Thank you.
I thought I had seen that before, and you pull up the one I remembered. So, therein lies the question for Sambo.
Where exactly was this collection of locks when you originally took possession of them?
If they were awaiting disposal, you may have in fact broken the law. If on the other hand they were in a reasonably trafficed area and were considered disposed of, you may not have broken the law.
However, this raises another question. At what point does release of right to property take place? In most cases, it is assumed to have taken place when the original owner places the container in a publically trafficed area and leaves them. Presumably for the sanitation crew, but open to seizure by any person who happens by.
From a purely different standpoint. It would have been best to simply ask for the silly things.

Romstar