πŸ† HONORABLE MENTION Some nice eyeballed finds recently including a wallet and Gucci watch

Bill D. (VA)

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It's amazing what people take with them when they head off to the park for a little jog. Last Saturday morning I eyeballed a wallet laying in the pine straw along the edge of the running trail I frequent. It was a man's tri-fold and at first glance it appeared to be a young man's picture on the driver's license. But closer inspection revealed it belonged to a young lady in her mid-20s which was a little strange. There were a lot of preparations being made at the site for a big 5K race later that morning, and the woman had been riding on the back of a 4-wheeler that was dropping off water at selected spots. Apparently it somehow got jostled out of her back pocket. When I went back to the parking lot where they were setting up, I started asking around and quickly found the owner, who was totally oblivious that it was missing, but was very grateful for its return.

Then this morning while on another run I saw a black watch laying upside down on the side of the roadway on an overpass not far from my house. I was shocked to flip it over and see it was a Gucci (new ones of this type sell for about $400), but it was missing the clasp which is obviously why it fell off its owner's wrist. I quickly glanced around to see if I could find the clasp, but didn't see what I figured would be a black one. But coming back that way to finish up the run I started eyeballing the area again, and due to the early morning sun being at the right angle I was able to see a silver item shimmering in the light which turned out to be the clasp. When I got home and gave the watch a closer inspection I could see that one of the thin metal rings surrounding one of the 3 interior dials had come loose and gotten tangled around minute hand causing it to freeze up. But I think its an easily fixable problem. However, I plan to wait a few days and see if anyone advertises its loss, and if there are no takers I'll have it fixed and probably give it to my son or a friend. They say good things come in threes, so hopefully something even nicer is just beyond the horizon.
 

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tennessee digger

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You did the right thing Bill and I hope that you will be rewarded for it.
 

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Kudos to you Bill. :notworthy: Doing the right thing just feels right. Glad to see you had a chance to experience it.... today.
 

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Nice Colonial Gucci watch Bill. Cool move with the wallet as well. Take it easy bud
 

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Only you. The only thing I find on the ground is dog poop and that's only after I step in it
 

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Bill D. (VA)

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Only you. The only thing I find on the ground is dog poop and that's only after I step in it

Are you saying I'm lucky? Don't know where that comes from :laughing7:. BTW - you need to update your avatar. Where's that 8 reale cob?
 

Gridwalker306

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Nice work Bill, I'm sure some spectacular finds are headed your way for your good deed.
 

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I kneeled in some deer poop yesterday. That was fun.

Anybody ever get a killer signal right under a huge pile? It's happened to me several times with dogs, several rabbit, and about 100 times with geese
 

Gridwalker306

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Anybody ever get a killer signal right under a huge pile? It's happened to me several times with dogs, several rabbit, and about 100 times with geese

I hear ya, and of course you gotta just deal with it and dig. Hopefully it's worth it lol.
 

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good karma Bill! Was a pleasure to meet you in Pa!
 

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Well done man :thumbsup: I'm sure she was thrilled to get her wallet back before having to go through the pain of realizing it was missing.
 

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