Good day in laguna

[Ccarson]

Went and hit laguna beach today after a failed attempt yesterday. Tsunami was a bust. All the beaches were closed tell about 4. So my buddy and I hit the beach again today. Not a lot of targets. Seemed like someone had hit it befor us. My buddy spotted a crusty cell phone on the surface. Dead giveaway. I scored a cupple rings. The Cartier had me going. Until I pulled out of my pocket later to check it out and do the drop it in my hand test. Failed. Close to the end of my day I got the Rolex. Not sure if it’s real. I’ll half to get it looked at. Fingers crossed. Glhh

 

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[RTR]

Good job on the Rolex . But there are many,many copies out there,some almost as good as originals,some as good.Lots of info online to spot a fake from real.Good luck.
>> https://legitcheck.app/guides/watches/rolex/real-vs-fake-submariner/
One thing I see from here ,that's not good is.The ' day window' is off center .

 

[Blak bart]

Wow...looks just like the one my pop has !! Congrats !! Awsome day !!

 

[claire]

I found that same fake Cartier ring last year. Heartbreaker! Hope the watch turns out to be the real deal

 

[pepperj]

Photo #3 has vindication on it not being the real deal. Just thinking the symbol on th

e bottom loop is off looking.
Best of luck, hoping it's the real deal

 

[Ccarson]

Good job on the Rolex . But there are many,many copies out there,some almost as good as originals,some as good.Lots of info online to spot a fake from real.Good luck.
>> https://legitcheck.app/guides/watches/rolex/real-vs-fake-submariner/
One thing I see from here ,that's not good is.The ' day window' is off center .

It’s just the picture. I’m not very good. But when you look straight at the date it good and centered.

 

[BennyV]

Went and hit laguna beach today after a failed attempt yesterday. Tsunami was a bust. All the beaches were closed tell about 4. So my buddy and I hit the beach again today. Not a lot of targets. Seemed like someone had hit it befor us. My buddy spotted a crusty cell phone on the surface. Dead giveaway. I scored a cupple rings. The Cartier had me going. Until I pulled out of my pocket later to check it out and do the drop it in my hand test. Failed. Close to the end of my day I got the Rolex. Not sure if it’s real. I’ll half to get it looked at. Fingers crossed. Glhh

Is the Rolex still running?

 

[Ccarson]

Is the Rolex still running?

Yes. Still running. All the letters seem really crisp.

 

[Ccarson]

What step should I take next. I’m nervous about taking it to a Rolex place. I don’t want them to keep it. Maybe the previous owner reported it lost. Do they track them with the serial number?

 

[BennyV]

Yes. Still running. All the letters seem really crisp.

If the second hand is a sweep hand and doesn’t do like the click click click movement you got a good shot at that being real

 

[BennyV]

What step should I take next. I’m nervous about taking it to a Rolex place. I don’t want them to keep it. Maybe the previous owner reported it lost. Do they track them with the serial number?

The only way that would happen is if you bring it to an authorized dealer or send it into Rolex itself. They can lookup the serial number. I’d see if you have a watch guy locally that works on Rolexes.

 

[thormchammer]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t part of this about returning lost items? And there are usually city codes about lost objects above a specified value requiring an attempt to return it (the last time I did this it was like a 30 day hold or something). I would hope my first stop with a genuine Rolex, would be an authorized dealer to return the property. If you found an iPhone would you try to call the owner or would you wipe it and make it yours? This isn’t meant to insult or guilt anyone. It’s an honest question about this stuff. I even think this about some of the found rings. I know I would at least call the harbor patrol and City Lost and Found dept. if my wife lost her wedding ring. It’s not worth tons of money, but it’s incredibly unique set with Benitoite stones. We aren’t rich so finders fees would be out for us, but the kindness of having that returned? Godly.

 

[RTR]

What step should I take next. I’m nervous about taking it to a Rolex place. I don’t want them to keep it. Maybe the previous owner reported it lost. Do they track them with the serial number?

Take it to any jewelry store they will tell you in a minute real/or fake. Real Rolex will have serial #s , and at least one of the serial #s will be inside.

 

[RTR]

I found a boat(Kayak) floating in our lake years ago.Called the local PD.They said put it in the local paper lost & found section for 2 weeks .And if no one claims it ,its yours. I did,no one claimed it,I kept it.

 

[thormchammer]

I found a boat(Kayak) floating in our lake years ago.Called the local PD.They said put it in the local paper lost & found section for 2 weeks .And if no one claims it ,its yours. I did,no one claimed it,I kept it.

I found and cleared a couple of meth camps back when I was a consultant. I found a bag of weed, gokart, hydraulic lift, 3 vehicles, antique sewing machines, chainsaws, weed eaters, a generator, the list goes on and on and on, rocks, geodes, Indian artifacts etc, you know, meth heads living in the woods. Talked to the sheriff and it was something similar but the vehicles had to stay impounded for X amount of days.

 

[BennyV]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t part of this about returning lost items? And there are usually city codes about lost objects above a specified value requiring an attempt to return it (the last time I did this it was like a 30 day hold or something). I would hope my first stop with a genuine Rolex, would be an authorized dealer to return the property. If you found an iPhone would you try to call the owner or would you wipe it and make it yours? This isn’t meant to insult or guilt anyone. It’s an honest question about this stuff. I even think this about some of the found rings. I know I would at least call the harbor patrol and City Lost and Found dept. if my wife lost her wedding ring. It’s not worth tons of money, but it’s incredibly unique set with Benitoite stones. We aren’t rich so finders fees would be out for us, but the kindness of having that returned? Godly.

Why would you bring it to an authorized Rolex dealer to return it? Do they have a lost & found there? Thanks for the LOL.

If he wants he can bring it to the local police station and see what they say.

Again it’s up to him to do what he wants.

Thanks for the chuckle though.

 

[BennyV]

I found and cleared a couple of meth camps back when I was a consultant. I found a bag of weed, gokart, hydraulic lift, 3 vehicles, antique sewing machines, chainsaws, weed eaters, a generator, the list goes on and on and on, rocks, geodes, Indian artifacts etc, you know, meth heads living in the woods. Talked to the sheriff and it was something similar but the vehicles had to stay impounded for X amount of days.

Any meth left? Maybe you can bring it to the local meth dealer to see if he can reunite it with its rightful owner.

 

[thormchammer]

Any meth left? Maybe you can bring it to the local meth dealer to see if he can reunite it with its rightful owner.

Hahahaha, I didn’t look that hard. Left the weed too. Not my thing. In my experience, meth heads don’t leave meth around, and it wasn’t a cook site. Which actually makes it safer for me.

 

[cudamark]

Went and hit laguna beach today after a failed attempt yesterday. Tsunami was a bust. All the beaches were closed tell about 4. So my buddy and I hit the beach again today. Not a lot of targets. Seemed like someone had hit it befor us. My buddy spotted a crusty cell phone on the surface. Dead giveaway. I scored a cupple rings. The Cartier had me going. Until I pulled out of my pocket later to check it out and do the drop it in my hand test. Failed. Close to the end of my day I got the Rolex. Not sure if it’s real. I’ll half to get it looked at. Fingers crossed. Glhh

Cool find! I've found two Rolexes myself....one real, one fake. Yours at first glance looks fake, but, have it checked. I posted my real one on Craig's list lost and found for almost 6 months without success. Right after I first got it, a friend of mine was a watch guy and he had a fellow watch buddy that worked for the local Rolex dealer. I let them take a look at it, take the back off, and run the serial number. It was real and there was no record of it being lost or stolen, so, I kept it. I was hoping they could tell me who it was registered to, but, they wouldn't do that for security reasons. They also wouldn't contact that person for me, so, I gave up trying to find who may have lost it. Hope yours is real! Mine paid for a detecting trip to England.

 

[Ccarson]

Thanks everyone for the reply’s. Had it looked at and confirmed it’s real. Now I’ll try looking at lost and found and calling around.