Strange finds - Updated
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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
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 06:03 PM
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Cragar
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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
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03/26/20 06:11 PM
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MikeTraps2
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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
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 06:13 PM
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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.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 06:38 PM
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Bogmaster
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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
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 07:05 PM
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SundanceMtnMan
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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.
"They Say Nothing is Impossible, But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 07:37 PM
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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
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 07:37 PM
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Green Bay
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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
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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03/26/20 07:49 PM
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skippyturtle
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found alot of marijuana plants in my day. one camp in particular was 300 or more.
NTA OSTA
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03/26/20 08:40 PM
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Boco
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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.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Strange finds
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03/26/20 09:08 PM
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Alex the dog
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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
Forever in debt to my Father who introduced me to trapping. May I be half the man he was.
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