Mystery in the Sand??

[chicepo]

Too cold to go out this morning so I waited until it warmed up to 34 degrees this afternoon. The beach was empty
and kids had not come in yet for spring break. As I detected in the dry sand near a sand dune I spotted the tip
of a small sandwich bag sticking out of the sand. I swept over it and got a good signal so I picked it up. Now it gets good!!
It was one bag inside of another. The outter bag had the number 5 in a circle and a note inside the inner bag.
Along with the note was a 10$ bill and a quarter.
The note said "Please call if found" and there was a phone number. The date on the note was 8/10/08 so it had been
in the sand or ocean for some time. I'm not sure if it is part of a game or just lost. I will call the number and let you know.

 

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[N.J.THer]

Hi,
I'm Shelby...no need to call just send me the ten bucks and keep the quarter for your troubles.
Thanks

NJ I mean Shelby

 

[shaun7]

i once found a smaller seal bag containing a folded piece of red fabric, inside the fabric was a folded up £5 note!
the note had been folded around two coins which were stuck together, so had been in the water some time!

we had some serious bad luck after that

just told my missus what you found and she thinks you should put it back

i'm not trying to spook you but it s a strange find!

 

[cpt_kirstov]

The outter bag had the number 5 in a circle and a note inside the inner bag.
Along with the note was a 10$ bill and a quarter.
The note said "Please call if found" and there was a phone number. The date on the note was 8/10/08

I'm going to guess that this was some group of some sort doing a scavenger hunt that you had a list of places where your bags were, and they were numbered so that the organizer knew which bags to pick back up when the searchers were done. 8/10/08 was a sunday, so it might have been a sunday school group?

If it had been dated durign the school year, I would suggest a psycology class experiment - Each person hide a bag with $10 and a quarter for the phone call, numbered so that you know which call back, and which don't..

 

[shaun7]

The outter bag had the number 5 in a circle and a note inside the inner bag.
Along with the note was a 10$ bill and a quarter.
The note said "Please call if found" and there was a phone number. The date on the note was 8/10/08

I'm going to guess that this was some group of some sort doing a scavenger hunt that you had a list of places where your bags were, and they were numbered so that the organizer knew which bags to pick back up when the searchers were done. 8/10/08 was a sunday, so it might have been a sunday school group?

If it had been dated durign the school year, I would suggest a psycology class experiment - Each person hide a bag with $10 and a quarter for the phone call, numbered so that you know which call back, and which don't..

ok! reading that i realize i sound like a lunatic

sorry

 

[Twin Digger]

Nice treasure Hunt gone wrong.. The owner even lost where he put it.

Nice find!!!

Happy Hunting

Twin Digger

 

[nhbenz]

My guess is that the quarter was in the bag to ensure that a metal detector user was sure to find it, and that this is a piece of a study on the honesty of folks like us. Well, maybe not. I just wanted to post something so that I don't accidentally miss the conclusion of this. Very interesting!

 

[wildcatman71]

VERY interesting! I cant wait to find out more!

 

[watercolor]

My guess is that the quarter was in the bag to ensure that a metal detector user was sure to find it, and that this is a piece of a study on the honesty of folks like us. Well, maybe not. I just wanted to post something so that I don't accidentally miss the conclusion of this. Very interesting!

I agree. . . who knows, this could belong to some billionaire with a lot of time on his hands
and this is part of a bet he made with his neighbor. . . or not. I would call. . . we ALL want to
know how this plays out

watercolor

 

[shaun7]

My guess is that the quarter was in the bag to ensure that a metal detector user was sure to find it, and that this is a piece of a study on the honesty of folks like us. Well, maybe not. I just wanted to post something so that I don't accidentally miss the conclusion of this. Very interesting!

I agree. . . who knows, this could belong to some billionaire with a lot of time on his hands
and this is part of a bet he made with his neighbor. . . or not. I would call. . . we ALL want to
know how this plays out

watercolor

what if it's the man that hands out all the bad luck

 

[watercolor]

My guess is that the quarter was in the bag to ensure that a metal detector user was sure to find it, and that this is a piece of a study on the honesty of folks like us. Well, maybe not. I just wanted to post something so that I don't accidentally miss the conclusion of this. Very interesting!

I agree. . . who knows, this could belong to some billionaire with a lot of time on his hands
and this is part of a bet he made with his neighbor. . . or not. I would call. . . we ALL want to
know how this plays out

watercolor

what if it's the man that hands out all the bad luck

Well. . . ahh. . . he could have run out of bad luck with the last bag

 

[lafatlife]

Perhaps it was just someone that wanted to do something different. You know like the people who put a note in a bottle.

The area code is from the Atlanta area.

Interesting.

Perhaps it's a rich person who will give you a portion of their fortune if you call instead of just pocketing the 10 and moving on. You never know.....now that would be awesome!!!!

 

[dfx willy]

call man call!! intresting cant wait to see what happens. willy.

 

[creeper71]

I would call the number but would block my own number an not give my last name to whoever on the other end if asked

 

[kiddrock33]

i build bridges usually over rivers . one day my partner wrote a note saying if you find this call this number and i will give you 500.00 he signed my bosses name and the company trailers phone number sure enough someone found it in the river and called wanting the cash even today we still laugh at him .

 

[chicepo]

Well the good news is I called the number in the note. The bad news is it was disconnected or out of service. I have done all the reverse phone numbers sites with no luck. I am going to keep trying but I think it might be a dead end. I had hopes of maybe it was a test to see if someone would call and turn the money in a they would give a huge reward! WAKE UP !! Sorry, I was day dreaming.

 

[wildcatman71]

Well the good news is I called the number in the note. The bad news is it was disconnected or out of service. I have done all the reverse phone numbers sites with no luck. I am going to keep trying but I think it might be a dead end. I had hopes of maybe it was a test to see if someone would call and turn the money in a they would give a huge reward! WAKE UP !! Sorry, I was day dreaming.

BUMMER!!!!!

 

[Copperhead]

Dam fool probably couldn't pay his phone bill after burying all his money in baggies at the beach...

 

[Jason in TN]

Dam fool probably couldn't pay his phone bill after burying all his money in baggies at the beach...

That is funny right there I don't care who you are.

 

[watercolor]

Well the good news is I called the number in the note. The bad news is it was disconnected or out of service. I have done all the reverse phone numbers sites with no luck. I am going to keep trying but I think it might be a dead end. I had hopes of maybe it was a test to see if someone would call and turn the money in a they would give a huge reward! WAKE UP !! Sorry, I was day dreaming.

Awe. . . POOP! I had my fingers crossed for you. . . your heart is in the right place. . . and that's what counts