. << it started as a little fun with a metal detector for jim van staden. sound / jim van staden/ found dog tags:06-:12 "we found a couple coins, a couple nails, bottle caps, aluminum foil, then we found the tag." the dog tag of a world war two air force glider pilot, larry wilt.. sound / no super "it was just really a sense of awe, like wow you know, cause the thing, obviously it had probably been there for decades." ashley davis / reporting :28- :32 "van staden found it right under this tree here and he says he knew exactly what he had to do next." internet search after internet search, figuring out larry wilt's last known address was just up the road in hennepin and that his sister had actually lived in van staden's house before him. sound / no super "everything we found about him was really great so i was like we obviously gotta try to find somebody that's worthy of returning this thing to." eventually, through a co-worker who knew the wilts, van staden was finally able to find larry's wife, ila wilt. sound / no super "but he never said anything about t

sound / jim van staden/ found dog tags:06-:12 "we found a couple coins, a couple nails, bottle caps, aluminum foil, then we found the tag." the dog tag of a world war two air force glider pilot, larry wilt.. sound / no super "it was just really a sense of awe, like wow you know, cause the thing, obviously it had probably been there for decades." ashley davis / reporting :28- :32 "van staden found it right under this tree here and he says he knew exactly what he had to do next." internet search after internet search, figuring out larry wilt's last known address was just up the road in hennepin and that his sister had actually lived in van staden's house before him. sound / no super "everything we found about him was really great so i was like we obviously gotta try to find somebody that's worthy of returning this thing to." eventually, through a co-worker who knew the wilts, van staden was finally able to find larry's wife, ila wilt. sound / no super "but he never said anything about them being missing, larry never had said anything about them being missing." exactly 75 years after wi

illinois resident jim van staden was messing around with a metal detector in the backyard. at first only small coins but then he stumbled on the dog tag of a world war ii air force pilot. his name is larry wilt. he went to the internet and tracked down mr. wilt's family. >> wow, you know? the thing obviously had been there for decades. >> it was like him coming back again. it's a memory. >> mr. wilt actually passed away some 26 years ago. he found his wife in a nursing home some 40 miles away. he also learned that larry's sister lived in his house before him, which is probably how the dog tag came out there when he came back from world war ii. >> nice to return that. >> nice to have the reunion. >>> 5:20. just ahead, one company is not taking part in black friday, but there is a catch. what they want their employees to do instead. >>> then we're going to tell you how starbucks is hoping to scare up some business with a halloween drink. it's a pumpkinchino. we'll tell you what it is. >> you're making that up. >> a ghostachino. >>> follow the "today in new york" team on faceb