Found and returned Keys

[BobinSouthVA]

Hey I just had my "good deed" moment today at lunch. Here is the story, sorry no pics.

Sometimes at lunch I'll go fish a pier close to my work. I don't take any live bait but use some Gulp jigs and just jig for flounder. Yesterday I caught a nice sea trout, but the little taylor blues kept biting my jig tails off. Went back today for some more bluefish punishment, and after sacrificing my second jig to the little B@#%@S I looked up and noticed some guy with a really old looking whites machine on the beach near a bench.

Soon after I saw him I saw two women poking around the sand in various spots. the way this was going on and the way the guy was swinging the machine told me they had lost something. So over I went to find out the fellow had lost his keys the night before. He said they had a 5 inch wrench on them. Looking at the sand that had been dragged that morning it seemed like a slim chance he would find them, especially with the lack of knowledge on how to use the machine.

I told them I had my machine in the car and could help them look, although the chances were good the beach cleaning machine either moved them or picked them up. Sure enough a short search over the area produced a pull tab, nickle, various foil. We were giving up and I told them to give me their number so if I found them at some other point I could get them back to them. As we were walking back to the car to get a pen and paper, (how may times have we heard that before ) I got another signal that turned out to be the keys. It looks like either he lost them going back to the car or the beach cleaner moved them around a bit. They were only just under the surface. I'm starting to believe any time I need to find something good I need to go straight to the middle of an area, and proclaim, ok time to head back to the truck and get out of here.

Anyway, turned out to be a much sweatier/sandier/hotter lunch than I had anticipated but it was great to see the smile on their faces as they drove away.

Thanks for enjoying my feel good story for the day.

HH

[alderan33]

Way to go, man. Good Karma for you!!!

[BobinSouthVA]

Way to go, man. Good Karma for you!!!

Thanks Alderan33

[littlebill31]

Yes, a good deed for sure. I was tapped on the shoulder about a week ago, on the beach, by an elderly man who had dropped his keys. He saw me MD'ing and grabbed me. I found his keys, but they were about 30 yards from where he thought he had dropped them. I don't think he would have found them without a MD. Feels good to help someone out.
Nice going

[civilman1]

[mfitzy111]

good deal- congrats on a good deed!

[DMN]

Once again, another candidate for Honorable Mention. Sometimes you don't need the pics. Good job!

[BobinSouthVA]

Thanks for all the kind replys.

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Way to go Bob!

[bstimely21]

great story!

[jgas]

Karma my friend, Karma...... jgas

[gold nuggets]

Well done BobinSouthVA......a feel good story for sure.
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[BobinSouthVA]

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Way to go Bob!

awww now that's not necessary (insert blushing smiley I could not find)

However I do have a funny twist to the story.

As I was trying to get to my truck, one eye shut with sand and sweat, to get a towel, I turned and kind of recognized the guy.

"hey weren't you here on the pier a few weeks ago dragging a hook up and down the pier looking for a lost fishing rod?"

"Hey yeah that was me, ended up losing that hook too"



hahahahahahahahaha

looks like this fellow is going to be someones "honorable mention" post fodder for the rest of his life.