Capt. JP said:
Nice story and nice deed.
The thing that bothers me are the comments at the bottom of the story. The finder, if he accepted it, had rights to the reward. I've given back two rings that I wasn't paid anything for but if I had been offered something I might have taken it. I gave them back because I felt good about it.
How nice to comment that he only turned it in because the reward was higher then what the pawn shop would give him.
It costs gasoline to get there, it costs around $4 or $5 for parking, it costs $1200 for a good metal detector, put in also the opportunity costs (for those that are economists), etc.
Maybe I would have accepted the reward and then again maybe not. The chili dog was a fine reward and also a thank you is nice too (something I haven't received yet).