Deuteronomy 22: 1 - 3 shows that a finder was not simply to keep the item he finds but rather to keep it “until he [the owner] claims it, and then give it back to him. ”
لا تقول تثنية ٢٢ :‏ ​ ١ -‏ ٣ انه ينبغي للمرء ان يحتفظ بما يعثر عليه ،‏ بل ان يحتفظ به ‹ حتى يطلبه صاحبه ،‏ فيرده اليه › .‏