Now-vintage Gucci purse stolen in 1995 recovered

MENIFFEE, Calif. -- A Southern California woman whose pricey Gucci purse was stolen 20 years ago has recently recovered the bag with the items inside -- including her driver's license, a Social Security card, and mascara -- all still intact, reports CBS Los Angeles.

Lynne Button told the station a thief stole her $600 Gucci satchel from her van parked in her driveway on Halloween night in 1995.

Two weeks ago, a citrus grove worker discovered the purse along a row of trees in a grove in Valle Vista, near where Button and her family used to live. It was dirty and weathered, but still in one piece, reports the station.

"It was so intact, I knew right there it was something I needed to get right back to the owner," the worker, Michael Cassidy, told the station. "I looked in it and found a social security card. So I stopped right there and secured the purse."

Cassidy took the Gucci bag to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, where a deputy was able to track down Button and delivered her now-vintage purse.

Button thanked Cassidy, who visited her at her Meniffee home Monday night.

"I think it's amazing, and it reminds you that there are still some really good people," Button told CBS Los Angeles.