If your going to turn in something, turn in everything. Pull tabs are lost and belong to someone, turn in all your trash too!!
If your going to turn in something, turn in everything. Pull tabs are lost and belong to someone, turn in all your trash too!!
About 20 years ago I found another wallet with nothing but money in it while hiking in a State Park. It had $375.00 in it. I gave the Park Ranger my contact information and told them that if anyone came in looking for a lost wallet I'd be happy to return it if they could describe it and tell me what the contents were. This seemed to satisfy the Park Ranger. I'm not sure how the police would feel about it.
And no one ever did claim the wallet.
I did this same exact thing last year at a state campground. My wife found a gold wedding band in the bath house and I went to the ranger office and asked if anyone has reported a lost ring? The ranger replied, "Nope, just leave it with me and I'll make sure it gets back to the owner." The he asked me to show it to him so HE could give a description of what it looked like to whoever calls inquiring about it. I politely declined and gave him my contact information. He seemed pretty offended that that's what I did, but I didn't care.
Two days later, I receive a call from a very anxious woman who described the ring perfectly and it was FedEx'ed over night back to her.
The campground was in Georgia and the owner was from North Carolina. It was a good feeling to return something.
Years ago, I found a $100.00 bill while I was metal detecting. <snip>Sure I turned it into the cops!God wanted me to find that $100.00 as I was there in the right place at the right time. If God wanted the cops to find it, they would have before me and the cop would have put it in his pocket!
When is the last time you have heard of someone being arrested for not turning a valuable find ?