A recently traded-in vehicle at a St. Petersburg car dealership had a hidden treasure inside, WNCN reports.

On Thursday, car technician, Brett Cadroatch, discovered an envelope with $10,000 cash in a Hyundai Elantra he was cleaning out.

“I saw [an] envelope and I’m thinking, ‘Oh it’d be nice if it was full of money, and it was,” Cadoratch said to WNCN. “All hundreds. Brand new.”

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According to WNCN, Cadoratch and his manager discovered the car had belonged to a 70-year-old widow. WNCN reports her spouse left the cash for her as a surprise before he died.

"For that individual, to be honest, to give that money back, says a lot,"  Belinda Sawyers, the woman's daughter, said to WNCN. "He's an extremely special person."

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