I had that happen once. Much, much later I was spreading mulch on my garden and there was my peeler. It was still in perfect condition.
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Lol! Iâm still steaming over a can-opener which disappeared from my solo studio apartment about 30 years ago. Me-thinks I must have chucked it in an empty pizza box. Iâll never know.
At least you found yours!
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It accidentally went into the compost?
Apparently, Iâm guessing it got scooped up with a pile of peelings.
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Like the time I threw out my keys with the recycle. 
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I was missing my favorite spatula for quite awhile. This was my favorite âtoolâ for getting paint on the wall where the wall and wall to wall carpet met. It was flexible and easily cleaned. This spatula was very handy in shoveling the âsnowâ out of the old stand up freezer. Flipping pancakes was its regular job. I hunted and hunted and could not find it anywhere or a replacement in a thrift store. Then, when the snow outside finally melted, there it was. It was tossed out into the outdoors snow with the last of the indoor freezer snow purge. Good as new, it was from the 50âs. Now if I could locate the lid to my favorite super sized Tupperware cup. Cammo colored and I lost it somewhere near the compost bins.
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Oh dear!
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I recently lost a pair of mildly vintage kitchen shears and very reluctantly replaced them with new (but inferior) ones. I subsequently found the original pair in the back-back basement on top of a discarded, dusty suitcase.
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A couple of year later, I finally got this cutting board rehabbed. Itâs a Legonart brand 20x20 square and about 1.5 inch thick.
I never did cut off the feet. The screws are pretty rusted so obvs the op either used it pretty wet or ran it through the DW.
Iâve been using it from time to time for larger meat cuts (like whole turkeys) and also for larger pizzas. I finally got tired of it soaking up too much oil so Iâve finally sanded it down and dyed (espresso coffee, it wonât last too long) and oiled it.
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Dang. Legnoart not Legonart. Itâs an Italian company and legno/legna refer to wood, so I guess essentially it means âwoods artâ or âart with woodâ etc.
This one currently retails for USD 280, VAT included. I got it for $8.
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Well thatâs a nice score 
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Thanks! When I first got it (almost 3 years ago) I thought retail was more like $160 just searching Amazon. Inflation and dollar falling against the EUR shouldnât have made that much of a difference. So now Iâm wondering. I looked again just now and it appears thereâs a large price difference depending on which wood theyâre using, with the walnut (the one I looked up last night) being considerably more expensive than oak, for example.
Not sure which this one is; Iâm not good enough at eyeballing woods to tell them apart. I canât find that they currently make a 20x20 square in the oak, but that doesnât mean it wasnât produced at some point. So it could be either one.
Still a win, either way.
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Looks like oak to me.
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If the screws arenât stainless, then it wouldnât take much moisture for them to start rusting. Even a little, repeatedly, would start the process pretty quickly. If you like the feet, theyâre easy to replace. You can get a package of four small (7/8" diameter) rubber feet from Ace Hardware for around $4. I like having feet on my cutting boards (non-skid on the counter, better airflow when drying/storing), so Iâve added them to mine.
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Thanks; good to know. For boards with the juice channel I actually prefer no feet, so I can do juicy meats on the channel side, and everything else on the opposite side without anything in the way. For sweeping veggies etc off easily without them getting caught in the channel, I mean.
I use this one so seldom (only largest cuts of meat) that I abandoned my original intention to take the feet off. Iâve got another thrifted board 17x14 (channel atop but no feet on the back) thatâs big enough for most veggie jobs.
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Whoop whoop! That puts my clearance rack buy to shame! Well done!
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SCORE!
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You might consider an extra foot, located dead center, since youâre using it for heavy meats.
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