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What do I do with this?

My father-in-law was an independent building designer and contractor. He built the family home 75 years ago. We now own the home and I was trying to clean out his basement workshop. Discovered many cans, jars, boxes filled with miscellaneous nails, screws, bolts, washers and other miscellaneous parts. Many are mixed contents, some are singular type items. The three pictures are about half of what I found.

Question is, what do I do with all this stuff? Can't use most of it, don't want to just toss it in the trash.

https://preview.redd.it/n30pnmj991ah1.jpg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df6c542043bf97007f55e9d1eb557c3a6c86683b

https://preview.redd.it/jsbjzee891ah1.jpg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e98195f5d0c21c7a1a2c3129d4a99851a9119933

https://preview.redd.it/tn9qatxc91ah1.jpg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da33674126b531632e7a2ede0f5a10cc530b3f08

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