I have some old BTC wallet from 2013

[cr1776]

Perhaps I missed it, but what is the name of the wallet file that you found?  That might help determine what software it worked with and then you can see what it had in it.

As people said above, make copies of the file(s) before doing anything, just in case.  Likewise, before sending them to anyone make sure they are legit and not scammers.

[Smartvirus]

So now I am not sure what to do, should I just keep it or try to open and see ( i really doubt there is anything there ).

If there are coins inside i won't be able to use/transfer them without pass and bruteforce wont probably work.

So does anyone have any suggestion?

Well, you can never really know the content of the wallet if it has anything in it at all without looking right? So you’ve just got to look to see what you could find. Mind you, don’t forget it’s not your wallet and so, be sure to seek the parent’s consent in what ever dealings you’re doing.

It must be sad for the parents, having to go through this and you must be really close to the family and most of all, your friend to be given that task.
It’s better you be the one to go through his things and be proper about it than for the parents to look out for someone else who is most likely not going to be trust worthy.

Perhaps, you still have to go through his things, passwords and seed phrase don’t come by guessing with specifics to public addresses.

[bythesea]

Sorry for not responding sooner. I had some personal problems.

We managed to find the wallet password, we found one flash drive hidden in his apartment taped under the bathtub ( that part used to clean under the sink ).

It indeed had some BTC, close to 2BTC that the parents decided to cash in, they donated some money ( didn't asked how much ) and some went to family. They also wanted to give me few thousand but I declined.

On that drive however was one more wallet but this one is from late 2015. I tried same password, keys and everything but they don't work. This one is also bigger, 150kb so it could be that that one also has something inside.

So unless we find a new flash drive, HDD, SSD or some unknown email that has password and key i doubt we will open that one.

Anyway thanks for all the help and suggestions

[Odusko]

this is also the first thing that came to my mind, keeping the old wallet in his desktop, it means OP's friend is holding something, it's possible that he has an investment held there.
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We can guess as much as we want, but in the end it may just be a wallet that contains nothing. The man was curious and downloaded the BTC wallet, after some time he apparently deleted it and the wallet file remained. It was a very different time than today with a lot of doubt in BTC, and about seventy times less price than today.

If the ops have any guess that his friend have some Bitcoin in the said wallet he can check what transactions have been done on that wallet and how much balance is left in the said wallet, this then will lead him to the dead end of he doesn't have access to that wallet key's, this is very important to take note of before he may seek to fine any other further guide.

Also I wonder why the parents are so concerned that the dead guy have some investment on his laptop because most parents who does not have the computer knowledge won't point to his system as such of where to find they dead son hidden treasures.

[Sobz]

Was it only his parents who asked you to check his belongings? Did your friend ever ask you to do it? Or did he have any chance to tell you about bitcoin? This might be personal questions but I think before you decide how to open the wallet you should also consider what might have been the decision of your friend. If he didn’t tell anyone I doubt he wanted to leave those coins to someone, if there were any.

If he didn't tell his siblings or parents or any members of his family maybe he never though he would die so soon. Maybe he kept things to himself for privacy purpose which nobody gets to know anything about it. If the parents can get access to the coin I think it will be better than for the coin to be there without any members of the family to have access to it. His family deserves to get this coin if their is way for them to get it. Some people keeps detail of their assets to their self without allowing anyone related to them to know about it but things happens which can lead to death thst no expects.