What's the coolest find you've made?

[Adamgp]

Half a meatball sub in the back of my fridge.

 

[Cowboys965]

Why were you in a deserted mall?

Why not?

It was a weekday. In the morning.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

When I was about 18 years old I found a 1971 Chevy truck sitting out in a corn field. Offered the guy $200.00 for it and I drove it home the same day!! Ended up parting it out over the summer and made almost $1,000.00 profit. 👍

While diggin in my garden a few years ago I found a destroyed and rusted Craftsman 1/4" ratchet. Just rusted beyond recognition. Realizing that Craftsman has a lifetime warranty on their parts I decided to take it to Sears to see if they would let me swap it for a new one. To my surprise they actually let me pick a brand new 1/4" ratchet for an even trade!

 

[cggorman]

Whilst out fishing I've collectively found about £50 worth of Lures.

Rapalas make up most of that total. (£10ish per lure).

👍 I've found sooo much stuff that people left behind.

 

[Doog]

A couple years ago when my mom first bought her Mini, I found 50 bucks in a little red envelope in the door bin.

 

[f1reb1rd]

$20 in a Casey's ATM

 

[Dennisch]

I know I already posted my coolest find, but all this talking about money..

I was once working on an 80's Mercedes SL, we were salvaging parts as it was going to be scrap metal. I pulled out the drivers seat, ripped out the upholstery from the floor, and I found a wallet. Mold on the outside, bone dry on the inside. As my boss didn't notice it, I put the wallet into my pocket for inspection later.

€500,- worth of Italian Lires. I still have a couple of bills lying around.

Top that.

 

[cggorman]

I know I already posted my coolest find, but all this talking about money..

I was once working on an 80's Mercedes SL, we were salvaging parts as it was going to be scrap metal. I pulled out the drivers seat, ripped out the upholstery from the floor, and I found a wallet. Mold on the outside, bone dry on the inside. As my boss didn't notice it, I put the wallet into my pocket for inspection later.

€500,- worth of Italian Lires. I still have a couple of bills lying around.

Top that.

Not quite sure what this symbol (&euro, soooo, I found a 1953 coca cola bottle.

 

[Crumpet]

I once found a box of Pink Condoms...

I've also found a £10 note and a few old jars behind a tree.

 

[Cowboys965]

Also at an Estate Sale my dad and I found some Magazines from the day after the JFK assassination.

 

[hellnback]

$19780.

Handed it back.

 

[Guardian]

$19780.

Handed it back.

You are kidding, right(?)

 

[terminator363]

$19780.

Handed it back.

You should have kept $40

 

[Takumi Fujiwara]

Bucktool 360wm. I found it years ago while fishing. Still works perfect.

Back then it cost around €125,-...

That's pretty awesome, Bucktools are pretty rare now too. There are people who collect them out there. I wonder if it might be worth more to sell it for a good price to a collector and buy a nice new Leatherman to use instead.

 

[hellnback]

Xamado7V
You are kidding, right(?)

No. Dead serious.

I could write many lines of the what and how, and what was learned from the situation.

But I don't want to bore people.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Not very many cool things I've found but I once found a decent set of binoculars in a field while camping.

 

[gogatrs]

Not me, but my Dad once found the body of Porsche 356/B sitting in a junk yard. Said he took it home for $50. Bought the engine, interior stuff, and all that and rebuilt the car himself with the help of a few friends. Many years ago that was.

 

[cggorman]

Not me, but my Dad once found the body of Porsche 356/B sitting in a junk yard. Said he took it home for $50. Bought the engine, interior stuff, and all that and rebuilt the car himself with the help of a few friends. Many years ago that was.

Pretty cool.

 

[Snaeper]

Dropped a dime in a Sam Goody once (RIP Sam Goody), me being the cheap kid still in school I bent down to pick it up and found a $100 bill laying there. Made the mistake of telling my dad and brother

 

[Guardian]

Kinda off topic (sorry ), but have you noticed how, when you really want/like a new piece of technology you dream alot about finding one lying somewhere(?)

Like many years ago I really wanted a PSP, so I dreamt about finding one lying in my Nanas front garden.

 

[cphbullet]

I suppose it's not something i found but i work in a pharmacy and yesterday a woman brought in an old tin of medicines dating back to 1952, i took a few laxatives out of one of the bottles and slipped one in my mates drink last night

 

[Dooblewasur]

I suppose it's not something i found but i work in a pharmacy and yesterday a woman brought in an old tin of medicines dating back to 1952, i took a few laxatives out of one of the bottles and slipped one in my mates drink last night

I found a $20 bill years ago next to a concession stand at a ball game, but my dad told me to hand it to the people at the stand, which was ridiculous, because he didn't, in fact, know where the bill came from.

My mom also found $79 a long time ago and gave it to me. 👍

 

[phillgt2002]

I found a pair of Sennheisers laying in the back of a public bus. I would've given them to the person who lost them but I think they were long gone.

 

[phillgt2002]

Kinda off topic (sorry ), but have you noticed how, when you really want/like a new piece of technology you dream alot about finding one lying somewhere(?)

Like many years ago I really wanted a PSP, so I dreamt about finding one lying in my Nanas front garden.

Yeah, I was talking to a friend about how I wanted a tablet PC really bad in the library... Little do you know.. this kid left a Samsung Galaxy Tab laying on the table. I held onto it for him till he came back, if he wasn't to come back I would've given it to the librarian. It's not like me to keep things one has lost but you know. It's tempting.

 

[a6m5]

I never find nothing, then again, I never pay attention.

The coolest score ever, and come to think of it, second coolest also were from Japanese vending machines.

Second coolest: In Japan, they used to have these drink machines with roulette on it. If you win, you get another drink free.

One day out of town, I was so frigging tired, I leaned against one. Machine started beeping like crazy, and gave me a free drink.

Coolest(also bit sad for the other kids.....): Me & my brother approach this ice cream vending machine. Huge thing, easily twice the size of regular machines(maybe there were people working in it). As I put my money in it, from distance were what looked like older sister & a kid brother, they are really watching at what we are doing. I look at my kid brother, he shrugs, we just select and press for the ice cream we wanted.

Next thing we know, I think something like seven, eight ice cream things pops out. We are so happy, laughing & walking off with our arms-full of free ice cream.

It wasn't until later I figured out that, that vending machine probably ripped off bunch of people, including the sister & brother who were spying on us. I don't know why they didn't say anything, but I'm not gonna lie, they made my day.

a windshield reflector cover:

that I've used as a light reflector when taking pictures of cars 👍

Seriously? Maybe I can use mine to do that during the off-season.

I found a $20 bill on the ground in a deserted mall.

Was the mall surrounded by zombies? OK, bit 2011. Sorry.

I once found a box of Pink Condoms...

I'm going to display my restraint.

Dropped a dime in a Sam Goody once (RIP Sam Goody), me being the cheap kid still in school I bent down to pick it up and found a $100 bill laying there. Made the mistake of telling my dad and brother

That is wrong. That was your money bro.

 

[Cano]

Seriously? Maybe I can use mine to do that during the off-season.

It doesn't do miracles, you need to be really damn close. It only looses a bit of shadow and that's it, but it's been very helpful.

 

[alexlam24]

I once found $5 around my house and $1 in school last year.

 

[ghskilla]

A whole box of trophies from 2006-2008 near the baseball fields of my school. It took about a day before people walking past found it, and proceeded to break each one of them. Those trophies were going to be trashed, anyway, but I saw so many trophy pieces on the grass...

 

[kikie]

A girlfriend

But... I lost here a couple of years ago. I can't find here anymore.

 

[commodoreben]

I once found $70 on the ground outside a newagent just after I had won $40 on the lottery.