Wish the article would explain the context of her finding it. Why was she looking through neighbors trash? Who were the neighbors who happened to have all of this to throw away?

Someone's husband / father passed away and the family got rid of his "junk". The Navy veteran recognised old government docs poking out of a recycling bin and started flipping through.

Nothing particularly surprising.

We've updated the link from https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/17/15824260/florida-woman-tr..., which points to this.

> Jeffrey said the items were worth just over $1,200.

I thought I heard them say $500 either way - the find is priceless.

He's a memorabilia appraiser, so the reporter probably asked him what they were worth.