

A third money clip was turned in with a sizeable amount of cash that has yet to be claimed.

One man reported that he had lost $1,500 in cash wrapped around credit cards and an ID.

"That has not been turned in yet," Crisp says.

Other items that have been turned in include hearing aids, cameras, two rolls of exposed film, one roll of unexposed film, a number of drivers licenses, hats, clothing, binoculars and camera lens caps.

Crisp, who is the second in command at the lost-and-found, had her wallet stolen from a public library in Boston years ago. It took two years, but it finally came back to her, through the mail. She understands what it’s like to lose something.

"I know the feeling," she says. "I’ve had something lost and it did finally get back to me."

As are plenty of items at the Open. A set of keys to a Lexus and a Jaguar with a house key was turned in.

Volunteer Diana DiStefano feels pity when she sees car keys get turned in.

"Car keys are hard," she says. "They’ve got to get home at the end of the day."

A few individuals have reported missing vehicles, including a Lexus and a Corvette. They, however, did not actually own such vehicles.

One woman lost her husband and came to the lost-and-found as a last resort, says volunteer Robert Russo.

"She had no place else to go," he says. Apparently it had been a very difficult day for the woman who had first lost the friends she came with and then lost her husband. After several hours of looking for her spouse, volunteers offered to put him in the logbooks as a lost item and could call her if he turned up the following day.

"She laughed," he says. "She had a very good sense of humor." No one knows if she ever managed to find her husband.

A number of children have been lost as well, according to volunteer James McGill.

"We had three lost children one day and the day before that there was one lost," says McGill, who knows that losing a child is a frightening experience. "That’s more scary than losing your jacket."

One woman came to lost-and-found looking for her son. Everyone was very concerned, taking notes and hoping to help the lady. They asked how old her son was, and she said 34.

McGill also shared a story of a young teen-aged boy who came to turn in a lost ticket, while he was also hoping that someone had turned in a member pass that he has lost. McGill was sincerely impressed with the young man’s character.

"His was never turned in as far as we know," McGill regrets, "but what a nice young man!"