Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MIAMI, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Florida Salvation Army bell ringer says an anonymous donor placed "a family keepsake" gold nugget worth thousands of dollars into her hands. Lorraine Momberger, a 37-year-old single mother who had moved from the Panama City are to South Florida looking for new opportunities, was ringing her bell outside a Publix supermarket Dec. 22 when a woman dropped some change on the ground. Advertisement After offering to retrieve the change, Momberger felt another person push something into her hand, The Miami Herald reported Sunday. By the time Momberger stood up, the person was gone and in her hand was a small plastic sandwich bag containing the nugget with a note: "'This Gold nugget is a family keepsake. Please use its value to help those in need with The Salvation Army.' A Friend." Momberger called a supervisor immediately to report what happened, the Herald said. An anonymous caller rang the Salvation Army's Miami office about the same time saying she had just dropped off a gold nugget at the same location, said Judith Mori, director of development for the Miami-Dade Salvation Army. Salvation Army Capt. Bruce Williams, who overseas the area had the nugget appraised at $2,800, the newspaper said. Advertisement "We're really glad that we got that donation. We really needed it this year,'" Momberger said.
