A century-old family heirloom that was lost at an Auckland supermarket has finally been returned to its owner.
The engraved gold locket, which had two images inside, was spotted by a member of the public at Pukekohe South Woolworths nearly two months ago.
They handed it in to the local police station, who then posted on Facebook in hopes to track down the owner.
“We were starting to lose hope that someone would claim it, until last week when we were visited by Cameron out of the blue,” Senior Sergeant Jeremy Steedman said.
Cameron explained that it was his mother, Merle Brett, who lost her locket while shopping on the way to a 90th birthday.
“The pictures on the inside are my mother-in-law and my father-in-law and it’s a very sentimental piece of jewellery,” Brett said.
"I didn’t realise it was gone until I was back home, I was so brassed off.”
She had tasked her daughter with keeping an eye out on social media in case someone posted about it.
“On Sunday my daughter called me and said mum, I think I’ve found it, she saw the image from the Police Facebook post and thought what are the chances two lockets were lost in the same place.”
The family said they were grateful for the person who handed it in.
"Thank you."
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