Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
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05/17/21 09:19 PM
05/17/21 09:19 PM
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QuietButDeadly
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Have found a few ratchet straps on the shoulder of the road but my best find was a couple super heavy duty log chains that must have fallen off a truck that carried heavy equipment. They were stout chains for sure and they do not come cheap. They were around 15' long and weighed about 75 lbs each.
Have picked up a few folding bills over the years in parking lots.
Backed into a spot on the curb today, opened the door and there was a shiny nickel on the asphalt.
Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI Member: FTA
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
#7266477
05/17/21 09:21 PM
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Nessmuck
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Found a 20.00 bill in the Post Office parking lot ,a month ago.....I was looking for the rest of it..lol. It’s been a long time since I found some flow.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
#7266612
05/18/21 12:00 AM
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GREENCOUNTYPETE
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I used to get all sorts of tools when I was a kid riding a bike , easier to spot stuff that way
box end wrenches , a set of Allen keys ,a brand new jack hammer bit that I turned into a great but sort of heavy spud bar for opening up ice holes , till I lost it to the bottom of a pond , I drilled the hole for the rope loop , and never tide it on.
a 2 wheel dolly the folding type , it is a little bent , it was in the intersection at an on ramp.
20 foot length of schedule 80 pvc 1 inch ID with protective end caps on yet
even a few good road kill deer , fresh hits , free meat as long as it is cold out.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
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05/18/21 12:16 AM
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ky_coyote_hunter
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I guess you fella's already know this, but early scouting of bar/night club parking lots sat/sun morning has turned up a lot of green over the years...Drunks fumbling in pockets for keys, etc.
You have to know their hangouts and habits, study them just like the animals, Lol.
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
#7266699
05/18/21 07:21 AM
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foxkidd44
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Used to catch snappers in the field waterways up in Amish land. Was very common to find beer under those bridges. rob, ive found more than beer under bridges lol.......used to go under them to get dry dirt ........folks shove a lot of stuff back up under them.
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
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05/18/21 08:44 AM
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BTLowry
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I have found quite a bit of stuff, tools, pieces of ratchet straps, bungee cords and various other things. Met a guy pulling a boat one time and a tackle box came out and hit the road, I picked it up and tried to chase him down but after 5mi or so I gave up since he was nowhere in sight. When I was a kid I would ride my horse along the fence on the ROW of I-20 about a mile to where there was a creek and come back. Found a tire leaning against the fence. I had dad come back with the truck and pick it up. Turned out to be a brand new tire, tube and liner on a wheel that the center had torn out. Guy my uncle knew ran a tire store and he gave me $120 for the whole mess. I used that to buy myself my first bow, arrows, and the little things I needed. That was probably around '84 I also saw a balled up truck tarp in the ditch a few years later when I was driving. Stopped to get it and could not budge it. Found a loose corner and it had one of those big rolls of sheet metal under it and on top of it. Didn't have any way to get it and guy told me later it was worth a good bit. It was gone by the afternoon 
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
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05/18/21 09:21 AM
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yoteguts
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John about a third of the time they were accompanied by questionable reading material. Lol. Best I did was find two twenty dollar bills rolled up tight while bowfishing a flooded road. Also found a 10 spot walking out from bow hunting once.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: tomahawker]
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05/18/21 10:13 AM
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Cragar
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I've found many a tool in the road over the years.
Best place to keep your eyes open , is a tight slow turn with a few bumps. Natural hotspot.
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Re: Be aware of your surroundings.
[Re: yoteguts]
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05/18/21 11:44 PM
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Has-Been
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Marty..." I love finding free chit" I found a dollar next to a tree once on a hillside while hunting. Picked it up, and quickly realized someone had wiped their backside with it. NOT my lucky day!
Last edited by Has-Been; 05/18/21 11:46 PM.
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