Kapi
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Yesterday at the pier I ran into a lady and we started talking, we had some things in common so I sat and talked with her awhile. We talked about her MS, my Fibro, her addiction to pain medication, my overcoming my addiction to pain medication, God and church etc. and we talked about how I used local lost and found ads to try to find the owners to things I find.
During our conversation she asked me what was my best find on the beach. I told her a wedding band. She started asking all sorts of questions about it and I instantly got suspicious so I started feeding her some false information about the ring. Her peaked interest in the ring had me wanting to see where she was going with her questions.
Basically it went something like this.
Her: what was the ring made of? Was it gold?
Me: Platinum I think
See I should have said right here. "I'm sorry I NEVER describe what I've found so that the proper owner of the ring can be found." But Noooo, I go on....
Her: Diamonds??
Me: No just a band.
Her: Oh what size was it?
Me: Oh I don't know I forget I think a size 8. (I know exactly what size it was and no I wasn't going to tell her.
Her: Oh a mans ring?
Me: I don't know it could be I suppose.
Her: What design was on the ring?
Me: Squiggly lines and stuff, really pretty. <definitely not what the ring looked like>
Her: Where did you find it? Right here?
Me: Oh near here (actually it wasn't found anywhere near the pier)
Her: Oh it sounds nice I bet the owner would love to have it back. You should try extra hard to return that one, I bet they really want it back. Etc. Etc..
Very odd conversation overall which ended in her asking me if I had any pain medication left over she could have. It's here that I excused myself after telling her NO!
So would you believe, today I get an email reply to my always posted lost and found ad on found jewelry on the beach.
My ad right now simply says "Jewelry found on beach" If you've lost a ring on the beach please let me know as I have found one and would like to find the owner to return it. Please tell me what you lost, where you lost it and when, if this ring is yours I'll be happy to arrange to get it back to you"
Her actual first email to me:
please let it be a mans band!!!! platium with a squiggly design around it..
lost on the beach. if you found it will you please five me a call.
xxx-xxxx thank you. i hope you get this message
My email back to her:
Can you describe the ring, what size, what color, what design, at what beach was it lost and when? Do you have a photo of it? Were there any engravings inside the ring? Any specific definable markings anywhere on the ring?
Her email back :
hi, i just got back and read your message! oh how i hope you found it.
its a band that was several thousands of dollars and its platium. i
wanna say its around an eight. i think dsit was lost north of the
pier. please call me if this is it. i dont know how to use the computer
that well. thank you. xxx-xxxx i dont have any pictures of this but i
pretty much described it. im trying to think but i dont have any pics.
thanks
her email was listed as Davids mom:
Really??? I tell you I'm disgusted.
A great teacher of mine, Chris Turner from TheRingFinders taught me a great lesson. "NEVER show anyone what you find on the beach." Well I didn't show her the ring as I'd found it many months before I ran into her. But never again will I describe a ring or even tell anyone what my best find was. Learned the hard but not too hard way luckily for me to keep my mouth shut. Kicking myself for ever talking to this woman but I will pray for her. She sure needs it.
I never reply to any questions through email as to what the item I found looks like. I don't give ANY information about it at all. They have to describe it exactly. In the two years that I've been running these ads only once before did someone try to get an item that wasn't theirs. This is a first for me where someone I spoke to on the beach then turned around trying to claim a find.
Shame on her but moreso shame on me for telling her anything about it!
During our conversation she asked me what was my best find on the beach. I told her a wedding band. She started asking all sorts of questions about it and I instantly got suspicious so I started feeding her some false information about the ring. Her peaked interest in the ring had me wanting to see where she was going with her questions.
Basically it went something like this.
Her: what was the ring made of? Was it gold?
Me: Platinum I think
See I should have said right here. "I'm sorry I NEVER describe what I've found so that the proper owner of the ring can be found." But Noooo, I go on....
Her: Diamonds??
Me: No just a band.
Her: Oh what size was it?
Me: Oh I don't know I forget I think a size 8. (I know exactly what size it was and no I wasn't going to tell her.
Her: Oh a mans ring?
Me: I don't know it could be I suppose.
Her: What design was on the ring?
Me: Squiggly lines and stuff, really pretty. <definitely not what the ring looked like>
Her: Where did you find it? Right here?
Me: Oh near here (actually it wasn't found anywhere near the pier)
Her: Oh it sounds nice I bet the owner would love to have it back. You should try extra hard to return that one, I bet they really want it back. Etc. Etc..
Very odd conversation overall which ended in her asking me if I had any pain medication left over she could have. It's here that I excused myself after telling her NO!
So would you believe, today I get an email reply to my always posted lost and found ad on found jewelry on the beach.
My ad right now simply says "Jewelry found on beach" If you've lost a ring on the beach please let me know as I have found one and would like to find the owner to return it. Please tell me what you lost, where you lost it and when, if this ring is yours I'll be happy to arrange to get it back to you"
Her actual first email to me:
please let it be a mans band!!!! platium with a squiggly design around it..
lost on the beach. if you found it will you please five me a call.
xxx-xxxx thank you. i hope you get this message
My email back to her:
Can you describe the ring, what size, what color, what design, at what beach was it lost and when? Do you have a photo of it? Were there any engravings inside the ring? Any specific definable markings anywhere on the ring?
Her email back :
hi, i just got back and read your message! oh how i hope you found it.
its a band that was several thousands of dollars and its platium. i
wanna say its around an eight. i think dsit was lost north of the
pier. please call me if this is it. i dont know how to use the computer
that well. thank you. xxx-xxxx i dont have any pictures of this but i
pretty much described it. im trying to think but i dont have any pics.
thanks
her email was listed as Davids mom:
Really??? I tell you I'm disgusted.
A great teacher of mine, Chris Turner from TheRingFinders taught me a great lesson. "NEVER show anyone what you find on the beach." Well I didn't show her the ring as I'd found it many months before I ran into her. But never again will I describe a ring or even tell anyone what my best find was. Learned the hard but not too hard way luckily for me to keep my mouth shut. Kicking myself for ever talking to this woman but I will pray for her. She sure needs it.
I never reply to any questions through email as to what the item I found looks like. I don't give ANY information about it at all. They have to describe it exactly. In the two years that I've been running these ads only once before did someone try to get an item that wasn't theirs. This is a first for me where someone I spoke to on the beach then turned around trying to claim a find.
Shame on her but moreso shame on me for telling her anything about it!