I can't Stand it !! My buddy

[Dancer]

who has been breaking in on this game for 4 yrs. now with no improvment. Well yesterday he finds a nice gold band he tells me. He said it had someones initals in it ( IOK ) I said you big dummy what did you do with it?
Said he turned it in at the office & the owner claimed it right away.

 

[mudpuppy]

n/t

 

[PowerDetecting]

N1

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Wonder if it was the right owner

 

[Ron Lord]

I have someone in my town that every time he or she finds a ring they Post it on Craigslist. So what's the sence of huntting with a MD if all finds are going to be Posted on Craigslist.

 

[dewcon4414]

What Ron.... you dont feel the love on those returns???? Now thats someone who is doing it for the fun of it.

Dew

 

[mudpuppy]

Or it stands for: Please Lookat And Toss...theres a guy up here who hunts our main beach like he's from Florida or something..he's out there all day and night, finds tons of rings and posts them all on Craigslist...I can watch him on the beachcam while I'm in the office..theres not a scrap of foil or anything else he misses...Hes a monster! I'm about ready to take a couple of bucks of nickles, or a handfull of ss washers down there next year and salt them out just to keep him occupied in a little area! I drove 150 miles over to my folks place to check out a little beach, and by dang! The guy had been there the week before and posted rings on the craigslist there! I sure hope he takes up golf this year!
Mud

 

[birdman]

When I was 19 I worked at a Hilton and found a big gold nugget bracelet .Turned it in to security and in 90 days if unclaimed you get it if you found it. 3 months later I went in to check on the bracelet and no one had a clue what happened to it... No record or anything..

I believe in returning to the proper owners if possible but you can't trust other people to make that happen,you have to do it yourself .. Gold fever will set in.

 

[fongu]

When I told my preacher I found a 1925 Mercury dime he joked with me that he had lost a dime that year and I joked right back that if it had his name on it he could have it. We had a good laugh. Any jewelry I find is mine unless it's a class ring or has a name engraved on it. Then, I would try to find the rightful owner. I read in a book or magazine article about someone dirt fishing on the beach and this little girl asked him what he found in his scoop and he said it was a gold ring. A few minutes later this little girl and her mother and a police officer approached him and the mother told him she had lost a gold ring just before he got there. Suspecting she was lying in an attempt to claim the ring he found he calmly asked her if it was an 18K ring and she said it sure was. I guess this isn't your ring, because it's 14K. The police officer walked away and seeing she couldn't claim his ring, she and her little girl left also. I never say anything about what I find except a few coins and show them the trash in my finds bag. I take photos and post them when I get home. But, if you post these items on the lists mentioned above or turn them in, they probably end up in the hands of less than honest people who take advantage of your trying to do a good deed. If someone described a certain piece of jewelry they lost and asked me to try and find it and it matched their discription, that would be different. Good deeds benefit us and our hobby, but if you get taken by someone who is dishonest, it just benefits the crooks. Be careful out there.

 

[Dancer]

I think maybe some of you guys missed the intent of the original post. My buddy thought (IOK) were initials of someones name. Which of course means 10karat gold. Which was pretty hilarious if you were there at the time.
Of course always ask for a discription by any wouldbe claim jumpers.

 

[fongu]

Bless his heart.

 

[DaytonaGold]

When I was 19 I worked at a Hilton and found a big gold nugget bracelet .Turned it in to security and in 90 days if unclaimed you get it if you found it. 3 months later I went in to check on the bracelet and no one had a clue what happened to it... No record or anything..

I believe in returning to the proper owners if possible but you can't trust other people to make that happen,you have to do it yourself .. Gold fever will set in.

Not always that way though, the other day I found a twenty dollar bill while waiting in line a Publix. I returned it to the cashier and they took my name and number and said they'd call me if no one claimed it, do you think I ever got a call? I'm sure the cashier considered it a tip for his low wage, lol.

 

[PI JOE]

who has been breaking in on this game for 4 yrs. now with no improvment. Well yesterday he finds a nice gold band he tells me. He said it had someones initals in it ( IOK ) I said you big dummy what did you do with it?
Said he turned it in at the office & the owner claimed it right away.

LOL Good one!