I try to be very vague about the details of what I found, and especially where. I keep a very detailed log of every nice item I find, with the date, and details about where it was. If someone tries to claim something, Ill know for sure if they are right on about it. The last ring had a very detailed inscription, but hardly enough to locate the owner with. But, if someone sees, it, and says, "Hey, that's my ring! It has <insert what it says here> written in the ring!" then I know its theirs, and ill arrange to meet them and return it. No mailing for me, except for special circumstances.
I enjoy posting, even when I'm not finding much. Just as I enjoy showing my findings to the people in the local club here. I also like to see, and congratulate, and appreciate, and drool over the things everyone else has found. It is a fun hobby, and very rewarding. Those rewards are worth a lot of money tho, and people see us claim it, and try to find a way to pry it away, since our claim to ownership is finders keepers.
I am all for returning items if it is possible, but, I prefer to have someone ask me to look for what was lost. I have been asked many times, and have succeeded in returning 2 nice and very sentimental rings. I was rewarded for them, but I did not ask for one. Seeing the heartbreak, and then the joy and exclamation truly brings to life how much it must hurt those that lose the things we find, and cannot return. When I was first married, My ring was loose, and didn't fit too tightly. A few days later at work, I threw some branches into the wood chipper, stood up, and realized my ring was gone. I cannot explain the panic that ensued, as my boss, coworker, and myself scrambled to find it on the jobsite. We did find it - after it went through the chipper, and it was still in one piece. I couldn't imagine not finding something so sentimental, and yet, it happens everyday on our beaches, in parks, schools, malls, parking lots, everywhere. Bit longwinded, but point is, its fun to return things - some of the time. Preferably when asked to look for the lost item. Being hassled later for our good fortune by someone is defiantly a detracting aspect, but I try not to let that possability deter me.
If there is one reason I would post less, it is this: Posting a lot of good finds sparks more interest, and in turn makes more competition for me. Just as I make more competition for the pros that have hunted this beach for 40 years. I have met some, and some are nice, but others are visibly upset to see another scavenger picking over his stomping ground. I can sympathise, but I am here to stay. And for now, I will continue to post when I am able, and feel it is worthy. But if I stop posting, it will not be for fear of losing my treasures to the unscrupulous among us.
Anthony
<Up Date.. ring was lost 3 years ago.>
where i find it?.. Earth , shaka Mikey 
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