Tear Jerker

[daddyflea]

I recently got permission to hunt a couple old houses. The Owner's only request was that I let her know what I found. This house had been in her family for over a 100 years. The Owner was right at 80 herself. I had almost completed hunting the House when I decided to call her and report my findings. I told her about the Walker I found



as well as about 10 Wheat Pennies starting at 1919. Some were in too bad shape to get a date. I was just about to get off the phone when I remembered something else. I found a small Pendant from a necklace that had an Old Timey Race Car on it. I told her about it and immediately knew something was wrong by the change in her voice. She then said "my Mother was killed in a Race Car when I was 8 Months old." She then asked if she could have it. In all honesty it was the least valuable find for me but was very important to her. I will return it as soon as I can catch her at home. This shocked me as well as her.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Howdy Daddyflea--

Nice find on the Walking Liberty Half and I'm glad that you remembered to mention that race car pendant. It must have brought back some sad memories for her though.

Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Many seemingly meaningless finds can hold deep sentiment, ya just never know...

 

[7centsworth]

That is a nice half and a really cool story. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[nh-trekker]

WOW !!!! What are the odds ???? Nice of you to return it ....

 

[Damnailz]

Cool story!

 

[diver608]

Awesome story

 

[Sataro]

Nice coin & pendant. Enjoyed the story.

 

[surfman]

Yeah, very cool find and story.

 

[kingingkunsan]

Very good deed daddyflea. Great post and great display of MD ethics.

 

[daddyflea]

It has been a little over 2 Months since I posted this and today I happened to see this Lady eating out. She made a point to come and talk with me to try and determine the exact spot on her property the little Pendant was found. I told her about a Silver 2 Shillings Coin I found recently and she was not even interested. She told me about talking with her Sons about the Pendant. She also told me nobody in the Family had ever owned a Pendant like this and the Race Car was exactly like the one her Mother was driving when she was killed. She told me that the only thing she remembered about her Mother was the fact that she loved to race cars. If you think back it was extremely rare for a Woman to Race many years ago.

Very obvious this was still very much on her mind. Finding this Pendant and returning it made a big impact in her life. You just never know what you might find out there.

 

[Goldstrike]

I could be wrong but I still suspect there is a link between the pendant and the lady's family somewhere in the past but maybe no one will ever know how. It still remains a beautiful story that you were personally connected to. If you think about it, we are digging up other people's memories or perhaps a part of someone's life from sometimes many years ago. It's a good thing when we can return these special items to their owner or at least a family member if we can

 

[Tonterra]

Very classy of you.
Nice finds

 

[coast40]

Good job!

 

[Unknownroad]

Very cool story, thanks for posting.