When you lose your wallet, of course you can count on any cash being removed. You instantly cancel all credit and bank cards, and you need to replace your drivers license. But wouldn't you still want you wallet returned, if it were found? Don't know about everyone else, but I care a few things, that would be hard to replace in there. Nothing really heartbreaking, but would still like to have. Of course, it would be awesome to get your wallet back, with all the contents, still a good idea to replace the bank cards...
I have found wallets before and returned them full.... one had about a thousand dollars in it...
I remember it well... the wife was pissed off that he left it on the roof of his car and she was punching him... they thanked me and shut the door in my face.. would have been nice to get enough for a cup of coffee
Go with your conscience.
That is not true... these landowners read the forums?
I think it all comes down to would you want something that you lost returned to you? A lot of people wouldn't know how to go about having someone search for something that they lost. After reading some of these comments, I don't know as I would want some of them knowing where I lost something because it wouldn't be returned anyway. Ii try to return anythin if it has a name or I know who lost it. I had a boy tell me about a woman who had lost a diamond ring playing basketball in a schoolyard. he said several with detectors had looked for it but I found it. he knew where the woman lived (A few houses down) so I gave it to him and told him to return it. When she opened the door, he handed it to her and pointed to me. She looked in my direction and slammed the door. I have found two class rings, both with no name. One was from a school over a thousand miles away and the other was a gold 1937 class ring in bad shape. No way of returning either one. I have found keys with those store tags on them and returned them to the store . I also found a gold ring in a Wal mart parking lot. I turned it in to the curtesy booth. I seriously doubt that any attemp was made to find the owners. Still knowing that I could return something to whoever lost it would mean more to me than whatever it was worth. Even things found in school yards could be turned into the school if it was valuabe. There is a very good chance that it was reported lost. This goes a long way in helping our hobby. The gold rings that I returned and turned in were found when I was living in my truck. I could have used the money but they weren't mine.
Hook, next time I'm in Slidell, I'll buy you a beer and poboy at KY's, cool
Please excuse my ignorence, my family and I are new to detecting. My 10 year old son found a silver ring the other day that got me thinking, if he finds a wedding ring or other valuable objects, is their an ethical obligation to try to find its former owner before he can call it his or is it finders keepers?
For those that are angry because they weren't given the "key to the city for your good deed"...so what?
A couple of years ago, I found a 1984 girls class ring in a local soccer field, the ring was from a school 100 miles away. The ring had the girls name inside, so I took a couple of pics of the ring, and emailed the pics to the schools website, with the info of where I found it, and my contact info.
The woman that read my email, actually knew the rings owner, and had the ring owner call me. The ring owner was super excited that I had found her ring, and told me that if I would mail the ring back to her, she would reimburse me for the postage.
I found the ring on a Sunday, mailed it on Thursday, and never heard anything back about it. Good chance I'll just keep the next one.
with that said---I sent a guy email about a ring he lost --posted on craigslist---i offered my services--gave him the thrill of the hunt speech--& said 40 bucks for 2-3 hrs hunting---he replied "no i wont "TeLL"you what it looks like--& I cld go get myself a detector and do that,get a life"---wow-OOOOH i said---FFWD 3weeks---i just happen to be close the park--where it was lost--kid wanted to play for a bit--too--so parked--went over to the volleyball court---so my son cld play in the sand---fired up my BH--did one sideline pass--cpl bottle caps---then-beeeep---pushed away some sand---and saw white gold band--"no way"ended up a-15.2gram 14k---no initials--shaking grabbed my son--went tested it ---all real and worth $400+--emailed guy asking if he found it---no response--days later sold ring & bought my atpro with that $-----
So "Karma" works both ways---Do what feels good---"right or wrong depends on your point of perception".
Ok , what kind of cookies ?
Fresh chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven We have endless supplies of fresh Colombian coffee as well...
I am going over to the dark side, gotta love oven fresh ! any chance I can lick the mixing bowl ?
Yahoo , let me back fill this hole and I will be right over