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Strange finds - Updated #6818313
03/26/20 05:42 PM
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Seems like I am one of those guys who is always finding things - in the last two weeks I have found $38.00 in currency and change, a Drivers license, several credit cards, a gift card (with $20 on it) and a mans ring (worth about $165 no name in it).

Anyway... today I saw a sock while out walking and I was going to throw it into my trash bag which I bring along for garbage and noticed something hard inside. Turned out to be a magazine for a 9mm Glock. Yep, never know what you are going to find next. (Turned it over to a friend who is on the Police force)

BF

PS. Found the rest of the Glock yesterday. Barrel had been removed. Police spent three hours with me combing the area for the rest. Got a call before going to bed that it was used in a homicide.

Last edited by Green Bay; 03/29/20 06:46 AM. Reason: New information

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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818319
03/26/20 05:48 PM
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I would have bought a glock to go with it

Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818328
03/26/20 06:03 PM
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I've found about a dozen wallets and 2 purses in my lifetime. Returned all of them intact. Most of them only had a small amount of cash , but one I found right after Christmas 2 years ago had over $400 in it.
What amazes me is most people I talk to about returning them say they would have just kept the money. The wallet I returned with the $400+ to the guy who owned it was so , so glad. He told me he was hoping on a Christmas miracle. He had already canceled all his credit cards. He gave me $50. I was happy with that. I earned it , not stole it. I sleep better at night knowing I'm doing the right thing.

Also found a loaded .22 magazine once too. Turned it into the police. It was involved in a crime ( gas station robbery) , don't know if they found the gun or made an arrest.


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818329
03/26/20 06:04 PM
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Not the kind of "ammo" I first thought of when I saw you found an old sock.

Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818334
03/26/20 06:11 PM
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I was working at a gas station one time and a guy left behind his wallet. It had about $500 cash in it, which was about a months salary for me at the time. I tried looking him up in the phonebook but his license was from a different state.

He showed back up a few hours later and I returned his wallet, he counted his money and left me $5 LOL


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818337
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Almost forgot - about eight years ago I found a whole bundle of $20 bills about three inches thick with some that weren't even printed yet! Turned that in too and the Police said it helped them break a counterfeit operation.


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818384
03/26/20 06:38 PM
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When I was managing a drug store,I found a big wad of bills.Put it in the safe.About 2 hours later a woman came in the door in tears,looking for the money she had been given to do the shopping.
She was one glad lady when I produced her cash.
Tom


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Re: Strange finds [Re: nvwrangler] #6818388
03/26/20 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by nvwrangler
I would have bought a glock to go with it

Thats the only reasonable thing to do...


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818428
03/26/20 07:05 PM
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I found a baggy of meth laying in the county road in front of my house. I threw it on the floorboards of my car, and not knowing what it was, drove around with it for a couple of days before I decided I should take it to the police to be checked out. The officer who took it from me told me it was probably flour and sent me home. When I got home he was on the phone and wanted to know the who,what,when and where. Glad I didn't get stopped while it was on the floor of my car.


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818433
03/26/20 07:09 PM
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Shooting ground hogs as a kid, sneaking doubled over behind a board fence that ran out to the road, I found a 20...then a 10, a few yards further another 20. Like $50 in all. I don’t remember if I got a groundhog.

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Shelling corn one fall I found where some kids had made a camp in the middle of the field. I had to admire their achievement. There was not less than a full size couch, and a recliner surrounding a fire ring. But the magic touch was the basketball hoop.

Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818477
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You guys are killing me with your stories. It seems like some people find a lot of things - I remember when flip phones were the rage. I found 12 during the course of one year along a jogging path I used. They would put them in their hoodies and they jiggled out.

Found a wallet last year and called the Police to pick it up. They sent an officer who was a neighborhood kid I knew well. He kidded me about taking out all the cash!

Brian


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818479
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You guys are killing me with your stories. It seems like some people find a lot of things - I remember when flip phones were the rage. I found 12 during the course of one year along a jogging path I used. They would put them in their hoodies and they jiggled out.

Found a wallet last year and called the Police to pick it up. They sent an officer who was a neighborhood kid I knew well. He kidded me about taking out all the cash!

Brian


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818481
03/26/20 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Bay
Seems like I am one of those guys who is always finding things - in the last two weeks I have found $38.00 in currency and change, a Drivers license, several credit cards, a gift card (with $20 on it) and a mans ring (worth about $165 no name in it).

Anyway... today I saw a sock while out walking and I was going to throw it into my trash bag which I bring along for garbage and noticed something hard inside. Turned out to be a magazine for a 9mm Glock. Yep, never know what you are going to find next. (Turned it over to a friend who is on the Police force)

BF

Are you leaving the bones behind? LOL


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818493
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found alot of marijuana plants in my day. one camp in particular was 300 or more.


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Found a wallet full of money in the bar one night.Bought a round of drinks for our table then turned the rest over to the bar tender,who returned it to the owner.


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818573
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Found a stainless S&W 357 mag with 2 speedloaders and a full ammo belt on a beach in northern CA . Turned it in to the local small town police station. They said they would run the number and if they couldn’t find the owner I could put a claim on it. Had to pay $11 for a newspaper ad. Went home and forgot about it. 2 months later they called and said I could pick it up at the Troopers office in a week

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35 years ago during November gun dear season found a plastic bag with bloody women's clothes in it. Call the County police force who did an extensive search of the area and didn't come up with anything. That was the most interesting thing found. Have numerous hammers, a 4' wooden level, pliers, and a 3 ball trailer hitch all found on the road.

Dave


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Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818605
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Found a long rifle that was thrown off the hwy bridge. The water hole dryed up. All I could see at first was a piece of wood. It was the stock. Rusted pretty bad. I had a garage sale sold it to a guy as it was. I am sure it probably didn't get there by accident but who knows. Also was trapping in the BWCA one winter. Found 25.00 on a mushers trail.

Re: Strange finds [Re: Green Bay] #6818709
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This is no joke, i was mushroom hunting in a spot that my dad kinda handed down to me. It was one of those years where the morels were pretty small so i was on my hands and knees combing the grass where i found one. I caught the smallest glimpse of something and at first i thought it was just the edge of a beer or pop tab. I pulled it out of the dirt and rubbed it off and it was my dads army tag from 30 or so years before. This property was almost 200 acres, what’s the chances!!!!

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